Dirty Pretty Things – 9 Lives (Guitar)

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Great track featured on NME's Love Music Hate Racism Free CD.
Em (022000)
Am (x02210) (Can be played 577555 in chorus but optional)
B7 (7678xx) Intro Em Am Em Em B7 Em
Em                                    Am                Em
May the Lord have mercy on me since I kicked him in the teeth 

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I said bye bye sinning days - fare thee well 

Em                                             Am
Could have stopped at number two but there was so much left to do 

Em                   B7                   Em
Does cheating on her send you straight to hell

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Phone wakes me up at three, a naked body lies next to me 

Em                  B7           Em
Who slipped her the mickey - bye bye 
Run-up of E--0-2-3 Chorus:
Am                  Em          B7          Em
Lets all drink them away, we’ll try another day 

Am                   Em          B7
Don’t know any other way - La la la 

Em                               Am             Em
As for life number four - wasted in the arms of whores 

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Farewell to innocence, fare thee well 

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Smoked my fifth life into black clouds, not a stitch left to be proud of 

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Bye bye to these five lives, fare thee well 

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Six little lives, six dirty lives, 

Am                  Em
talking rubbish and scrapping through the night 

Em       B7                  Em 
Farewell innocence fare thee well 
Run-up of E--0-2-3 Chorus:
Am                  Em          B7          Em
Lets all drink them away, we’ll try another day 

Am                   Em          B7
Don’t know any other way - La la la  

Em                                          Am                    Em
Seventh life making friends with God but he just wouldn’t call me back 

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Bye bye redemption, fare thee well 

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Eight lives count down the days, that colossal fall from grace 

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Back to Pentonville to be alone 

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One lonely life on its knees cursing all he sees 

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And praying down the barrel of a gun 
Run-up of E--0-2-3 Chorus:
Am                  Em          B7          Em
Lets all drink them away, we’ll try another day 

Am                   Em          B7
Don’t know any other way - La la la 

Am                  Em          B7          Em
Lets all drink them away, we’ll try another day 

Am                   Em          B7     B7
Don’t know any other way - La la la 
End On Em