Tom: F
Intro 4x: C G Am G F
Verse:
C G Am G F
There was a crack in your smile the day you were born
C G Am G F
You're out on the pull and it's making you yawn
C G Am G F
Good samaritans never play their part
C G Am G F
Come round, let me put my hands around your heart
Chorus:
C G Am G F
Livewire, your life is in the fire
C G Am
You got everything to play for
G F
1-1, half time
C G Am G F
Livewire, the world is yours to hire
Dm Fsus
We got everything to live for
Don't kick it all the time
C G Am G F (2x)
Bridge:
C G Am G F
Standing in the borough markets selling straws
C G Am G F
People just stare at you and gawp
C G
You'd like to say you're wasted,
Am G F Dm Fsus
but it's not the alcohol that's making you feel like a flat spare wheel
Chorus:
C G Am G F
Livewire, your life is in the fire
C G Am
You got everything to play for
G F
1-1, half time
C G Am G F
Livewire, the world is yours to hire
Dm Fsus
We got everything to live for
Don't kick it all the time
Solo:
Same chord progression as the verses and choruses with improvised
finger picking.
Verse:
C G Am G F
Helicopters hover over the street
C G Am G F
There's always somebody else you're dying to meet
C G
And you're always getting older
Am G F Dm Fsus
That's the deepest thought you can commit to paper
As the nights get later
Chorus:
C G Am G F
Livewire, your life is in the fire
C G Am
You got everything to play for
G F
1-1, half time
C G Am G F
Livewire, the world is yours to hire
Dm Fsus
We got everything to live for
Don't kick it all the time
C G Am G F
Don't kick it all the time
C G Am G F (2x)
-Humming-
Final: Dm F G C
