Talk it to death 创作者：
Del Amitri
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Intro 1

You have to laugh a lot

Verse 1
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At what we throw away that
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half the Earth's not got
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And who's in charge
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When there's barbed- wire fences
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Em Em 
 
'round the graveyards?

Verse 2
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Em Em 
 
And I   know it's about time
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Em Em 
 
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We got to the point we've been denying
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Em Em 
 
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Maligning problems of the world is  fine
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Em Em 
 
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But I can't  keep talking when
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it's running through my mind
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So

Verse 3
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I've got the feeling and you've got the feeling,
I guess
It's on the tips of our tongues,
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it's at the base of our breath
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B B 
 
But though the night is young it
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will grow up before too long
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B B 
 
So    say yes before we talk, talk,

Interlude 1

talk it to death

Beneath the sewers there's stone

Verse 4
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Beneath the stone there's the wa
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ter which we pipe into our homes
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Em Em 
 
So when the rich mock
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what's below them
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They mock the whiskey and the beer
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and every burgundy they own

Verse 5
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And I know now who's in love with you
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Em Em 
 
A A 
 
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So  let's stop the conversation and see
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I don't want you to think or hesitate
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When I declare that who to be me
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So

Verse 6
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I've got the feeling and
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E E 
 
you've got the feeling, I guess
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E E 
 
It's on the tips of our tongues,
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it's at the base of our breath
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B B 
 
But though the night is young it
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will grow up before too   long
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F#m F#m 
 
A A 
 
B B 
 
So  say   yes before we talk, talk,
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D D 
 
A A 
 
E E 
 
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A A 
 
talk it to death

Interlude 2

Before we talk it to death

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Okay girl, we both know
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Outside this room there's
boardrooms of creeps
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Calling famine kids cannibals
and killing for cameras
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B B 
 
But tonight, it's right
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And forgive me for noticing
you're wearing a dress
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So let's not talk this to death
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Interlude 3

Verse 8
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Now I'm stuffing coins into a meter
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And I'm cold and I'm bored
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and I've wasted all my food
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Em Em 
 
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My mind is  rotting while
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my eyes are glued
To the last few minutes of
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the flickering tube

Verse 9

And we know things get repeated

So no one gives themselves away

We try to disguise our feelings

But we just talk them all completely away

Verse 10
F# F# 
 
E E 
 
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
So I've got the feeling and you've got the feeling,
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I  guess
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E E 
 
F# F# 
 
It's on the tips of our tongues,
it's at the base of our breath
A A 
 
B B 
 
But though the night is young it
F# F# 
 
will grow up before too long
A A 
 
B B 
 
So say yes before we talk, talk,
talk it to death
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Em Em 
 
D D 
 

Verse 11
Em Em 
 
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Talk it to death
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Talk it to death
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Mmm, talk it to death
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Em Em 
 
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Talk it to death
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Em Em 
 
D D