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June Afternoon
The Look
Dressed for Success
Listen to Your Heart
Dangerous
It Must Have Been Love
Joyride
Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)
The Big L
Spending My Time
How do You Do?
Almost Unreal
Sleeping in My Car
Crash!Boom!Bang!
Vulnerable


JUNE AFTERNOON
De: Per Gessle

 Intro:

    G C D C
    G Em C D


 Ver. 1:
    G                               C                     G - C - D - C
    Didn't I tell you everything is possible in this deja vu
    G                           C                           G - C - D - C
    Try the riverboat, the carousel, feed the pigions, barbecue
    Em              C             G          D - Dsus4 - D
    Look at all the people, happy faces all around
    Em                C           G           D
    Smiling, throwing kisses busy making lazy sounds

 Chor:
           A      D         E        D           A
    It's a bright June afternoon, it never get's dark 
         #Fm  D              E
    whaa whaa here comes the sun
             A      D           E          D           A
    Get your green, green tambourine, lets play in the park
         #Fm  D              E 
    whaa whaa here comes the sun

 Ver. 2:
                
    Some folks are on blankets slowly daydreaming and reaching for their food
    Let's go buy an icecream and a magazine with an attitude
    And put on a cassette we can pretend that you are a star
    Cos' life's so very simple, just like la la la
 
    Chorus
 
    last line of chorus like this:

         #Fm  D              E              C      G
    Whaa whaa here comes the sun, comes the sun
              Em                   Bm
    Their's a painter painting his masterpiece
                   Em                Bm7 
    There are some squirrels jumping in the trees
              C                    G   
    There's a wide-eyed boy with a red balloon
           Bm                        D
    All my life I've longed for this afternoon

    Repeat chorus

THE LOOK
De: Per Gessle

           A                
 1-2-3-4 walking like a man,
  
 hitting like a hammer, 
          G
 she's a juvenile scam.
  
 Never was a quitter, 
  D
 tasty like a raindrop, 
                   A
 she's got the look. 

 Heavenly bound 
 cause heaven's got a number 
 when she's spinning me around, 
 kissing is a colour. 
 Her loving is a wild dog, 
 she's got the look. 


                   A
 She's got the look. She's got the look. 
                  C             G                    A
 What in the world can make a brown-eyed girl turn blue.
                C           G                A  
 When everything I'll ever do I'll do for you 
            F            G                  A          
 and I go: la la la la la she's got the look. 


 Fire in the ice 
 naked to the t-bone 
 is a lover's disguise. 
 Banging on the head drum, 
 shaking like a mad bull, 
 she's got the look. 

 Swaying to the band, 
 moving like a hammer 
 she's a miracle man. 
 Loving is the ocean, 
 kissing is the wet sand, 
 she's got the look. 

 And she goes: na na na na na na na na. 

DRESSED FOR SUCCESS
De: Per Gessle


 F  Bb  C  Bb  F  Bb  C  Bb  F  Bb  C  Bb   F  Bb  C  Bb


 F                 Bb        F
 Tried to make it little by little,
                   Bb     F           C 
 tried to make it bit by bit on my own.
 F                   Bb    F  
 Quit the job, the grey believers,
                    Bb      F              C 
 another town where I get close to the bone. 


                           Bb             F 
 Whatcha gonna tell your brother? - oh oh oh
                          Bb                 F 
 whatcha gonna tell your father? - I don't know!
                          Bb               Dm  C  Bb 
 Whatcha gonna tell your mother? - Let me go... 


                 F      Bb     C   Bb   
 I'm gonna get dressed for success 
   Gm           Bb        C        Bb 
 shaping me up for the big time, baby.
       F      Bb     C   Bb     
 Get dressed for success 
   Gm           Bb           C
 shaping it up for your love
           F       Bb    C  
 for your love, yea yea yea. 


 I'm not afraid, a trembling flower, 
 I'll feed your heart and blow the dust from your eyes 
 and in the dark things happen faster. 
 I love the way you sway your hips next to mine. 

 Whatcha gonna tell your brother? - oh oh oh... 

 I'm gonna get dressed for success, 
 hitting a spot for the big time, baby. 
 Get dressed for success 
 shaping it up for your love. Look sharp! 

