[Intro]
Am G C C 2x
[Verse]
Am G C
I was scared of dentists and the dark,
Am G C
I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations,
Am G C
Oh all my friends are turning green,
Am G C
You're the magicians assistant in their dreams.
[Pre-chorus]
Am G C
Ooh, ooh ooh
Am G C~
Ooh, and they come unstuck
[Chorus]
Am G C
Lady, running down to the riptide,
Am
taken away to the dark side,
G C
I wanna be your left hand man.
Am G C
I love you when you're singing that song
Am
and I got a lump in my throat
G C
'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong
[Verse]
Am G C
There's this movie that I think you'll like,
Am G C
this guy decides to quit his job and heads to New York City,
Am G C
this cowboy's running from himself.
Am G C
And she's been living on the highest shelf
[Pre-chorus]
Am G C
Ooh, ooh ooh
Am G C~
Ooh, and they come unstuck
[Chorus]
Am G C
Lady, running down to the riptide,
Am
taken away to the dark side,
G C
I wanna be your left hand man.
Am G C
I love you when you're singing that song
Am
and I got a lump in my throat
G C
'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong
[Interlude]
Am G C C
[Bridge]
Am G
I just wanna, I just wanna know,
C F
If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay,
Am G
I just gotta, I just gotta know,
C F~
I can't have it, I can't have it any other way
Am G C
I swear she's destined for the screen,
Am G C
Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen, oh
[Chorus]
Am G C
Lady, running down to the riptide,
Am
taken away to the dark side,
G C
I wanna be your left hand man.
Am G C
I love you when you're singing that song
Am
and I got a lump in my throat
G C
'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong
[Chorus]
Am G C
Lady, running down to the riptide,
Am
taken away to the dark side,
G C
I wanna be your left hand man.
Am G C
I love you when you're singing that song
Am
and I got a lump in my throat
G C
'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong
[Chorus]
Am G C
Lady, running down to the riptide,
Am
taken away to the dark side,
G C
I wanna be your left hand man.
Am G C
I love you when you're singing that song
Am
and I got a lump in my throat
G C
'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong
Am
I got a lump in my throat
G C~
'cause you're gonna sing the words wrong.
[Intro]
Am G C C 2x
[Verse]
Am G I was scared of dentists
C
and the dark,
Am G I was scared of pretty girls
C
and starting conversations,
Am G Oh all my friends
C
are turning green,
Am G You're the magicians assistant
C
in their dreams.
[Pre-chorus]
Am G C
Ooh, ooh ooh
Am G C~
Ooh, and they come unstuck
[Chorus]
Am G C
Lady, running down to the riptide,
Am
taken away to the dark side,
G C
I wanna be your left hand man.
Am G I love you when you're
C
singing that song
Am
and I got a lump in my throat
G 'cause you're gonna
C
sing the words wrong
[Verse]
Am G There's this movie that
C
I think you'll like,
Am G this guy decides to quit his
C
job and heads to New York City,
Am G this cowboy's running
C
from himself.
Am And she's been living
G C
on the highest shelf
[Pre-chorus]
Am G C
Ooh, ooh ooh
Am G C~
Ooh, and they come unstuck
[Chorus]
Am G C
Lady, running down to the riptide,
Am
taken away to the dark side,
G C
I wanna be your left hand man.
Am G I love you when you're
C
singing that song
Am
and I got a lump in my throat
G 'cause you're gonna
C
sing the words wrong
[Interlude]
Am G C C
[Bridge]
Am G
I just wanna, I just wanna know,
C If you're gonna,
F
if you're gonna stay,
Am G
I just gotta, I just gotta know,
C I can't have it, I can't
F~
have it any other way
Am G I swear she's destined
C
for the screen,
Am G Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer
C
that you've ever seen, oh
[Chorus]
Am G C
Lady, running down to the riptide,
Am
taken away to the dark side,
G C
I wanna be your left hand man.
Am G I love you when you're
C
singing that song
Am
and I got a lump in my throat
G 'cause you're gonna
C
sing the words wrong
[Chorus]
Am G C
Lady, running down to the riptide,
Am
taken away to the dark side,
G C
I wanna be your left hand man.
Am G I love you when you're
C
singing that song
Am
and I got a lump in my throat
G 'cause you're gonna
C
sing the words wrong
[Chorus]
Am G C
Lady, running down to the riptide,
Am
taken away to the dark side,
G C
I wanna be your left hand man.
Am G I love you when you're
C
singing that song
Am
and I got a lump in my throat
G 'cause you're gonna
C
sing the words wrong
Am
I got a lump in my throat
G 'cause you're gonna
C~
sing the words wrong.