Pressure down (AUS 4, NZ 8, 1986)     (video)

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1. Set the wheels in motion and watch them turning round,

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I want to sail across the ocean, I‘ve grown weary of this town.

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Take the pressure down, ‘cause I can feel it, it‘s rising like a storm,

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take hold of the wheels and turn them around, take the pressure down.

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2. In this city full of danger, we lead our separate lives,

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and I was frightened by a stranger, with desperation in her eyes.

+ CHORUS

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+ Someone turned the pressure on,

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I called your name and you were gone,

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and I was trapped like a prisoner in this lonely town,

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I‘m gonna let things slide, until the pressure comes down.

+ D - A - G (2x) + Bm - A - Bm - A - A7

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3. Oh the winner tells his story, the loser hides in shame,

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the winner steals the glory, while the loser takes the pain.

+ CHORUS (5x) ….

(orig. = capo 4th) (John Farnham)