Chords for David Bowie – Sweet Thing-Candidate-Sweet Thing (Repr.) - Live at the Universal Amphitheatre - 1974

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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ We're not stopped.
_ Is there [N] anything behind us? _ _ _
_ I don't know.
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[D] _ _ Like a [C] portrait in [D] flesh, your [Em] trail's on a dish.
[D] [C] Well you see, _
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_ _ [D] _ so [C] I'll break up my roof.
[D] And you're [Em] gonna run [F#] to the center [Bm] of things.
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Boy, _ _ [Am] boy, [G] boy is the sweet thing.
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_ Boy, [Am] boy, [F] boy is the sweet thing, sweet [G] thing. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] If you want it, _ _ boys, [Am] get [G] it, give [C] it.
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_ _ [Dm] Oh _ _ _ [Am]
boy, _ [F] is the cheat thing, [G] cheat thing.
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_ I'm [D] glad that you're older than [C] me Makes me [G] feel important and free
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I'd make [D] you smile, [Em] _
isn't that neat?
_ [D] _ _ [C] I'm in your way, _ [D] _ and I'll [C] steal every moment, yeah
[D] _ And this [C] trade is a curse, [D] bless [Em] you and [D] death To the [B] crossroads of [C#] the [Dm] hamburgers
Boys, [Am] _ _ boys, [G] the sweet things _ _ _ [Dm] _ Boys, _ [Am] _
_ _ boys, [F] it's the sweet things, [G] sweet things
_ If _ _ _ [Dm] you want it, _ [Am] boys, get [G] it here, baby [C] _ [G] For _ [Dm] a whole _ [Am] lot, [F] there's a cheat thing, [G] cheat _ _ thing
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Ah, drink your tea [G] up
_ [Am] Like any other candidate [A] We'll pretend we're walking home
Cause your [G] future's at stake [Dm] _ _ It's set as amazing, it even smells like a [G] street
There's a [A] bar at the end, where I can meet [Gm] you and your friends
[Dm] _ Someone's scrawled on the walls, I [A] smell the blood of your [G] kikados
Rolled up [A] scandals in other parts [Dm] I'm having so much [Am] fun with the poisonous people
_ [G] Spreading [C] rumors and lies on stories [Dm] they may have
Some [Am] make you sing, and some make you scream And [G] what makes you wish that you'd never been seen?
There's [Dm] a shop on the corner, [Am] selling papier-mâché Selling [C] bulletproof pieces, my only mansion
Cash is clear, [Dm] if you want it, _ _ [Am]
boys, get [G] it here, baby _ _
_ Team [Dm] out of line, [D] it's dirty, I want you [C] Is there anyone out [G] there, [C] any [G] time?
[F] I'd say a foot's [Dm] filled up, not for wine Hey gorgeous, I need you
[C] When it's good, it's really good When it's bad, it's gonna [Gm] be [Dm] sick
If you want it, [A] _ boys, [G] get it here, baby
_ Sweet, _ [Dm] _ well, I [Am] couldn't hold up my head [G] I'd steal you more than I had in another bed
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Another floor, [Am] another car [G] And it's sailing like a church with a door in
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Guess if you could [Am] die one more time To [Gm] find my side, it'd certainly find you
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Buy some drugs and [A] watch the band _ [G]
Jump in a river, hold hands
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[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] you want [Am] it, boys, get [G] it here, baby
_ _ _ _ [Dm] For a [Am] whole _ more height, [F] there's a sweet thing, [G] sweet thing
_ There's _ _ [C] _ _ an ice [D] and a snowstorm, [C] _ _ _ freezing [D] your [Gm] brain
_ [C] You think [D] that your vice [Em] looks the same?
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_ Then [C] let it be, [D] yeah
_ It's all [C] I ever wanted, _ [D] _
it's a sweet [C] little deal
[D] It's got me and [Em] it's got no [D] one, it's got me [G] and it's got
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_ _ _ [A#] _ it's _ _ _ [F] got you
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