Steam Chords by Peter Gabriel

[Start]

[Intro]
Eb7           
■   Stand back
           Eb7 
Said Stand back


[Verse]
Ab                                           
What are those dogs doing sniffing at my feet
                                                   Ebm7 Eb7 Ebm7
They're on to something picking up picking up this heat ■   ■   


[Chorus]
Eb7 Ebm      
■   This heat
     Ebm     
Give me steam
B             Bbm7             Db  
■ And how you feel can make it real
Ebm                         
Real as anything you've seen
      B    Gb Db                 Ebm   Eb7
Get a life ■  with the dreamer's dream ■  


[Verse]
              Ebm               Eb7  
You know your culture from your trash
                                     Ebm
You know your plastic from your cash ■  
                         Bbm7 
When I lose sight of the track
                 Ab              Ebm
You know the way back but I know you
Eb7                                   
You know your stripper from your paint
                               Eb7  
You know your sinner from your saint
                            Eb7 
Whenever heaven's doors are shut
Bbm                Ab         Eb7
You kick them open but I know you


[Chorus]
Ebm Eb7     B    
■   Give me steam
            Bbm              Db  
And how you feel can make it real
Ebm                          
Real as any place you've been
      B    Gb          Db        Ebm7 
Get a life ■  with the dreamer's dream
Eb7           
■   Stand back
           Eb7 
Said stand back
          Ab                   
Can't you see I've lost control
            Gb        
I'm getting indiscrete
Ab                                            Gb              Ebm  Eb7
You're moving in so close 'til I'm picking up picking up this heat ■  
Ebm          
■   This heat
        B    
Give me steam
            Gb                   
And how you feel can make it real
Ebm                         
Real as anything you've seen
      B    Db                    Ebm  
Get a life ■  with the dreamer's dream


[Verse]
Eb7                              
You know your green from your red
                            Eb7 
You know the quick from the dead
                        Eb7 
So much better than the rest
                      Ab                 Eb7
You think you've been blessed but I know you
Ebsus4   Ebm                   Eb7   Ebm
You know your ladder from your snake ■  
Eb7 Ebsus4   Ebm           Ebsus4 Eb7  
You know the throttle from the    brake
Ebsus4 Eb7                                 
You    know your straight line from a curve
Bbm7                Ab               Eb7
You've got a lot of nerve but I know you


[Chorus]
Bbm     B    
Give me steam
            Bbm      Db          
And how you feel can make it real
Ebm                      Ebm7 Ebm
Real as any place you've been ■  
      B    Db                 Eb7  
Get a life with the dreamer's dream


[Verse]
Ebm               
Everybody nosedive
Ebm                           
Hold your breath count to five
Ebm               
Backslap boobytrap
Ebm                      
Cover it up in bubblewrap
Ebm                  
Room shake earthquake
Ebm                     
Find a way to stay awake
Eb7                                   
It's going to blow it's going to break
Eb7                         
This is more than I can take


[Chorus]
   Eb7              
Oh yeah I need steam
         Eb7            
Feel the steam around me
   Ebm7           Eb7            
Ah you're turning ■   up the heat
                Eb7        
When I start to dream aloud
       Eb7                     
Do you move your hands and feet
      Ebm Eb7                          
Won't you step into this cloud of steam
Eb7       
This steam
Eb7          
Give me steam
        Eb7                      
And how you feel can make it real
        Eb7                 
Real as anything you've seen
Eb7                                
Get a life with the dreamer's dream
Eb7         
Help me yeah
         Eb7                  
Ready to steam out the log jam
     Eb7                               
Stir crazy from the freezer to the foil
        Eb7                      
Water's bubbling it's bbbbubbling
Eb7                                
Bubbling bubbling bubbling bubbling
          Ebm7   Eb7    Ebm7
Like it's coming to the boil
     Ebm          
Give me steam lady
Ebm                            
Give me the steam around me now
Ebm7        
Coming alive
Ebm7        
Coming alive
                  Ebm  
Said give me some steam


[End]