LISTEN TO YOUR HEART
De: Per Gessle e Mats Persson


 Bm  G  A  Bm  G  A  Bm  G  A  Bm  G  Em


 Bm       G                       A            Bm  
 I know there's something in the wake of your smile. 
       G                  A           Bm              
 I get a notion from the look in your eyes, yea.
              G                A           Bm 
 You've built a love but that love falls apart.
                            G              Em 
 Your little piece of heaven turns too dark. 



                 Bm  G           D           A    
 Listen to your heart when he's calling for you.
                 Bm  G                 D            A 
 Listen to your heart there's nothing else you can do.
           D                A        G            D  
 I don't know where you're going and I don't know why, 
                     Bm  G      A                    Bm
 but listen to your heart before you tell him goodbye. 



 Sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile. 
 The precious moments are all lost in the tide, yea. 
 They're swept away and nothing is what is seems, 
 the feeling of belonging to your dreams.

 Listen to your heart...


 E              
  And there are voices that want to be heard. 
 C#m                                              
  So much to mention but you can't find the words.
 B                          A 
  The scent of magic, the beauty that's been 
 B                    C#
  when love was wilder than the wind. 

                 D#m B           F#          C#  
 Listen to your heart when heīs calling for you
                 D#m  B                F#           C#  
 Listen to your heart, thereīs nothing else you can do
           F#               C#       B             F#
 I donīt know where youīre going and I donīt know why,
                     D#m B   C#                    D#m B  
 but listen to your heart before you tell him goodbye. 

 C#  D#m  B  C#  D#m  B   (REPEAT AND FADE)

DANGEROUS
De: Per Gessle

 Intro:
 D5 / E5    D5 / E5    D5 / E5    D5 / E5
 E  B  C#m  A  E

               C#5
 You pack your bag, you take control

               B
 You're moving into my heart and into my soul

               C#5
 Get out of my way! Get out of my sight!

            B
 I won't be walking on thin ice to get throught the night

                  E                 C#m
 Hey where's your work? What's your game?

             A
 I know your business but I don't know your name...


 E                                          B
 Hold on tight, you know she's a little bit dangerous

                            C#m
 She's got what it takes to make ends meet,

                          A
 The eyes of a lover that hit like heat

                             E
 You know she's a little bit dangerous


          C#5
 You turn around, so hot and dry,

               B
 You're hiding under a halo, your mouth is alive

               C#5
 Get out of my way! Get out of my sight!

           B
 I'm not attracted to go-go deeper tonight

                 E                 C#m
 Hey what's your word? What's your game?

             A
 I know your business but I don't know your name...


 E                                          B
 Hold on tight, you know she's a little bit dangerous

                            C#m
 She's got what it takes to make ends meet,

                          A
 The eyes of a lover that hit like heat

                             E
 You know she's a little bit dangerous
 
                      B
 Oh just a little bit dangerous...


 [Harmonica / guitar solo]


                  E                 C#m
 Hey what's your word? What's your game?

             A
 I know your business but I don't know your name...


 [Chorus with no guitar]


 [Chorus to fade]

IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE
De: Per Gessle


 F        C     
 Lay a whisper on my pillow,
           F             G
 leave the winter on the ground
               C                   F
 I wake up lonely, there's air of silence
        Dm               G
 in the bedroom and all around
              Am          C              F
 Touch me now, I close my eyes and dream away
  
 G                       C
 It must have been love, but its over now
 F                     Dm      Am
 It must have been good, but I lost it somehow
 G                      C
 It must have been love but its over now
 F                 Dm                Am
 from the moment we touched till the time had run out
  
 G    C   
 Make believing, we're together
          F                 G
 that I'm sheltered by hour heart
            C                      F
 But in and outside I've turned to water
            Dm              G
 like a teardrop in your palm
           Am             C             F
 And its hard, winter's day, I dream away
  
 G                       C
 It must have been love, but its over now
 F                 Dm         Am
 It was all I wanted, now I'm living without
 G                      C
 It must have been love but its over now
 Gm            C                           Bb
 Its where the water flows, its where the wind blows
  
 I am not sure about end part ...
  
