The Stranglers – Straighten Out (Guitar)

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============== [Spoken Intro over bass riff] And the first commandment reads:- That human flesh and blood is sacred until there is no more food [Verse 1]
  G                           G
The break of day has come, I see the cracks have just begun

    G     A  E      G     A  E
to line the walls, line the walls

   G                      G
I want to see the little girls and boys destroy their toys

     G     A  E      G     A  E
and line the walls, line the walls
[Chorus]
  E     B        C      A
What a fate for little girls

  E      B           C      A
British boy's mind's in a whirl

 E         B             C         A
Tell you things that'll make your curls

   C       A       G       E
Straighten out, straighten out

   C       A       G       E
Straighten out, straighten out
[Verse 2]
G                               G
I'm twenty years or more, just tell me what we're living for

    G    A  E    G    A  E
So tell me now, tell me now

  G                        G
Frustrated intellect, the government capitulation

 G  A    E    G  A    E
follows now, follows now
[Chorus]
  E     B        C      A
What a fate for little girls

  E      B           C      A
British boy's mind's in a whirl

 E         B             C         A
Tell you things that'll make your curls

   C       A       G       E
Straighten out, straighten out

   C       A       G       E
Straighten out, straighten out
[Repeat Verse 1]
  G                           G
The break of day has come, I see the cracks have just begun

    G     A  E      G     A  E
to line the walls, line the walls

   G                      G
I want to see the little girls and boys destroy their toys

     G     A  E      G     A  E
and line the walls, line the walls
[Chorus]
  E     B        C      A
What a fate for little girls

  E      B           C      A
British boy's mind's in a whirl

 E         B             C         A
Tell you things that'll make your curls

   C       A       G       E
Straighten out, straighten out

   C       A       G       E
Straighten out, straighten out
[Keyboard solo] |E |G |E |G |E |G |E |G | |E F# |G A |E F# |G A |E F# |G A |E F# |G A | [Coda]
   E       B       C       A
Straighten out, straighten out

   E       B       C       A
Straighten out, straighten out

   E       B       C       A
Straighten out, straighten out

   E       B       C       A
Straighten out, straighten out

   E       B       C       A
Straighten out, straighten out

   E       B       C       A
Straighten out, straighten out