Maxine (video)

Am - G - Am

Am

1. Creases in your white dress, bruises on your bare skin,

G Am

looks like another fine mess you’ve got yourself into.

Am

What’s the matter with you, has the cat got your tongue ?

G Am

Well, if you don’t like the beat, don’t play with the drum.

Dm F Dm

Maxine, you’re not the only one to take the whole world on,

Am

but no one’s ever won.

Dm F Dm

Maxine, case one-three-five-two, a red and green tattoo,

Am

eyes cold steel blue.

Am

2. On a rain slicked avenue, long shadows in the night,

G

take off your spike heeled shoes,

Am

you’ve got to run for your life (run for your life).

Am

Razor blade in your pocket, from an ex-marine,

G Am

makes you speed like a rocket, ooh, it cuts so clean.

+ CHORUS (capo 6th from here) + A - E - G - D - A - D - G - F

Am

3. How come you're playing for borrowed time, staring out into space,

G Am

bad boys and cold comfort, and a smacked-up face.

+ CHORUS (2x) ....

(orig. = capo 5th) (Sharon O’Neill)