Left to My Own Devices Chords by Pet Shop Boys
- Key: G
- BPM: 128
- Capo: no capo
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LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] D Am D Am Dm Gbm7 A7 Gbm7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] [Chorus] A7 Gbm7 A7 Gbm7 G7 Am Gbm7 Am ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Gbm7 G7 Am7 A7 Gbm7 A7 Gbm7 A7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Inst] Gbm7 Em7 Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Am ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ C Cmaj7 Am ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Am I get out of bed at half past ten Am Phone up a friend who's a party animal Am Turn on the news and drink some tea Cmaj7 Maybe if you're with me we'll do some shopping Am One day I'll read or learn to drive a car Am If you pass the test you can beat the rest Am But I don't like to compete or talk street street street A I can pick up the best from the party animal ■ [Chorus] A I could leave you Bm7 Say goodbye Bm7 Or I could love you Esus4 If I try E7 And I could Am Bm7 And left to my own devices A I probably would Bm7 Left to my own devices A I probably would [Verse] Am Pick up a brochure about the sun Am Learn to ignore what the photographer saw Cmaj7 I was always told that you should join a club Cmaj7 Stick with the gang if you want to belong Am I was a lonely boy no strength no joy Am In a world of my own at the back of the garden Am I didn't want to compete or play out on the street A For in a secret life I was a Roundhead general [Chorus] A I could leave you Bm7 Say goodbye Bm7 Or I could love you Esus4 If I try E7 And I could Bm7 And left to my own devices A I probably would Bm7 Left to my own devices [Inst] F G Am I probably ■ would ■ F Oh I would Gsus4 G Am F G Am ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F Gsus4 Am7 Am ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Gbm7 I was faced with a choice at a difficult age F Would I write a book Or should I take to the stage F But in the back of my head I heard distant feet G F Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat ■ Gbm7 Em7 It's not a crime when you look the way you do Cmaj7 Gbm7 The way I like to picture you Cmaj7 When I get home it's late at night Cmaj7 I pour a drink and watch the fight [Chorus] Am Turn off the TV look at a book Cmaj7 Pick up the phone fix some food Cmaj7 Maybe I'll sit up all night and day Dm Waiting for the minute I hear you say C A ■ ■ I could leave you Bm7 Say goodbye Bm7 Or I could love you Esus4 If I try E7 And I could C Bm7 And left to my own devices A I probably would A Come on baby Bm7 Say goodbye Bm7 I could love you Esus4 If I try E7 And I could Bm7 And left to my own devices A I probably would C Bm7 Left to my own devices [Verse] A Bm7 I probably would ■ Esus4 E7 C Bm7 ■ ■ Out of bed at half past ten A The party animal phones a friend C Bm7 Picks up news about the sun A Bm7 And the working day has just begun [Inst] Esus4 E7 C Bm7 A ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] C Bm7 Sticks with the gang at the back of the street A Bm7 Pass the test and he don't compete ■ Esus4 E7 C Bm7 ■ ■ Drive the car if you're with me A Che Guevara's drinking tea C Bm7 He reads about a new device [Chorus] A Bm7 Esus4 E7 And takes to the stage in a secret life ■ ■ C Bm7 Left to my own devices A I probably would C Bm7 If I was left to my own devices A Bm7 I possibly would ■ Esus4 E7 Am C Bm7 ■ ■ If I was left to my own devices A I probably would C Bm7 If I was left to my own devices A I probably would A I could leave you Bm7 Say goodbye Bm7 Or I could love you Esus4 If I try E7 And I could Am C Bm7 And left to my own devices A I probably would C Bm7 Left to my own devices A I probably would A Come on baby C Bm7 Left to my own devices A I probably would [Outro] A7 C Bm7 A ■ ■ ■ ■