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SLIT SKIRTS
INTRO:
Bbm / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / ||
VERSE I:
I was just thirty-four years old and I was still
BbmWandering in a haze
Absus4I was wondering why eveAbryone I met seemed like they were
F#sus4Lost in a mazeF#  
Ebsus4I don't know why EbI thought I should have some kind of
BbmDivine right to the blues
Absus4It's sympathy not tears peAbople need when they're the
F#sus4Front Page sad news.F#  
Ebsus4The incense burEbned away and the
Bb(add2)
Stench began to rise
Ebmaj7And lovers now estranged avoided
Bb(add2)
Catching each others' eyes
Ebmaj7PRE-CHORUS I:
And girls who lost their children cursed the
Fmaj7Men who fit the coilCmaj7  
Fmaj7And men not fit Cmaj7for marriage took their
Fmaj7Refuge in the oilCmaj7  
Fmaj7No-one respectCmaj7s the flame quite like the
Gmaj7Fool who's badly burDmaj7ned
Gmaj7>From all this yoDmaj7u'd imagine that there
Gmaj7Must be something leaDmaj7rned . . .
C11CHORUS I
Slit skirts, Jeanie isn't wearing those
CSlit skirts, and I don't ever wear no
F(add2)
Ripped shirts, can't pretend that growing older
Am7Never hurts.
Bb(add2)
Knee-pants, Jeanie never wears those
CKnee-pants, have to be so drunk to try a
F(add2)
New dance, so afraid of every little
Am7Romance . . .
Bb(add2)
Slit skirts, slit skirts, Jeanie isn't wearing those
DSlit skirts, slit skirts, she wouldn't dare in those
BmSlit skirts, slit skirts, wouldn't be seen dead in those
Gmaj7Slit skirts
C11Romance, romance, why aren't we thinking up
DRomance?  Why can't we drink it up
BmTrue-heart romance, just need a brief new little
Gmaj7Romance . . .
C11
VERSE II
Let me tell you some more about myself, you know I'm sitting at home
just now.
The big events of the day have passed and the late TV shows have come
on.
I'm number one on the home team, but I still feel unfulfilled. A
silent voice
in a broken heart complains that I'm unskilled. And I know that when
she
thinks of me, she thinks of me as him, but unlike me she don't workout
her
frustrations in the gym.
Recriminations fester and the past can never change, a woman's
expectations
run from both ends of the range.
Once she walked with untamed lovers face between her legs,
Now he's cooled and stifled and it's she who has to beg...
[Repeat VERSE I, PRE-CHORUS I & CHORUS I]
FADE
[Repeat last four lines of CHORUS I]

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Slit Skirts

by Pete Townshend

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bbm

Absus4

F#sus4

Ebsus4

Ebmaj7

Fmaj7

Cmaj7

Gmaj7

Dmaj7

C11

Am7

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SLIT SKIRTS

INTRO:

Bbm / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / ||

VERSE I:

I was just thirty-four years old and I was still

Bbm

Wandering in a haze

Absus4 Ab

I was wondering why everyone I met seemed like they were

F#sus4 F#

Lost in a maze

Ebsus4 Eb

I don't know why I thought I should have some kind of

Bbm

Divine right to the blues

Absus4 Ab

It's sympathy not tears people need when they're the

F#sus4 F#

Front Page sad news.

Ebsus4 Eb

The incense burned away and the

(add2)

Stench began to rise

Ebmaj7

And lovers now estranged avoided

(add2)

Catching each others' eyes

Ebmaj7

PRE-CHORUS I:

And girls who lost their children cursed the

Fmaj7 Cmaj7

Men who fit the coil

Fmaj7 Cmaj7

And men not fit for marriage took their

Fmaj7 Cmaj7

Refuge in the oil

Fmaj7 Cmaj7

No-one respects the flame quite like the

Gmaj7 Dmaj7

Fool who's badly burned

Gmaj7 Dmaj7

>From all this you'd imagine that there

Gmaj7 Dmaj7

Must be something learned . . .

C11

CHORUS I

Slit skirts, Jeanie isn't wearing those

Slit skirts, and I don't ever wear no

(add2)

Ripped shirts, can't pretend that growing older

Am7

Never hurts.

(add2)

Knee-pants, Jeanie never wears those

Knee-pants, have to be so drunk to try a

(add2)

New dance, so afraid of every little

Am7

Romance . . .

(add2)

Slit skirts, slit skirts, Jeanie isn't wearing those

Slit skirts, slit skirts, she wouldn't dare in those

Slit skirts, slit skirts, wouldn't be seen dead in those

Gmaj7

Slit skirts

C11

Romance, romance, why aren't we thinking up

Romance? Why can't we drink it up

True-heart romance, just need a brief new little

Gmaj7

Romance . . .

C11

VERSE II

Let me tell you some more about myself, you know I'm sitting at home

just now.

The big events of the day have passed and the late TV shows have come

on.

I'm number one on the home team, but I still feel unfulfilled. A

silent voice

in a broken heart complains that I'm unskilled. And I know that when

she

thinks of me, she thinks of me as him, but unlike me she don't workout

her

frustrations in the gym.

Recriminations fester and the past can never change, a woman's

expectations

run from both ends of the range.

Once she walked with untamed lovers face between her legs,

Now he's cooled and stifled and it's she who has to beg...

[Repeat VERSE I, PRE-CHORUS I & CHORUS I]

FADE

[Repeat last four lines of CHORUS I]

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