Stretch Out And Wait

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Note: This is a fairly complicated version of the song but sounds great when you get your head around it.
It's easier than it looks.
Standard tuning, capo 4.
Chords:
C:032013 G:320003 Fmaj9:133010
G6:320000 Em:022000 Fadd9:XX3213
AM7:4X554X Am:X02213 G6/9:32220X
Emadd4:X22203 Am/F#:2X221X C9:X32030
D7sus2:XX0210 Am7*:X02010 F:133211
F*:3X3211 D9:X54530 Fm:133111
C G Fmaj9 G6
On the high-rise estate
Em C Fadd9 G6
What's at the back of your mind?
C G Fmaj9 G6
Oh, the three day debates on a high-rise estate
Em C Fadd9 G6
What's at the back of your mind?
C G Fmaj9 G6
Two icy-cold hands conducting the way
Em C Fadd9 G6
It's the Eskimo blood in my veins
C G
Amid concrete and clay
Fmaj9 G6
And general decay
Em C Fadd9 G6
Nature must still find a way
C G Fmaj9 G6
So ignore all the codes of the day
Em C Fadd9
Let your juvenile influences sway
C G
This way and that way
Fmaj9 G6
This way, that way
Em C Fadd9 G6
God, how sex implores you
Am7
To let yourself lose yourself
Am C
Stretch out and wait
Am G
Stretch out and wait
Am C Fadd9 G6
Let your puny body, lie down, lie down
Fadd9 G6/9
As we lie, you say
Emadd4 Am/F#
As we lie, you say
Cadd9 D7sus2
Stretch out and...
Am C
Stretch out and wait
Am G
Stretch out and wait
Am C Fadd9 G6
Let your puny body lie down, lie down
Fadd9 G6/9
As we lie, you say:
Am7* D7sus2
Will the world end in the night time?
Fadd9 G6/9
(I really don't know)
Am7* D7sus2
Or will the world end in the day time?
Fadd9 G6/9
(I really don't know)
Am7* D7sus2
And is there any point ever having children?
Fadd9 G6/9
Oh, I don't know
D7sus2 F
F*
All I do know is we're here and it's now
C G
So... Stretch out and wait
F G
Stretch out and wait
Em C Fadd9 G6
There is no debate, no debate, no debate
C G Fmaj9 G6
How can you consciously contemplate
Em C Fadd9 G6
When there's no debate, no debate?
C G
Stretch out and wait
C G
Stretch out and wait
Fmaj9 G6 C G
Stretch out and wait
Fmaj9 G6 C G Fmaj9 G6
Wait, wait, wait
D9 Fm
Am7*
Oh...

Stretch Out And Wait chords and lyrics

Free chords for Stretch Out And Wait by The Smiths. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Note: This is a fairly complicated version of the song but sounds great when you get your head around it.
It's easier than it looks.
Standard tuning, capo 4.
Chords:
C:032013      G:320003      Fmaj9:133010
G6:320000     Em:022000     Fadd9:XX3213 
AM7:4X554X    Am:X02213     G6/9:32220X
Emadd4:X22203 Am/F#:2X221X  C9:X32030
D7sus2:XX0210 Am7*:X02010   F:133211 
F*:3X3211     D9:X54530     Fm:133111
          Am7*                  D7sus2
Will the world end in the night time?
            Am7*                 D7sus2
Or will the world end in the day time?
              Am7*                 D7sus2
And is there any point ever having children?

Stretch Out And Wait Chords by The Smiths

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