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Steve Mcqueen

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Standard tuning capo 4th fret.
Worked this out from the audio of the first time the song was played publicly, during the Newport Folk 
All of the chords are finger picked apart from the final one which is strummed once.
Notation:
  Asus4x0223x
  Dsus4xxx233
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
I could Dtake my Atime
And I could Dspeed you Gup
I could Dpull you Ain
I Dcan't get Genough
Let's Bmgo, slip sliding in my Aveins..A.
[Chorus 1]
Cos Dthis life is only Achains
It's Bmnothing like the colours in my Gdreams
I just Dwanted to be Steve McAQueen
And my Bmhorses of AEnglish racing Ggreen
BmYou and me and ABritish racing Dgreen
[Verse 2]
And it can Dhold us Adown
It can Dbreak your Gpride
And if it Dgets too Arough
Well you just Dclimb inGside
Let's Bmgo, slip sliding in my Aveins..A.
[Chorus 2]
Cos Dthis life is only Achains
It's Bmnothing like the colours in my Gdreams
I just Dwanted to be Steve McAQueen
And my Bmhorses of AEnglish racing Ggreen
BmYou and me and ABritish racing Dgreen
[Bridge]
And Ddon't Dsus4you knoAw
That Bmyou and I we're Anever going Ghome
Since Gwe don't wanna be aAlone
Here we BmgoA  G  
Sliding in my Aveins...A  
[Chorus 3 & Outro]
Cos Dthis life is only Achains
It's Bmnothing like the colours in my Gdreams
And I just wDanted to be Steve McAQueen
And my Bmhorses of AEnglish racing Ggreen
BmYou and me and ABritish racing Dgreen
And Dthis life is always the Asame
It's Bmnothing like the colours in our Gdreams
We just wDanted to be Steve McAQueen
With our Bmhorses of AEnglish racing Ggreen
BmYou and me in ABritish racing Ggreen
BmYou and me, ASteve McDQueen.

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Steve Mcqueen

by Brian Fallon

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Asus4

Dsus4

Standard tuning capo 4th fret.

Worked this out from the audio of the first time the song was played publicly, during the Newport Folk

All of the chords are finger picked apart from the final one which is strummed once.

Notation:

Asus4

x0223x

Dsus4

xxx233

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

D A

I could take my time

D G

And I could speed you up

D A

I could pull you in

D G

I can't get enough

Bm A A

Let's go, slip sliding in my veins...

[Chorus 1]

D A

Cos this life is only chains

Bm G

It's nothing like the colours in my dreams

D A

I just wanted to be Steve McQueen

Bm A G

And my horses of English racing green

Bm A D

You and me and British racing green

[Verse 2]

D A

And it can hold us down

D G

It can break your pride

D A

And if it gets too rough

D G

Well you just climb inside

Bm A A

Let's go, slip sliding in my veins...

[Chorus 2]

D A

Cos this life is only chains

Bm G

It's nothing like the colours in my dreams

D A

I just wanted to be Steve McQueen

Bm A G

And my horses of English racing green

Bm A D

You and me and British racing green

[Bridge]

D Dsus4 A

And don't you know

Bm A G

That you and I we're never going home

G A

Since we don't wanna be alone

Bm A G

Here we go

A A

Sliding in my veins...

[Chorus 3 & Outro]

D A

Cos this life is only chains

Bm G

It's nothing like the colours in my dreams

D A

And I just wanted to be Steve McQueen

Bm A G

And my horses of English racing green

Bm A D

You and me and British racing green

D A

And this life is always the same

Bm G

It's nothing like the colours in our dreams

D A

We just wanted to be Steve McQueen

Bm A G

With our horses of English racing green

Bm A G

You and me in British racing green

Bm A D

You and me, Steve McQueen.

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