The Go-Betweens – In The Core Of A Flame (Guitar)

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Robert Forster has been playing this on his 2019 tour even though it's a Grant song. Chords are based on how Robert has been playing it on tour. The recording version has a lot of droning rhythm work; this version works great playing solo on an acoustic. [Intro] Em (XII) strummed to Gm (III), Robert then slides the E string from II to XII [Verse]
Em                                  Gm
If the Devil had seen your dress

Em                              Gm
He would've changed his name

Em                                     Gm
Put down his fork and moved up above

Em                                         Gm
Why burn in hell when you burn for love?
[Chorus]
Am
I know what I mean but just don't say

    G
Cos all the old words get in the way

F#m
I'll stay with love

                     Em  C
Cos that's the right word baby

                 Em
That's the right word

      C
Cos I love you

                     Em   C
And that's the right word baby

                 Em                     G5
That's the right word, the right word
[Verse]
Em                                    Gm
There are two kinds of lovers in this world

Em                                         Gm
Those who like diamonds and those who like dirt

Em                         Gm
Here I stand, my face is a mask

Em                           Gm
I'll take it off because you asked
[Chorus]
Am
I know what I mean but just don't say

    G
Cos all the old words get in the way

F#m
I'll stay with love

                     Em   C
Cos that's the right word baby

                 Em
That's the right word

      C
Cos I love you

                     Em   C
And that's the right word baby

                 Em
That's the right word, the right word
[Bridge]
G                   C
So hold me up on my word

G                       Bm
And keep me down in the bed

C                               D
There's one thing I should have said

G                              C
Will you keep me safe from the world

G                       Bm
And hold me just like a pearl?

C                           D
The light always shines the brightest

       Em
In the core of a flame