Slit Skirts - Pete Townshend Chords by twoputt@mac.com Corrections are always welcome. Bbm (x13321@1) AbI (xx1114@1)was just thirty-four years old and I was still wandering in a haze Gb (244322@1) EbI (x43121@3)was wondering why everyone I met seemed like they were lost in a maze Bbm (x13321@1) AbI (xx1114@1)don't know why I thought I should have some kind of divine right to the blues Gb (244322@1) Eb (x43121@3)It's sympathy not tears people need when they're the front page sad news Bb (x1333x@1) EbThe (x43121@3)incense burned away and the stench began to rise Bb (x1333x@1) EbAnd (x43121@3)lovers now estranged avoided catching each others' eyes C7 (x32310@1) F7And (131241@1)girls who lost their children cursed the men who fit the coil C7 (x32310@1) F7And (131241@1)men not fit for marriage took their refuge in the oil D7 (xx0212@1) G7No-one (320001@1)respects the flame quite like the fool who's badly burned D7 (xx0212@1) G7From (320001@1)all this you'd imagine that there must be something learned... C7 (x32310@1) F7Slit (131241@1)skirts, Jeanie isn't wearing those slit skirts C7And (x32310@1)I don't ever wear no ripped shirts F7Can't (131241@1)pretend that growing older never hurts C7 (x32310@1) F7Knee-pants, (131241@1)Jeanie never wears those knee-pants C7We (x32310@1)have to be so drunk to try a new dance F7So (131241@1)afraid of every little romance... DSlit (xx0232@1)skirts, slit skirts, Jeanie isn't wearing those DSlit (xx0232@1)skirts, slit skirts, she wouldn't dare in those D (xx0232@1) G7Slit (320001@1)skirts, slit skirts, wouldn't be seen dead in those slit skirts D (xx0232@1) DRomance, (xx0232@1)romance, why aren't we thinking up romance? DWhy (xx0232@1)can't we drink it up true heart romance? G7Just (320001@1)need a brief new little romance... Bbm (x13321@1) AbLet (xx1114@1)me tell you some more about myself, you know I'm sitting at home just now. Gb (244322@1) EbThe (x43121@3)big events of the day have passed and the late TV shows have come on. Bbm (x13321@1) AbI'm (xx1114@1)number one on the home team, but I still feel unfulfilled. Gb (244322@1) EbA (x43121@3)silent voice in a broken heart complains that I'm unskilled. Bb (x1333x@1) EbAnd (x43121@3)I know that when she thinks of me, she thinks of me as him. Bb (x1333x@1) EbBut (x43121@3)unlike me she don't workout her frustrations in the gym. C7 (x32310@1) F7Recriminations (131241@1)fester and the past can never change C7 (x32310@1) F7A (131241@1)woman's expectations run from both ends of the range. D7 (xx0212@1) G7Once (320001@1)she walked with untamed lovers face between her legs, D7 (xx0212@1) G7Now (320001@1)he's cooled and stifled and it's she who has to beg... C7 (x32310@1) F7Slit (131241@1)skirts, Jeanie isn't wearing those slit skirts C7And (x32310@1)I don't ever wear no ripped shirts F7Can't (131241@1)pretend that growing older never hurts C7 (x32310@1) F7Knee-pants, (131241@1)Jeanie never wears those knee-pants C7We (x32310@1)have to be so drunk to try a new dance F7So (131241@1)afraid of every little romance... DSlit (xx0232@1)skirts, slit skirts, Jeanie isn't wearing those DSlit (xx0232@1)skirts, slit skirts, she wouldn't dare in those D (xx0232@1) G7Slit (320001@1)skirts, slit skirts, wouldn't be seen dead in those slit skirts D (xx0232@1) DRomance, (xx0232@1)romance, why aren't we thinking up romance? DWhy (xx0232@1)can't we drink it up true heart romance? G7Just (320001@1)need a brief new little romance... SOLO (use D - D - D - G7 pattern) D (xx0232@1) DRomance, (xx0232@1)romance, why aren't we thinking up romance? DWhy (xx0232@1)can't we drink it up true heart romance? G7Just (320001@1)need a brief new little romance... SOLO (use D - D - D - G7 pattern)