Transcribed by Paul Kelly
Chords
Cm : x35543
G7 : 320001
Fm7 : 131111
Gsus4 : 3x0013
F/C : x33211
Ab/C : x4111x
Am/C : 032210
G7/C : x30001
C#m : x46654
G#7 : 464544
F#m7 : 242222
Intro
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[Cm]I spy a boy, I [G7]spy a girl,
I [Cm]spy the worst place [G7]in the world, in the [Cm]whole wide world.
Oh, you [Fm7]didn't do bad, you [Cm]made it out,
I'm [Fm7]still stuck here, oh, but [G7]I'll get out, oh yeah, [Gsus4]I'll get out.[Cm]
Verse 1
Can't you see a giant walks among you
Seeing through your petty [G7]lives?
Do you [Cm]think I do the things for real?
I do these things just so I su[G7]rvive,
And you know I will sur[Cm]vive.
It [Fm7]may look to the untrained eye,
I'm [Cm]sitting on my arse all day,
I'm [Fm7]biding time until I take you [G7]on,
My Lords and Ladies I will prevail,
I cannot fail 'cause I [Cm]spy.
Verse 2
[Cm]Oh, I've got your number, taken notes,
And all the ways your minds work I've [G7]studied.
Oh, and your [Cm]minds are just the same as mine:
Except that you're clever swines, you [G7]never let your masks slip,
You never admit to it, you're never [Cm]hurried. Oh no no no.
And [Fm7]every night I hone my plan - how I [Cm]will get my satisfaction,
How [Fm7]I will blow your paradise [G7]away, away, away, ooh, 'cause I s[Cm]py.
Middle (Spoken)
[Cm]It's just like in the old days,
[F/C]I used to compose my own critical notices in my head:
[Ab/C]"The crowd gasp at Cocker's masterful control of the bi[Am/C]cycle,
Skillfully avoiding the dog turd outside the [Ab/C]corner shop."
Imagining a blue plaque [F/C]above the place I first ever touched a girl's [G7]chest,
But hold on, you've [Cm]got to waith for the best.
You see, you should take me seriously, [F/C]very seriously indeed,
'Cause I've been [Ab/C]sleeping with your wife for the past sixteen weeks,
[Am/C]Smoking your cigarettes, drinking your brandy,
[Ab/C]Messing up the bed that you chose together.
[F/C]And in all that time I just wanted you to come home
[G7]Unexpectedly one afternoon, and catch us at it [Cm]in the front room.
You see, I spy for a living, and I [F/C]specialise in revenge,
On [Ab/C]taking the things I know will cause you pain.[Am/C]
I can't help it, I was dragged [Ab/C]up. My favourite parks are car parks,
[F/C]Grass is something you smoke. Birds are something [G7/C]you shag.
Take your "Year In Provence" and shove [Cm]it up your ass.
Verse 3
[Cm]Your Ladbroke Grove looks turn me [G7]on, yeah.
With roach [Cm]burns in designer dresses,
Skin stretched tight over high cheek [G7]bones
And thousands of tiny dryness lines beating a path,
[Cm]Beating a path to the corners of your eyes.
And [Fm7]every night I hatch my plan,
It's [Cm]not a case of woman v man.
It's [Fm7]more a case of haves against hav[G7]en'ts,
And I just happen to have exactly what you need,
Yeah, just exactly what you [Cm]need, yeah.
Verse 4
[C#m]La, la, la, la , la, la, la, la,
[G#7]La, la, in the midnight hour.
[C#m]La, la, la, la , la, la, la, la,
[G#7]La, la, I will come to you,
[C#m]I will come to you.
[F#m7]I will take you from this sickness,
[C#m]Dinner parties and champagne.
I'll [F#m7]hold your body and make it sing [G#7]again,
Come on - sing again, let's sing again, oh yeah, 'cause I [Cm]spy.
Outro
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Yes, I spy.
I spy a boy, I [G7]spy a girl.
I [Cm]spy a chance to [G7]change the world,
To [Cm]change your world.
