Gun Club: "Idiot Waltz" (from the "Lucky Jim" album)


intro:	4x Am7 (x02213)  G (320003)  Em (022003)  (=verse, first time guitar only))


 Am              G              Em
That line don't make it here no more
 Am       G            Em
nothing reanimates the old times
 Am      G           Em
black clouds to the west
 Am               G             Em
darkness closing from the East Side


Get your friends out of the car!
we got a date in the trees tonight
take off your clothes, you ain't going far
you're going to give me fun tonight


         G           Em
        Turn on the headlights
                D      G
        for the idiot waltz
         G           Em
        turn on the lights
                  D
        watch us fall


instrumental = 2x Am7  G  Em


Your body don't get me off no more
it takes a lot of smack to do that
you never made love in the trees
then I take you on your mat


Now winds of change
are blowing out the fire
I feel your breath on my neck
I hear the darkness and wires


        Turn on the headlights
        for the idiot waltz
        turn on the lights
        watch us fall


instrumental = 8x Am7  G  Em

        Turn on the headlights
        for the idiot waltz
        turn on the lights
        watch us fall


It was foolish to be alive
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it was foolish in a foolish time
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        Turn on the headlights
        for the idiot waltz
        turn on the lights
        watch us fall


instrumental = 9x Am7  G  Em

end:        Am  G  Em  (guitar only)
 

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