Tempted (1981)    (video)    (midi)

 

    A - G - D (2x)

 

                       A                         C#m              F#m

1. I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste, a flannel for my face,

         B7                                     Dm

    pajamas, a hairbrush, new shoes and a case.

       Am                                         Em                 - F        - G

    I said to my reflection, let's get out of this pla.....ce !

                           D                                       F

    Passed the church and the steeple, the laundry on the hill,

      A

    billboards and the buildings,

       G                    B7         Am              D

    memories of it still keep calling and calling.

                Am         - F                D

    But forget it all,        I know I will.

 

    A                      G          D

Tempted by the fruit of another,

  A                         G              D

tempted, but the truth is discovered.

                        B7                        E

What's been going on now that you have gone ?

                   A       - G    D                                   A        - G

There's no other,        tempted by the fruit of another,

  D                                        Bm         - Dm

tempted, but the truth is discovered.

 

                      A               C#m           F#m

2. I'm at the carpark, the airport, the baggage carousel,

            B7                                       Dm

    the people keep on writing, and wishing I was well.

       Am                                         Em                 - F - G

    I said, it's no occasion, it's no story I can tell.

                D                                       F

    At my bedside, empty pocket, a foot without a sock,

              A

    your body gets much closer.

        G                    B7      Am                        D

    I fumble for the clock, alarmed by the seduction,

      Am    - F                  D

    I wish        it would stop.

 

    A                      G          D

Tempted by the fruit of another,

  A                         G             D

tempted, but the truth is discovered.

                        B7                        E

What's been going on now that you have gone ?

                   A       - G    D                                   A        - G

There's no other,        tempted by the fruit of another,

  D                                        Bm         - Dm

tempted, but the truth is discovered.

 

                       A                C#m          F#m

3. I bought a novel, some perfume, a fortune all for you,

     B7                                            Dm

    but it's not my conscience that hates to be untrue.

       Am                                               Em                      - F        - G

    I asked of my reflection, tell me : What is there to d.....o ?

 

+ CHORUS

 

        A                      G          D

+  Tempted by the fruit of another,

      A                         G             D

    tempted, but the truth is discovered. (4x) ...

 

 

(orig. = capo 2nd; midi = capo 3rd)    (Squeeze)