Electric Light Orchestra – Buildings Have Eyes (Guitar)

B-Side of 45' "Secret Messages"

  G       F
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|------------2-2-|
D|--------3-3-----|
A|----5-5---------|
E|3-3-------------|

          E-A-D-G-B-e
G/B       x-2-0-0-0-3

G       F              G        F     | G  F  |  G  F  |
 Pretty pretty are the girls as they go by

G       F             G        F      | G  F  |  G  F  |
 Chilly chilly is the air under moonlit sky

G            F                G     F
 The windows watch you as you walk along

        G            F                 G       F
And the streets lead back to where you started from

C                            Em
 The city's watching and you can't get by

          F                            Am             G/B  [ C ]
No matter where you hide, you know the buildings have eyes, too

C                             Em
 This place is lonely but you can't get away

          F                          Am             G/B  [ G ]
No matter what you say, you know the buildings have eyes, too-oo-oo-oo-oo

G      F             G             F        | G  F  |  G  F  |
 Silly silly are the thoughts that fill your head

G         F         G             F        | G  F  |  G  F  |
 Wish I'd never set out, wish I'd stayed in bed

G          F               G         F
 You see reflections from across the street

       G            F           G             F
So you better start movin' stop draggin' your feet

C                            Em
 The city's watching and you can't get by

          F                            Am             G/B  [ C ]
No matter where you hide, you know the buildings have eyes, too

C                             Em
 This place is lonely but you can't get away

          F                          Am             G/B  [ G ]
No matter what you say, you know the buildings have eyes, too-oo-oo-oo-oo

G      F            G        F        | G  F  |  G  F  |
 Money money, gotta get some money and run

G        F       G      F  | G  F  |  G  F  |
 It's an issue I find unenviable

G           F            G       F
 It doesn't matter which way you turn

        G          F                G     F
But you gotta keep trying cause you never learn

C                            Em
 The city's watching and you can't get by

          F                            Am             G/B  [ C ]
No matter where you hide, you know the buildings have eyes, too

C                             Em
 This place is lonely but you can't get away

          F                          Am             G/B  [ G ]
No matter what you say, you know the buildings have eyes, too-oo-oo-oo-oo

G      F             G          F        | G  F  |  G  F  |
 Funny funny how the world goes round and round

G           F          G          F     | G  F  |  G  F  |
 You better watch your step don't make a sound

G            F                G    F
 The windows watch you as you walk along

        G            F                 G       F
And the streets lead back to where you started from

C                            Em
 The city's watching and you can't get by

          F                            Am             G/B  [ C ]
No matter where you hide, you know the buildings have eyes, too

C                             Em
 This place is lonely but you can't get away

          F                          Am             G/B  [ G ]
No matter what you say, you know the buildings have eyes, too-oo-oo-oo-oo

G       F      | G F | 
 Pretty pretty

G       F      | G F | 
 Chilly chilly

G       F      | G F | 
 Silly silly

G       F      | G F | 
 Money money

G       F      | G F | 
 Funny, funny