Blondie – Slow Motion (Guitar)

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written by Bennie Moten, Jimmy Destri, Laura Davis Album: Eat to the Beat (1979) Standard-Tuning [Intro] C Am G C 2x [Verse]
  C                 Am           G
What's all that commotion going on?

    Am                      Dm
The boy in the back on his second attack

           C                    G
Wants his baby back (wants his baby back)

  C                   Am           G
What's all that commotion that you hear?

     Am                       Dm
The girl in the back who was doing the quake

       C                     G
Got a belly-ache, she can't concentrate

 C                         Am                           G
Pick up the beat, you can move like you're made out of vapour

 Am                                Dm
'Catch me if you can' is what she said with her hands

             C                     G
Come on and take me back (can you take her back?)

          C                     Am
When she gives you the beat and you get the shine

     G
The world slows down and she stops on a dime

Am                      Dm
Got a number when you close your eyes

        C             G
Like a real magician
[Bridge]
 Em         G                 Bm
Still she knows she'll never lose a thing

         C                                        D
She can put you up on a shelf until she wants to pull the string

 Em         G                 Bm
Still you know she'll never slip away

 C                       D
Keep time in your head, counting in your head
[Chorus]
      C              Am
Slow motion, I can play with time

       G
I can keep today but tomorrow's fine

 Am                   Dm       C               G
Stop and look at the pictures rolling in your head

      C                Am
Slow motion, you can play with time

         G
You can leave her today but tomorrow's fine

 Am                    Dm
Stop and live in your dreams at night

 C               G
Rolling in your bed
[Bridge]
 Em                          Bm
Still you know she'll never slip away

 C                       D
Keep time in your head, counting in your head
[Interlude] C C C C D A A D C G G C D A A D C G G C D A A D [Chorus]
      C              Am
Slow motion, you can stop on a dime

      G
Slow motion, you ought to try it sometime

 Am               Dm
Take me back on another track

 C             G
Take me back, take me back

      C               Am
Slow motion, you can pick up the beat

      G
Slow motion, you can stop on the street

 Am               Dm
Take me back on another track

 C             G
Take me back, take me back

      C               Am
Slow motion, you can stop on a dime

      G
Slow motion, you ought to try it sometime

 Am               Dm
Take me back on another track

 C             G
Take me back, take me back

      C               Am
Slow motion, you can pick up the beat

      G
Slow motion, you can stop on the street

 Am               Dm
Take me back on another track

 C             G
Take me back, take me back