    C                  F
 It must have been love but its over now
 Bb                       Gm       Dm
 It must have been good, but I lost it somehow
 C                      F                  Bb
 It must have been love, but its over now, from the moment we touched
 Gm       Dm              C
 till the time had run out. Yeah it must have been love .. [repeat and fade]

JOYRIDE
De: Per Gessle


 A              
 i hit the road out of nowhere, 
 i had to jump in my car 
 and be a rider in a love game 
 following the stars,
 D 
 don't need no book of wisdom, 
 Bm                         A  
 i get no money talk at all. 


 she has a train going downtown, 
 she's got a club on the moon 
 and she's telling all her secrets 
 in a wonderful balloon. 
 oh she's the heart of the funfair, 
 she's got me whistling her private tune. 

           E      D              A
 and it all begins where it ends, 
              E          D
 and she's all mine, my magic friend.


               A        G      D       A
 she says: hello, you fool, i love you, 
                        D            A     
 c'mon join the joyride, join the joyride. 


 she's a flower, i can paint her, 
 she's a child of the sun, 
 we're a part of this together, 
 could never turn around and run. 
 don't need no fortune teller 
 to know where my lucky love belongs oh no.

 cos it all begins again when it ends, 
 and we're all magic friends. 

 she says: hello, you fool, i love you, 
 c'mon join the joyride, be a joyrider. 

       D    
 iīll take you on a skyride, 
 a feeling like you're spellbound. 
      A
 the sunshine is a lady 
 who rox you like a baby. 

 she says hello...

FADING LIKE A FLOWER (EVERY TIME YOU LEAVE)
De: Per Gessle


          Dm
 in a time 
            Am               Dm
 where the sun descends alone, 
          F         C           Dm
 i ran a long long way from home 
             Am                   G 
 to find a heart that's made of stone. 

 i will try, 
 i just need a little time 
 to get your face right out of my mind,
 to see the world through different eyes. 


 F           Bb            Dm     C    
  every time i see you oh i try to hide away 
 F        Bb                   C       F   
  but when we meet it seems i can't let go.
 F          Bb                     Dm     C              Bb
  every time you leave the room i feel i'm fading like a flower. 


 tell me why? 
 when i scream there's no reply, 
 when i reach out there's nothing to find, 
 when i sleep i break down and cry.


 every time i see you... 


 C               Dm   C  F  
  fading like a rose, 
 C               Dm   C  F  
  fading like a rose, 
 C                Dm  C  F 
  beaten by the storm, 
 G              A
  talking to myself,

  getting washed by the rain, 
                         Dm
  it's such a cold cold town. 

THE BIG L
De: Per Gessle


 A      
  she's the top, she's got the world on a string. 
  she makes me boogie, makes me do anything yea yea.
 F#M  
 - hey now, touch the sky, 
 you've got a certain kind of look in your eyes. 

 A
  well, she's a miracle, she's all that i need 
 like the water and the air that i breathe yea yea.
 F#m
  - hey now, reach the sky, 
 there's a certain kind of look in your smile. 

         D        A        E 
 and i know what love can do. 
         Bm       F#m        E                 
 yes i know what hearts can do. 


          B                      
 the big love is taking the wheel,
          E 
 the big love goes head over heels,
          C#m                           F# 
 the big lust, bring it into the small world, 
                              B
 the bigger, the better. big love,
                          E  
 waiting to catch the big one,
                          C#m 
 head over heels, the big one,
                          F#
 bring it into the small world. 
                               E 
 i'm building the big big love, 
                               B  F#  E  F#
 i'm building the big big love. 


 it's kinda strange, a bit mysterious, 
 i gotta take it oh so so serious. 
 - hey now, touch the sky, 
 you've got a certain kind of look in your eyes. 
 
 it used to be so hard, so lonely at night, 
 well, she's my baby and i'm feeling alright.
  - hey now, move the sky,
 there's a certain kind of look in that smile.

  when i'm making love with her.
  when i'm making love to her yea. 

 A  E     B
      It has to be a big thing. 
 A  E        B
      it's bringing me to my knees. 
 A  E  B                    A  E       F#
      has to be a big thing,      big thing,

 ya know what i'm saying... 

