Listen Like Thieves - INXS


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Intro: Bm (1 measure)
Verse:

On the talk ba

ck show

On the radio, 

at the local b

ar

In the hot tra

ffic, By the r

ed tail lights


Chorus:
             
Everybody’s do

            
wn on their kn

     
ees
             
Listen like th

         
ieves
             
But who needs 

         
that
             
When it’s all 

  
in your hands

Bm (2 measures)

 
And we take it

 down

To the end of 

town 

Where they hav

e control

But they’re lo

sing touch whe

n the lights g

o out


Chorus:
             
Everybody’s do

            
wn on their kn

     
ees
             
Listen like th

         
ieves
             
But who needs 

         
that
             
When it’s all 

  
in your hands

       
Everybody’s do

wn on their kn

ees
             
Listen like th

          
ieves for the 

answers
             
But who needs 

          
that?

You've got it 

all in your ha

nds, its all i

n your hands, 

its all in you

r hands

 
Hey 
Bm (2 measures)

 
You are all yo

u need

You are all yo

u need

And that is ev

erything

So don’t hesit

ate

There’s no tim

e to waste, Yo

u just do it f

or yourself


Chorus:
             
I said, everyb

             
ody’s down on 

             
their knees
             
Listen like th

         
ieves
             
But who needs 

         
that
             
When it’s all 

  
in your hands

Extended Chorus: (2nd guitar strums D over top)
           
You got it all

   
            
you got it all

   
            
It’s all in yo

   
ur hands
             
You got it all

  
, you got it a

ll

Interlude: (saxophone solo) 
Bm (4 measures)
  
(guitar solo) 
      (3X)
   

Chorus: (2nd guitar strums D over top)
             
I said, everyb

             
ody’s down on 

            
their knees
             
Listen like th

         
ieves
             
But who needs 

         
that
             
When it’s all 

                 
in your hands
G (2) A (1)

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