Pretenders – Up The Neck (Guitar)

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As recorded by the Pretenders (From the 1979 Album PRETENDERS) [Intro] F C F C F A G A G [Verse 1]
A
Anger and lust

          G
My senses running amok

A
Bewildered and deluded

            G
Have I been hit by a truck?

        A
When my tongue lay inside his lip

              G
Felt like the time in the womb

      A
But I woke up with a headache that split my skull

G
Alone in the room
[Chorus]
      F
I got down on the floor with my head pressed between my knees

                                                  A
Under the bed with my teeth sunk into my own flesh

      C       D    F
I said, "Baby, oh, sweetheart"
[Interlude] F A G A G [Verse 2]
A
Lust turns to anger

G
A kiss to a slug

A
Something was sticky

        G
On your shag rug, look at the tile

    A
I remember the way he groaned

                  G
And moved with an animal skill

            A
I rubbed my face in the sweat that ran down his chest

               G
It was all very run of the mill
[Chorus]
      F
But I noticed his scent started to change somehow

                                                 A   
His face went berserk and the veins bulged on his brow

       C         D F
I said, "Baby, oh, sweetheart"
[Interlude] F A G A G [Guitar Solo] A G A G [Verse 3]
A
Bondage to lust

         G
Abuse of facility

A
Blackmailed emotions confuse

              G
The demon and devotee

      A
I was sure his intentions were sweet

         G
And that mine was as well

      A
But a wish is a shot in the dark

          G
When your coin's down the well
[Chorus]
F
I got out in the hall with my teeth in my head

                                     A
Up to my neck and I said, said, said, "Dead"

      C      D     F
I said, "Baby, oh, sweetheart"
[Outro] F