You took the words right out of my mouth    (video)    (midi)

 

    G - C - C - D (2x)

 

                   G                                        C

1. It was a hot summer night and the beach was burning,

                     G                                 C

    there was fog crawling over the sand,

                G                                                C

    when I listen to your heart, I hear the whole world turning

        F                                             Am        G    C     D    G

    I see the shooting stars falling through your tremblin' hands.

 

                           G                                      C

2. Ah, you were licking your lips and your lipstick shinin',

               G                              C

    I was dyin' just to ask for a taste,

                   G                          C                          F

    we were lyin' together in a silver lining by the light of the moon.

                                 Am    G         C   D

    You know there's not another moment,

    Am     G         C   D    Am    G          C        D    G

    not another moment, not another moment to waste.

 

                    Am              Em                     F               G

    Well, you hold me so close that my knees grow weak,

                 Am                          C              G

    but my soul is flying high above the ground,

           Am            Em                 F                  G

     I'm trying to  speak, but no matter what I do,

      Em                                           D

    I just can't seem to make any sound. - - -

 

                        C                                                G

And then you took the words right out of my mouth,

            F                                               G

oh, it must have been while you were kissing me,

        C                                                G

you took the words right out of my mouth.

                   Am   G    C

Oh, and I swear it's true.

          Em                        C             Em    D

I was just about to say I love you (love you).

 

+  repeat CHORUS

 

 

 

 

 

                   G                                  C

3. Now my body is shaking like a wave on the water,

                G                                        C

    and I guess that I'm beginning to grin,

                    G                                  C

    oh, we're fin'ly alone and we can do what we want,

            F                             Am        G          C        D  

    the night is young, ain't no-one gonna know where,

    Am         G          C        D    Am        G           C                D     G

    no-one gonna know where, no-one gonna know where you been.

 

                          G                                      C

4. Ah, you were licking your lips and your lipstick shinin',

               G                              C

    I was dyin' just to ask for a taste,

                         G                          C                          F

    oh, we were lyin' together in a silver lining by the light of the moon,

                     Am    G         C          D   G

    there was not another moment to waste.

 

+  CHORUS (2x)

 

                     G                                                C

+  Well, you took the words right out of my mouth ! (8x)

 

             C                                                G

+  You took the words right out of my mouth,

                F                                               G

    oh, it must have been while you were kissing me. (3x) ....

 

(orig. = capo 2nd; live = no capo)    (Meat Loaf)