Mr. Leather Chords by Hugh Cornwell
Tempo:
109 bpm
Chords used:
A
F#m
E
Bm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [E] [F#m] [A]
[E] [F#m] [A]
[E] [F#m] [A]
[E] [F#m] [A]
Dear Luke, so many [F#m] words, too little time.
[A]
[E] It's probably something you've [F#] found too.
[F#m] [A]
So [E] long ago, sitting [F#] [F#m] around, we're [A] wondering what it was that [E] made you go.
[F#] [F#m] [A]
With a chop-chop guitar [Bm] like a Chinese meal, [A]
slicing up time within [Bm] the 4-4 zone.
[A]
You were the city, you were the [Bm] cool, [A] way before we'd even been there.
[Bm] [A]
Distant [F#m] leather, [A]
[E] [F#m] misty river, [A]
[F#m] smoky glasses, what [A] were you [E] [F#m] looking at?
[A]
Dear [C#] Luke, tries the mic, [D]
the compass [B] wasn't behaving right.
[A]
The flu [C#] came in the [D] night, knocked us [B] out of the white.
[A] [E] [F#m] Distant leather, [A] [F#m] misty river, [A] [F#m] smoky glasses, what [A] were you looking [F#m]
at?
[A] Dear Luke, [F#m] so many people, so little space, [A] but that's what [E] defines a human [F#] race.
[F#m] [D] [A] Bars and cars [Bm] and stars and Zaws, all [A] mixed up in a mixed up city.
[Bm]
[A] It's a place that you called [Bm] home, [A] while you were there it is.
[Bm]
[A] [E] Distant [F#m]
leather, [A] [E] [F#m] misty river.
[A] Dear [C#] Luke, tries the mic, [D] the compass [B] wasn't behaving right.
[A] The [C#] flu came in the [D] night, knocked us [B] out of the white.
[A] When [C#] you turned out the light, [D] the good old school [B] figured out a sight.
[E] [A]
[E] [F#m] Distant leather, [A]
[E] [F#m] misty river, [A]
[F#m] smoky glasses, what [A] were you [F#m] looking at?
[D]
[A] So Luke, [Bm] I'll miss raising my glass [A] with you.
[Bm] [A]
Dear [C#] Luke, tries the [D] mic, the compass [B] wasn't behaving [A] right.
The flu [C#] came in the [D] night, knocked us [B] out of the white.
[A]
When you [C#] turned out the light, [D]
the good old school [B] figured out a [Dm] sight.
[G] [C]
[F] [G] [C] [Am] [Dm]
[G] [C] [Dm]
[G] [C] [Am] [Dm]
[G] [C]
[F] [G] [C] [Am] [Dm]
[G] [C]
[F] [G] [C] [Am]
[E] [F#m] Distant leather, [A]
[E] [F#m] misty river, [A]
[F#m] smoky glasses, what [A] were you [E] looking [F#] at?
[E] [F#m] [A]
[E] [F#m] [A]
[E] [F#m] [A]
Dear Luke, so many [F#m] words, too little time.
[A]
[E] It's probably something you've [F#] found too.
[F#m] [A]
So [E] long ago, sitting [F#] [F#m] around, we're [A] wondering what it was that [E] made you go.
[F#] [F#m] [A]
With a chop-chop guitar [Bm] like a Chinese meal, [A]
slicing up time within [Bm] the 4-4 zone.
[A]
You were the city, you were the [Bm] cool, [A] way before we'd even been there.
[Bm] [A]
Distant [F#m] leather, [A]
[E] [F#m] misty river, [A]
[F#m] smoky glasses, what [A] were you [E] [F#m] looking at?
[A]
Dear [C#] Luke, tries the mic, [D]
the compass [B] wasn't behaving right.
[A]
The flu [C#] came in the [D] night, knocked us [B] out of the white.
[A] [E] [F#m] Distant leather, [A] [F#m] misty river, [A] [F#m] smoky glasses, what [A] were you looking [F#m]
at?
[A] Dear Luke, [F#m] so many people, so little space, [A] but that's what [E] defines a human [F#] race.
[F#m] [D] [A] Bars and cars [Bm] and stars and Zaws, all [A] mixed up in a mixed up city.
[Bm]
[A] It's a place that you called [Bm] home, [A] while you were there it is.
[Bm]
[A] [E] Distant [F#m]
leather, [A] [E] [F#m] misty river.
[A] Dear [C#] Luke, tries the mic, [D] the compass [B] wasn't behaving right.
[A] The [C#] flu came in the [D] night, knocked us [B] out of the white.
[A] When [C#] you turned out the light, [D] the good old school [B] figured out a sight.
[E] [A]
[E] [F#m] Distant leather, [A]
[E] [F#m] misty river, [A]
[F#m] smoky glasses, what [A] were you [F#m] looking at?
[D]
[A] So Luke, [Bm] I'll miss raising my glass [A] with you.
[Bm] [A]
Dear [C#] Luke, tries the [D] mic, the compass [B] wasn't behaving [A] right.
The flu [C#] came in the [D] night, knocked us [B] out of the white.
[A]
When you [C#] turned out the light, [D]
the good old school [B] figured out a [Dm] sight.