SPENDING MY TIME
De: Per Gessle e Mats Persson 

            Bm               D5           E
 What's the time? Seems it's already morning

           Bm           D5              Esus4  E
 I see the sky, it's so beautiful and blue

          Bm          D5          E
 The tv's on, but the only thing showing

                 B     Bm
 is a picture of you

          Bm       D5                 E
 Oh I get up and make myself some coffee

          Bm          D5                   Esus4  E
 I try to read a book but the story's to thin

             Bm              D5                 E
 I thank the lord above that you're not here to see me

                  B     Bm
 in the shape I'm in


             E                 B
 Spending my time watching the days go by

            C#m                  A
 Feeling so small I stare at the wall

             F#m   A         B
 hoping that you think of me too

                     E
 I'm spending my time



 I try to call but I don't know what to tell you


 I leave a kiss on your answering machine


 Oh help me please, is there someone who can make me


 wake up from this dream?


             E                 B
 Spending my time watching the days go by

            C#m                  A
 Feeling so small I stare at the wall

             F#m       A           B
 hoping that you are missing of me too

                     E             B
 I'm spending my time watching the sun go down

                      C#m                  A
 I fall asleep to the sound of "Tears of a Clown"

               F#m    Bm
 a prayer gone blind


 I'm spending my time


 F#m        A                 E
  My friends keep telling me: hey life will go on,
 
 F#m   A                E
  time will make sure I'll get over you.
 
 F#m        A
  This silly game of love

 E                  B             D    (E)
  You play, you win only to lose.


           F#                 C#
 Spending my time watching the days go by

            D#m                  B
 Feeling so small I stare at the wall

             G#m       B           C#
 hoping that you are missing of me too

                     F#             C#
 I'm spending my time watching the sun go down

                      D#m                  B
 I fall asleep to the sound of "Tears of a Clown"

               G#m    C#m
 a prayer gone blind



 Outro:

  B   C#  F#  G#
  B   C#  F#

 [Repeat to fade]



 Esus4 is either played with a capo on the 2nd fret,
 or barred at the 7th, like this:

 e: 5   7
 B: 5   10
 G: 4   9
 D: 2   9
 A: x   7
 E: x   7

HOW DO YOU DO?
De: Per Gessle


                        C5     F5            G5
 I see you comb your hair and gimme that grin. 
        F5          C5        F5          G5     
 It's making me spin  now, spinnin' within. 
              F5         C5   F5       G5   F5         C5   F5  G5
 Before I melt like snow,  I say Hello - How do you do! 


 I love the way you undress now. Baby begin. 
 Do your caress, honey, my heart's in a mess. 
 I love your blue-eyed voice, like Tiny Tim shines thru. How do you do! 


  F5           G5 Am                             Am/G    
 Well, here we are  crackin' jokes in the corner  of  our mouths 
       Fmaj7                              C
 and I feel like I'm laughing in a dream. 
           Am                                    
 If I was young I could wait outside your school 
 Am/G                                  Fmaj7     G
  cos your face is like the cover of a magazine. 


            Eb5                 Bb5                    
 How do you do, do you do, the things that you do. 
            Eb5      Ab5       Bb5
 No one I know could ever keep up with you. 
            C5         Ab5        Bb5                C5  Ab5 Bb5
 How do you do! Did it ever make sense to you to say Bye Bye Bye? 


 I see you in that chair with perfect skin. 
 Well, how have you been, baby, livin' in sin? 
 Hey, I gotta know, did you say Hello - How do you do? 

 Well, here we are spending time in the louder part of town 
 and it feels like everything's surreal. 
 When I get old I will wait outside your house 
 cos your hands have got the power meant to heal. 

 How do you do... 

