The Go-Betweens – People Say (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] C Bm G C Bm G C Bm C G* C Bm D [Verse 1]
C      Bm       G
You've got to improve

     C    Bm     G
Your walk hardly moves

     C      Bm                 C        G*
Your wooden sailors with their harbour smells

C             Bm       D
Feed from your broken shells
[Verse 2]
C       Bm        G
So that's how it feels

       C      Bm       G
It's a cruel god that steals

     C         Bm         C              G*
The things you love, the things that you hold

C          Bm                 D
That are priceless but still sold and
[Chorus]
G             C      Bm
People say I'm mad to want you

G              C      Bm
People say I'm mad to need you

G              C       Bm      D
People say I'm mad to love you, babe
[Verse 3]
C             Bm     G
The jobs you cannot hold

C            Bm      G
The stereo that you sold

     C               Bm      C        G*
You can't have your milk and drink it too

     C            Bm        D
Your kitchen never had any food and
[Chorus]
G             C       Bm
People say I'm mad to want you

G              C      Bm
people say I'm mad to need you

G              C       Bm        D
People say I'm mad to love you, babe
[Middle 8]
Em            Bm
The clouds lie on their backs

    D            G    G/F#
And rain on everyone

Em           Bm
But you always stay dry

       C                    D
You've got your own private sun
[Verse 4]
C              Bm        G
Listen to the doctor's advice

C         Bm          G
Nobody's been saved twice

C            Bm     C        G*
So pack your bags, your saxophone

C          Bm          D
I'm gonna take you to Rome and
[Chorus]
G              C       Bm
People say I'm mad to want you

G               C      Bm
People say I'm mad to need you

G               C      Bm       D
Peole say I'm mad to love you, babe and
[Chorus]
G              C       Bm
People say I'm mad to want you

G               C      Bm
People say I'm mad to need you

G               C      Bm       D
Peole say I'm mad to love you, babe
[Outro] C Bm C Bm C Bm G *On the intro and throughout the verses, when you are reaching this chord, switch on the "and"/upstrum to add a slight push to the rhythm, as is on the recording.