Intro G Em Bm G C D
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G D
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She comes from the hardest town
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Em Bm C
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they build you up to let you down and
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D Em G Bm D
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leave you with an armour hard as steel
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G D
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It's not the chaos or the heat
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Em Bm C
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or the noises from the street but
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D
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something inside she has to beat that
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Em Bm Em Bm
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shoots out a nerve causes judgements to swerve
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C G D
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and makes her feel that something must be wrong
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Em Bm
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She'll attempt to resist
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C G D
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and pretend it don't exist when it does
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C D
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But if ever her defence drop
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C D
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love takes a shot pop
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C D
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Baby you can't stop
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G
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the beating of another heart
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Em C
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the beating of another heart yeah
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D Em D G
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sometimes she needs the beating of another heart
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Em Bm G C D
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(just chords)
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G D
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All the steps we seem to take
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Em Bm C D
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are sometimes stairways to escape from
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Em G Bm D
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all the things that were supposed to come
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G D
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And there's a threat when letting go
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Em Bm C
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Showing things she'll never show but
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D
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I won't give in now I know
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Em Bm Em Bm
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as I ask friend how on earth can I send
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C G D
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a little bit of me to her
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Em Bm
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She'll attempt to resist
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C G D
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and pretend I don't exist when I do
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C D
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But if ever her defence drop
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C D
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love takes a shot pop
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C D
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Baby you can't stop
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G
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the beating of another heart
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Em C
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the beating of another heart yeah
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D Em D Em D
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sometimes she needs the beating of another heart
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C# D A
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The pounding goes on forever
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C# D A
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at night when we are here together
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C# D A D
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They say that people get too clever for love
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Em C
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but I know
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Solo
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C D
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But if ever her defence drop
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C D
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love takes a shot pop
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C D
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Baby you can't stop
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G
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the beating of another heart
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Em C
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the beating of another heart yeah
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D Em D G
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sometimes she needs the beating of another heart
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D G D C
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she needs the beating of another heart
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D G D Em Bm G C D
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she needs the beating of another h-e-a-r-t
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fade on Em G
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The Beating of Another Heart
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| Graham Parker |