ALMOST UNREAL
De: Per Gessle


  B               B/A
 Babe, come in from the cold
                  G#m7               E
 and put that      coat to rest
              C#m   E/B
 Step inside,     take a deep breath
        A                           G#sus4   G#
 and do what you do best


 Yeah, kick off them shoes 
 and leave those city streets
 I do believe love came our way
        A                                    B
 and fate did arrange for us to meet

      
                                E                 B                A
      I love when you do that hocus pocus to me
                                    E                          B               A
      the way that you touch, youīve got the power to heal
                                     C#m      B                 A                         F# 
      You give me that look,     itīs almost unreal,  itīs almost unreal

      
      Hey, we canīt stop the rain
      Letīs find a place by the fire
      Sometimes I feel, strange as it seems,
      youīve been in my dreams all my life

      
      I love when you do....
                                    C#m      B                  A                          C#m B A  
     You give me that look,      itīs almost unreal,  itīs almost unreal

      
      Bm      G                 A       D 
            Itīs a crazy world out there
      Bm                 G                          D                  A
            letīs hope our prayers are in good hands tonight

 (instrumental)
  E   A   E   D   F#m  E   D   B   

                               F#                  C#            B
      I love when you do  that hocus pocus to me
                                      F#                     C#                B
      the way that you touch youīve got the  power to heal
                                   D#m      C#               B                         D#m  
      you give me that look,    itīs almost unreal, itīs almost unreal   
          C#          B
      So    unreal

       
      Yeah, come on and do tha hocus pocus to me....
      B                         D#m   C#    B
        itīs almost unreal  

      F#  C#  B                           F#  C#   B                         
                     itīs almost unreal
         D#m                  C#              B
      Do      that hocus pocus to me...

   (repeat and fade)

SLEEPING IN MY CAR
De: Per Gessle


     start with figure 1:

 e------------------------------------------|
 B------------------------------------------|
 G------------------------------------------|  Play
 D----------7---9--7--------------7--9-7----|   x2
 A---7---9----9-------7------7-9---------7--|
 E-9---9-------------------9----------------|
 
     then:
 
 e-----------|
 B-----------|
 G-----------|
 D-----------|
 A---7---9---|
 E-9---9-----|
 
     The chords for the verse are barred at these frets:
     F# - 2, E - 0, B - 2, D - 5
 
 F#      
 I'll tell you what I've done
 E
 I'll tell you what I'll do
      B                D        
 Been driving all night just to get close to you
 F#                        E
 Baby babe - I'm moving so fast
                   B   D
 You'd better come on
 
 F#
 The moon is alright
 E
 The freeway's heading South
    B
 My Heart is going Boom!
 D
 There's a strange taste in my mouth
 F#                          E
 Baby babe - I'm moving real fast
                B   D
 So try to hold on
 
 Try to hold on!
 
 
     The chords for the chorus are barred at these frets:
     F# - 9, C# - 9, D# - 6, B - 7
 
                F#           C#
 Sleeping in my car - I will undress you
                D#           B
 Sleeping in my car - I will caress you
                F#              C#         B   C#
 Staying in the back seat of my car making up
 
 
     Repeat figure 1
     Here is the chorus rhythm:
 
    F#
 So come out tonight
 E
 I'll take you for a ride
 B
 This steamy ol' wagon
 D
 The radio is getting wild
 F#                        E
 Baby babe we're moving so fast
               B   D
 I try to hang on
 
 Try to hang on!
 
 
 Sleeping in my car - I will undress you
 Sleeping in my car - I will caress you
 Staying in the back seat of my car making love, oh yea!
 
 Sleeping in my car - I will posess you
 Sleeping in my car - certainly bless you
 Laying in the back seat of my car making up
 
     No guitar over this bit:
 
 The night is so pretty and so young
 The night is so pretty and so young
 So very young...
 
     then:
 
 e-------------------------------------------
 B-------------------------------------------
 G-------------------------------------------
 D----------7---9--7--------------7--9-7-----
 A---7---9----9-------7------7-9---------7---
 E-9---9-------------------9-----------------
 
 e------------------------------------------|
 B------------------------------------------|
 G------------------------------------------|
 D----------7---9--7---------------7-6------|
 A---7---9----9-------7------7-9-------9----|
 E-9---9-------------------9----------------|
 
     The rest is just choruses:
 
 Sleeping in my car - I will undress you
 Sleeping in my car - I will caress you
 Staying in the back seat of my car making love to you
  
 Sleeping in my car - I will posess you
 Sleeping in my car - certainly bless you
 Laying in the back seat of my car making up
 
 I will undress you
 I will undress you
 
 The night is so pretty and so young... 