[G] [C]
[F] [G] [C] [Am] [Dm]
[G] [C] [Dm]
[G] [C] [Am] [Dm]
[G] [C]
[F] [G] [C] [Am] [Dm]
[G] [C]
[F] [G] [C] [Am]
[E] [F#m] Distant leather, [A]
[E] [F#m] misty river, [A]
[F#m] smoky glasses, what [A] were you [E] looking [F#] at?
Key:
A
F#m
E
Bm
D
A
F#m
E
[A] _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
Dear Luke, so many [F#m] words, too little time.
[A] _
[E] It's probably something you've [F#] found too.
[F#m] _ _ _ [A]
So [E] long ago, sitting [F#] [F#m] around, we're [A] wondering what it was that [E] made you go.
[F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A]
With a chop-chop guitar [Bm] like a Chinese meal, _ [A] _
slicing up time within [Bm] the 4-4 zone.
_ [A] _
You were the city, you were the [Bm] cool, _ _ [A] way before we'd even been there.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ Distant [F#m] leather, _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ [F#m] misty river, _ [A] _
_ _ [F#m] smoky glasses, what [A] were you _ [E] _ [F#m] looking at?
_ _ [A] _
_ Dear [C#] Luke, tries the mic, [D]
the compass [B] wasn't behaving right.
[A] _
The flu [C#] came in the [D] night, knocked us [B] out of the white. _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [F#m] Distant leather, _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] misty river, _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] smoky glasses, what [A] were you _ looking [F#m] _
at?
_ [A] _ Dear Luke, [F#m] so many people, so little space, [A] but that's what [E] defines a human [F#] race.
_ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ [A] Bars and cars [Bm] and stars and Zaws, all [A] mixed up in a mixed up city.
[Bm] _
_ _ [A] It's a place that you called [Bm] home, _ _ [A] while you were there it is.
[Bm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] Distant [F#m]
leather, _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [F#m] misty river.
_ _ [A] _ _ Dear [C#] Luke, tries the mic, [D] the compass [B] wasn't behaving right.
[A] _ The [C#] flu came in the [D] night, knocked us [B] out of the white.
[A] _ When [C#] you turned out the light, [D] the good old school [B] figured out a sight.
_ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ [F#m] Distant leather, _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ [F#m] misty river, _ [A] _
_ _ [F#m] smoky glasses, what [A] were you _ [F#m] looking at?
_ [D] _
_ [A] So Luke, [Bm] I'll miss raising my glass [A] with you.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ Dear [C#] Luke, tries the [D] mic, the compass [B] wasn't behaving _ [A] right.
The flu [C#] came in the [D] night, knocked us [B] out of the white.
_ [A] _
When you [C#] turned out the light, [D]
the good old school [B] figured out a [Dm] sight.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [E] [F#m] Distant leather, _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ [F#m] misty river, _ _ [A] _
_ _ [F#m] smoky glasses, what [A] were you [E] looking [F#] _ at? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
Dear Luke, so many [F#m] words, too little time.
[A] _
[E] It's probably something you've [F#] found too.
[F#m] _ _ _ [A]
So [E] long ago, sitting [F#] [F#m] around, we're [A] wondering what it was that [E] made you go.
[F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A]
With a chop-chop guitar [Bm] like a Chinese meal, _ [A] _
slicing up time within [Bm] the 4-4 zone.
_ [A] _
You were the city, you were the [Bm] cool, _ _ [A] way before we'd even been there.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ Distant [F#m] leather, _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ [F#m] misty river, _ [A] _
_ _ [F#m] smoky glasses, what [A] were you _ [E] _ [F#m] looking at?
_ _ [A] _
_ Dear [C#] Luke, tries the mic, [D]
the compass [B] wasn't behaving right.
[A] _
The flu [C#] came in the [D] night, knocked us [B] out of the white. _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [F#m] Distant leather, _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] misty river, _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] smoky glasses, what [A] were you _ looking [F#m] _
at?
_ [A] _ Dear Luke, [F#m] so many people, so little space, [A] but that's what [E] defines a human [F#] race.
_ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ [A] Bars and cars [Bm] and stars and Zaws, all [A] mixed up in a mixed up city.
[Bm] _
_ _ [A] It's a place that you called [Bm] home, _ _ [A] while you were there it is.
[Bm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] Distant [F#m]
leather, _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [F#m] misty river.
_ _ [A] _ _ Dear [C#] Luke, tries the mic, [D] the compass [B] wasn't behaving right.
[A] _ The [C#] flu came in the [D] night, knocked us [B] out of the white.
[A] _ When [C#] you turned out the light, [D] the good old school [B] figured out a sight.
_ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ [F#m] Distant leather, _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ [F#m] misty river, _ [A] _
_ _ [F#m] smoky glasses, what [A] were you _ [F#m] looking at?
_ [D] _
_ [A] So Luke, [Bm] I'll miss raising my glass [A] with you.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ Dear [C#] Luke, tries the [D] mic, the compass [B] wasn't behaving _ [A] right.
The flu [C#] came in the [D] night, knocked us [B] out of the white.
_ [A] _
When you [C#] turned out the light, [D]
the good old school [B] figured out a [Dm] sight.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [E] [F#m] Distant leather, _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ [F#m] misty river, _ _ [A] _
_ _ [F#m] smoky glasses, what [A] were you [E] looking [F#] _ at? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _