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Stretch Out And Wait

The Smiths
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Chords in this song

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 On the high-rise  estate
  What's  at the back of your mind  ?
  Oh, on a three-day  debate
  On a high-rise  estate
  What's  at the back of your mind  ?
  Two icy-cold  hands  conducting  the way
  It's the Eskimo  blood in my veins
  Amid concrete  and clay
  And general  decay
  Nature  must still find a way
  So ignore  all  the codes  of the day
  Let your juvenile  influences sway
  This  way and that  way and
  This  way and that  way
  God,  how sex implores  you
  To let  yourself lose yourself
  Stretch  out and wait
  Stretch  out and wait
Let  your puny body lie  down, lie  down
  As  we lie, you say
  As we lie,  you say
  Stretch  out and ...
  Stretch  out and wait
  Stretch  out and wait
  Let  your puny body lie  down, lie  down
  As  we lie, you say
  Will the world  end in the night  time ?
  (I really don't  know)
  Or will the  world end in the  day time ?
  (I really don't  know)
  And is there  any point ever  having children ?
  Oh, I don't know
  What I do  know is we're here  and it's Now
  So ... stretch  out and wait
  Stretch out  and wait
  There is no  debate, no debate, no debate
  How  can you consciously  contemplate
  When there's  no debate, no debate  ?
  Stretch out and wait
Stretch  out and wait
  Stretch out and wait
  Wait
  Wait
  Wait
  Wait
 

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Readable chord sheet for Stretch Out And Wait by The Smiths

[E]     [B] On the h[A]igh-rise esta[B]te
      [Abm]What's at the back of your m[A]ind ?
      Oh, on a th[E]ree-day de[B]bate
      On a h[A]igh-rise est[B]ate
      [Abm]What's at the back of your m[A]ind ?

      Two i[E]cy-cold ha[B]nds condu[A]cting the wa[B]y
      It's the E[Abm]skimo blood in my ve[A]ins
      Amid c[E]oncrete and cl[B]ay
      And g[A]eneral dec[B]ay
      N[Abm]ature must still find a w[A]ay

      So ign[E]ore al[B]l the c[A]odes of the da[B]y
      Let your j[Abm]uvenile influences sw[A]ay
      T[E]his way and t[B]hat way and
      T[A]his way and t[B]hat way
      [Abm]God, how sex impl[A]ores you
      To [F#]let yourself lose yourself

      [C#m]Stretch out and w[E]ait
      [C#m]Stretch out and w[E]ait
[C#m]      [B]Let your puny body l[A]ie down, l[B]ie down
      [A]As we lie, you say [B]
      As we [C#m]lie, you say
      [E]Stretch out and ...
      [C#m]Stretch out and w[E]ait
      [C#m]Stretch out and w[E]ait
      [B]Let your puny body l[A]ie down, l[B]ie down
      [A]As we lie, you say [B]
      Will the w[C#m]orld end in the n[F#]ight time ?
      (I really do[A]n't know) [B]
      Or will th[C#m]e world end in th[F#]e day time ?
      (I really do[A]n't know) [B]
      And is the[C#m]re any point ever[F#] having children ?
      Oh, I don't [A]know      [B]
      What I [F#]do know is we're h[A]ere and it's [B]Now

      So ... s[E]tretch out and w[B]ait
      Stretch [A]out and w[B]ait
      There is [Abm]no debate, no debate, no de[A]bate
      [E]How can you c[B]onsciously c[A]ontemplate[B]
      When there'[Abm]s no debate, no deb[A]ate ?
      Stretch out and w[E]ait          [B]
[C#m]      [B]Stretch out and [Abm]wait          [A]
      Stretch out and w[E]ait          [B]
      W[E]ait        [B]
      W[E]ait        [B]
      W[E]ait        [B]
      W[E]ait        [B]                  [B]

      [C#m]         [F#]          [Am]

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