CRASH!BOOM!BANG!
De: Per Gessle


 [Verse 1]

 E-------------
 B-------------
 G-------------
 D-------------
 A-------4-----
 E--4-7--------

 C#m
 My Papa told me to stay out of trouble

 E--------
 B--------
 G--------
 D--------
 A----4---
 E--4-----
                                                 G#m
 "When you've found your man, make sure he's for real!"
 
 [Here's the first guitar riff]
 
 C#m
 I've learned that nothing really lasts forever
 
 [Here's the second guitar riff]
 
                                          G#m   
 I sleep with the scars I wear that won't heal
            F#  F#+  F#*  F#  B
 they won't heal.
 
 [Chorus]
 
 Cos every time I seem to fall in love
              B*       B
 Crash! Boom! Bang!
     
 I find the heart but then I hit the wall
              B*
 Crash! Boom! Bang!
            C#               A
 That's the call, that's the game
         E              B
 and the pain stays the same
 
 [Verse 2]
 
 I'm walking down this empty road to nowhere
 I pass by the houses and blocks I once knew.
 My Mama told me not to mess with sorrow
 But I always did, and Lord, I still do
 I'm still breaking the rules
 I kick it up
 I kick it down.
 
 [Chorus]
 
 Cos every time ...
           C#          A
 That's my real middle-name
        E               B
 It has always been the same
            C#               A
 That's the call, that's the game
         E              B
 and the pain stays the same.
 
 
 [Bridge]
 
 Em               C
 I still feel the heat     /Slowly fallin' from the sky/
         G            D
 and the taste of the kissing     
 Em           C
 Shattered by rain       /Comin' tumblin' from behind/
         G         D
 And the wild holy war
 
 C#m  G#m  ... [something like that]
 
 F#  F#+  F#*  F#
 
 I kick it up I kick it down
 
 [Chorus]
 
 And every time I seem to fall in love
 Crash! Boom! Bang!
 I find the roses dying on the floor 
 Crash! Boom! Bang!
 That's the call, that's the game
 and the pain stays the same
 That's my real middle-name
 It has always been the same...
 
 
 [Play the chords like this:]
 
     C# G# F# F#+ F#* B B* A E
 
 E   4  4  6  7   4   7 7  5 4  
 B   5  4  7  7   7   7 7  5 5       
 G   6  4  6  6   6   4 4  7 4        
 D   6  6  4  4   4   4 6  8 6       
 A   4  6  x  x   x   6 7  8 7        
 E   4  4  x  x   x   7 x  5 7       
 
 [In the (Bridge) play the chords like this:]
 
     Em  C  G  D
 
 E   0   0  3  2
 B   0   1  3  3
 G   0   0  0  2
 D   2   2  0  0
 A   2   3  2  x
 E   0   3  3  x

VULNERABLE
De: Per Gessle

 [Verse 1]
 E                           g#m
 Everywhere I look I see her smile
                   A
 Her absent-minded eyes
     f#m                              E
 And she has kept me wondering for so long
                         B
 How this thing could go wrong
 
    E                                g#m
 It seems to me that we are both the same
                  A 
 Playing the same game
        f#m                                  E
 But as darkness falls this true love falls apart
                      C#
 Into a riddle of her heart
 
 [Chorus]
          F#          F#*         B           C#
 She's so vulnerable,        like china in my hands
          F#          F#*        B            C#
 She's so vulnerable         and I don't understand
 F#            F#*            B
 I could never hurt the one I love 
                C#
 She's all I've got
              F#            C#
 But she's so vulnerable
       F#
 Oh so vulnerable
 
 
 [Verse 2]
 Days like these no one should be alone
 No heart should hide away
 Her touch is gently conquering my mind
 There's nothing words can say
 
 She's coloured all the secrets of my soul 
 I've whispered all my dreams
 But just as nighttime falls this vision falls apart
 Into a riddle of her heart
 
 [Chorus]
 She's so vulnerable ...
 
 
 
 Note:
 
    F#  F#*   
 e  5   5
 B  6   5
 G  5   5
 D  4   4
 A  4   4
 E  x   x
 

 If you use a capo on 4th fret (it's the best way how to play it), 
 you can play E like C, g#m like em, A like F, f#m like dm, B like G, 
 C# like A and F# like D.