Message To My Girl Chords

Message To My Girl - Split Enz
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'Anniversary' version.
 
[Intro]
B/C#   C#   B/C#   C#  (x3)
 
[Verse 1]
B/C#                   C#         B/C#                       C#
  I don't wanna say "I love you",   that would give away too much
Bbm                F/A        Bbm/Ab F/A  Bbm                  Fdim/B  Eb
  It's hip to be detached and precious      the only thing you feel is vicious
B/C#                   C#         B/C#                        C#
  I don't wanna say "I want you"    even though I want you so much
Bbm             F/A   Bbm/Ab  F/A  Bbm         Fdim/B  Eb
  Wrapped up in conversation         whispered in a hush
           F#
Though I'm frightened by the word
             G#
I think it's time that it was heard
 
[Chorus]
        C#              F#             C#              G#m
No more empty self-possession  visions swept under the mat
        E             F#                      C#sus4   C#
It's no New Years Resolution   it's more than that
 
[Verse 2]
B/C#            C#     B/C#                  C#
  Now I wake up happy,   warm in a lovers embrace
Bbm      F/A      Bbm/Ab   F/A  Bbm           Fdim/B  Eb
  No one else can touch us        while we're in this place
     F#
So I sing it to the world
         G#
A simple message to my girl
 
[Chorus]
        C#              F#             C#              G#m
No more empty self-possession  visions swept under the mat
        E             F#                      C#sus4   C#
It's no New Years Resolution   it's more than that
 
[Instrumental]
B/C#        C#             B/C#           C#
Bbm   F/A   Bbm/Ab   F/A   Bbm   Fdim/B   Eb
 
[Pre-chorus]
           F#
Though I'm frightened by the word
             G#
I think it's time I made it heard
        F#
So I'll sing it to the world
         G#
A simple message to my girl
 
[Chorus]
        C#              F#             C#              G#m
No more empty self-possession  visions swept under the mat
        E             F#                      C#sus4   C#
It's no New Years Resolution   it's more than that
 
[Interlude]
(B/C#  C#  x12)
Oh every night I hear you call my name
I wanna sleep in my dark (bedroom?)
I have a mind to express my pain
But I won't get back in your tomb
I wanna hear, I wanna hear, oh why you're gone
And every night seems the same song
Same song...
I will be humming in my sleep
I don't wanna say
I don't wanna say...
 
[Outro]
             C#               F#          C#                   G#m
Oh, there's nothing quite as real, as the touch of your sweet hands
         E                F#                     C#sus4  C#
I can't spend the rest of my life buried in the sand
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