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The Look

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THE LOOK METRONOMY
[Verses]
DmYou'Dm7re up but Dmyou'll get doDm7wn
YDmou're never runniDm7ng from tDmhis toDm7wn
AmAnd I think Am7you saiAmdAm7  
E       E7      E    E7             'same chord switching (Am, Am7) for rest'
You'll never get anything better than this
Dm'Cause you're going round in circles
AmAnd everyone knows you're troubleE  
Dm'Cause you read it in a big book
And now you giving me the look loAmokE  
But just remember how we shoDmok shook
And all the things we took AmtookE  
This town's the oldest friend of mine
Dm          Am            E            Dm              Am         E
DmGet up and we get down
We're always running round this town
And Amto think they said
EWe'd never get anything better than this
Dm'Cause we're always in small circles
AmAnd everyone thinks we're Etrouble
We didn't read it in a Dmbig book
And now we're giving you the lAmook lookE  
But just remember how we shook shooDmk
And all the things we took toAmokE  
This town is the oldest friend of mine
Dm             Am          E           Dm        Am         E
EThis town, this town, this town
Solo, fade out

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The Look

by Metronomy

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Dm7

Am7

THE LOOK METRONOMY

[Verses]

Dm Dm7 Dm Dm7

You're up but you'll get down

Dm Dm7 Dm Dm7

You're never running from this town

Am Am7 Am Am7

And I think you said

E E7 E E7 'same chord switching (Am, Am7) for rest'

You'll never get anything better than this

'Cause you're going round in circles

Am E

And everyone knows you're trouble

'Cause you read it in a big book

Am E

And now you giving me the look look

But just remember how we shook shook

Am E

And all the things we took took

This town's the oldest friend of mine

Dm Am E Dm Am E

Get up and we get down

We're always running round this town

And to think they said

We'd never get anything better than this

'Cause we're always in small circles

Am E

And everyone thinks we're trouble

We didn't read it in a big book

Am E

And now we're giving you the look look

But just remember how we shook shook

Am E

And all the things we took took

This town is the oldest friend of mine

Dm Am E Dm Am E

This town, this town, this town

Solo, fade out

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