Chords
Cm : x35543
G7 : 320001
Fm7 : 131111
Gsus4 : 3x0013
F/C : x33211
Ab/C : x4111x
Am/C : 032210
G7/C : x30001
C#m : x46654
G#7 : 464544
F#m7 : 242222
Intro
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[Cm]I spy a boy, I [G7]spy a girl,
I [Cm]spy the worst place [G7]in the world, in the [Cm]whole wide world.
Oh, you [Fm7]didn't do bad, you [Cm]made it out,
I'm [Fm7]still stuck here, oh, but [G7]I'll get out, oh yeah, [Gsus4]I'll get out.[Cm]
Verse 1
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Can't you see a giant walks among you
Seeing through your petty [G7]lives?
Do you [Cm]think I do the things for real?
I do these things just so I su[G7]rvive,
And you know I will sur[Cm]vive.
It [Fm7]may look to the untrained eye,
I'm [Cm]sitting on my arse all day,
I'm [Fm7]biding time until I take you [G7]on,
My Lords and Ladies I will prevail,
I cannot fail 'cause I [Cm]spy.
Verse 2
-------
[Cm]Oh, I've got your number, taken notes,
And all the ways your minds work I've [G7]studied.
Oh, and your [Cm]minds are just the same as mine:
Except that you're clever swines, you [G7]never let your masks slip,
You never admit to it, you're never [Cm]hurried. Oh no no no.
And [Fm7]every night I hone my plan - how I [Cm]will get my satisfaction,
How [Fm7]I will blow your paradise [G7]away, away, away, ooh, 'cause I s[Cm]py.
Middle (Spoken)
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[Cm]It's just like in the old days,
[F/C]I used to compose my own critical notices in my head:
[Ab/C]"The crowd gasp at Cocker's masterful control of the bi[Am/C]cycle,
Skillfully avoiding the dog turd outside the [Ab/C]corner shop."
Imagining a blue plaque [F/C]above the place I first ever touched a girl's [G7]chest,
But hold on, you've [Cm]got to waith for the best.
You see, you should take me seriously, [F/C]very seriously indeed,
'Cause I've been [Ab/C]sleeping with your wife for the past sixteen weeks,
[Am/C]Smoking your cigarettes, drinking your brandy,
[Ab/C]Messing up the bed that you chose together.
[F/C]And in all that time I just wanted you to come home
[G7]Unexpectedly one afternoon, and catch us at it [Cm]in the front room.
You see, I spy for a living, and I [F/C]specialise in revenge,
On [Ab/C]taking the things I know will cause you pain.[Am/C]
I can't help it, I was dragged [Ab/C]up. My favourite parks are car parks,
[F/C]Grass is something you smoke. Birds are something [G7/C]you shag.
Take your "Year In Provence" and shove [Cm]it up your ass.
Verse 3
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[Cm]Your Ladbroke Grove looks turn me [G7]on, yeah.
With roach [Cm]burns in designer dresses,
Skin stretched tight over high cheek [G7]bones
And thousands of tiny dryness lines beating a path,
[Cm]Beating a path to the corners of your eyes.
And [Fm7]every night I hatch my plan,
It's [Cm]not a case of woman v man.
It's [Fm7]more a case of haves against hav[G7]en'ts,
And I just happen to have exactly what you need,
Yeah, just exactly what you [Cm]need, yeah.
Verse 4
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[C#m]La, la, la, la , la, la, la, la,
[G#7]La, la, in the midnight hour.
[C#m]La, la, la, la , la, la, la, la,
[G#7]La, la, I will come to you,
[C#m]I will come to you.
[F#m7]I will take you from this sickness,
[C#m]Dinner parties and champagne.
I'll [F#m7]hold your body and make it sing [G#7]again,
Come on - sing again, let's sing again, oh yeah, 'cause I [Cm]spy.
Outro
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Yes, I spy.
I spy a boy, I [G7]spy a girl.
I [Cm]spy a chance to [G7]change the world,
To [Cm]change your world.
