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EmWhite door ninth floor silent number
DIt's autumn on a cold avenue
GTelex intercept, he sips a cigarette
AWarms up his VDUC  
EmHe gets his kicks from microchips
DHis orders from the CIA
GBiro bugs and lasers, casual surveillance
AOf boardrooms and communiquéCs
BDon't use your phone and don't use mine
Don't speak treason, they're tapping the lAines
EmBreak-in, stake out, Ctell it Din Gcode
EmEverything is legal, CanyGthing Dgoes
EmThe nights getting darker and the iCll wDind bGlows
AYour life's in a databank in CASIDO
EmTrained in the ghettos of Lebanon
DTruncheons and an M16
GSellin' scag, UN flag
Now he's Atrading in securiCties
EmDarwin rendezvous, B52
DTrench coat’s slightly creased
GFrom a coup in Asia, US Air Force Major
ABuying dirty laundry, Cswearing it's for peace
BInfiltration, we'll never know
Just like Chile but the bruises don't shoAw
EmBreak-in, stake out, Ctell it Din Gcode
EmEverything is legal, CanyGthing Dgoes
EmThe nights getting darker and the iCll wDind bGlows
AYour life's in a databank in CASIDO
[Bridge]
D A G B
[Solo] 
 Em   C   A   G   Bx 4
EmSpook behind the bar, unmarked car
DRumours hang like stale perfume
GFlushin' under beds, sniffin' out the reds
ANobody can feel immunCe
EmAnd no names no stress no blame no press
DClean when the dirty work's done
GAllocate a budget, special branch thug
ADo it for the fractures, Cdo it for the fun
BMidnight Flashlight, a crash on the door
The rats on the table, blood on the flooAr
EmBreak-in, stake out, Ctell it Din Gcode
EmEverything is legal, CanyGthing Dgoes
EmThe nights getting darker and the iCll wDind bGlows
(pause)
AYour life's in a databank in CASIDO
Em, C, A, G,  Bx 2
B       A      G
Em, C, A, G,  Bx 2

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O22OOO

Minor chord - Sad, melancholic sound

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E minor

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Asio

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Chords in this song · guitar

White door ninth floor silent number

It's autumn on a cold avenue

Telex intercept, he sips a cigarette

A C

Warms up his VDU

He gets his kicks from microchips

His orders from the CIA

Biro bugs and lasers, casual surveillance

A C

Of boardrooms and communiqués

Don't use your phone and don't use mine

Don't speak treason, they're tapping the lines

Em C D G

Break-in, stake out, tell it in code

Em C G D

Everything is legal, anything goes

Em C D G

The nights getting darker and the ill wind blows

A C D

Your life's in a databank in ASIO

Trained in the ghettos of Lebanon

Truncheons and an M16

Sellin' scag, UN flag

A C

Now he's trading in securities

Darwin rendezvous, B52

Trench coat’s slightly creased

From a coup in Asia, US Air Force Major

A C

Buying dirty laundry, swearing it's for peace

Infiltration, we'll never know

Just like Chile but the bruises don't show

Em C D G

Break-in, stake out, tell it in code

Em C G D

Everything is legal, anything goes

Em C D G

The nights getting darker and the ill wind blows

A C D

Your life's in a databank in ASIO

[Bridge]

D A G B

[Solo]

Em C A G B

x 4

Spook behind the bar, unmarked car

Rumours hang like stale perfume

Flushin' under beds, sniffin' out the reds

A C

Nobody can feel immune

And no names no stress no blame no press

Clean when the dirty work's done

Allocate a budget, special branch thug

A C

Do it for the fractures, do it for the fun

Midnight Flashlight, a crash on the door

The rats on the table, blood on the floor

Em C D G

Break-in, stake out, tell it in code

Em C G D

Everything is legal, anything goes

Em C D G

The nights getting darker and the ill wind blows

(pause)

A C D

Your life's in a databank in ASIO

Em C A G B

, , , , x 2

B A G

Em C A G B

, , , , x 2

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