Babylon Sisters

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[Intro]
| Gb5| B   Ab7| E   Abm7| Ebm7   Ebs4   Ebm7   Ebs4|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
| Gb5   B| Ab7   B| E   F#/E  A7-5| Ebm7   Ebs4   Ebm7   Ebs4|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
| E   F#/E  A7-5| Ebm7   Ebs4   Ebm7  Ebs4| Ebsus4| Bb7sus4|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
--2/4---
[Verse 1]
Bb7sus4Drive west on Cm7sunset to the Eb13sea
Turn that jungle Dbmaj9music down
Ab13Just until we're Gbmaj13out of townBbm7  
This is no Cm7one night Dm11stand
It's a real oc Bbm7casion
Close your eyes and you'll Cm7be there
It's Eb/Feverything they Bbmaj7say
The E7-5end of a perfect Ebmaj13day
Distant A7+5+9lights from across the Dm7bay
[Chorus]
Babylon sisters Ebshake F/Ebit
Dm7Babylon sisters Ebshake F/Ebit
C9So fine so F13young
Bbmaj7Tell me I'm the Bbm7only Eb9one
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
| Dm7   C9| Eb   F/Eb| B/E   Gb/E   Db/Gb   Ab/Gb   Bb7-9  
* * * * * * * *
Ebm7Here come those Db6Santa Ana winds
| Bmaj7   B7   E6/9   A13-5|
* * * *
a gain ba-a-d ne-e-ews
| Ebm7   Ebm9| Ebm7   Ebm7-5| Ebmmaj7   Ebm7-5| Ebsus4|  Bb7sus4|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >
[Verse 2]
Cm7show folk on the Eb13sand
Drink kirschwasser from a Dbmaj9shell
Ab13San Francisco Gbmaj13show and tellBbm7  
Well I should Cm7know by Dm11now
That it's just a Bbm7spasmEb/Bb  
Like a Fm/BbSunday in Cm7T.J.
That it's Eb/Fcheap but it's not Bbmaj9free
That I'm E7-5not what I used to Ebmaj7be
And that A7+5+9love's not a game for Dmthree
[Chorus]
Babylon Dm7sisters Ebshake F/Ebit
Dm7Babylon sisters Ebshake F/Ebit
C9So fine so F13young
Bbmaj7Tell me I'm the Bbm7only Eb9one
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
| Dm7   C9| Eb   F/Eb| B/E   Gb/E   Db/Gb   Ab/Gb   Bb7-9  
* * * * * * * *
Ebm7Here come those Db6Santa Ana winds
| Bmaj7   B7   E6/9   A13-5|
* * * *
a gain
| Bbm7   Cm7| Eb13| Dbmaj9   Ab13| Gbmaj9| Bbm7|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
[Verse 3]
Cm7no don't Dm11go
For that cotton Bbm7candyEb/Bb  
Son you're Fm/Bbplaying with Cm7fire
The F11kid will live and Bbmaj7learn
As he E7-5watches his bridges Ebmaj13burn
From the A7+5+9point of no re Dm7turn
[Chorus]
Babylon sisters Ebshake F/Ebit
Dm7Babylon sisters Ebshake F/Ebit
C9So fine so F13young
Bbmaj7Tell me I'm the Bbm7only Eb9one
[Coda]
| Dm7   C9| Eb   F/Eb| Dm7| G/F   Fmaj7   Ebmaj7|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
| Dm7| Eb   F/Eb  Ab7-5| Dm7| G/F   Fmaj7   Ebmaj7|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
| Dm7| Eb   F/Eb   Ab7-5  
* * * * You got to shake it baby you got to shake it baby you got to
| Dm7| G/F   Fmaj7  Ebmaj7|
* * * * * * * *
sha-ake it
| Dm7| Eb   F/Eb   Ab7-5  
* * * * You got to shake it baby you got to shake it baby you got to
| Dm7| G/F   Fmaj7  Ebmaj7|
* * * * * * * *
sha-ake it
| Dm7| Eb   F/Eb   Ab7-5  
* * * * You got to shake it baby you got to shake it baby you got to
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