This Velvet Glove - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tuning: Dm, E A D G B E
[INTRO]
[VERSE]
Close to my s
kin
I'm falling i
n
Someone who's
been
Sitting by th
e phone
I'm left alon
e
In another zo
ne
John says to
live above hel
l
My will is we
ll
No one is wai
ting
For me to fai
l
My will could
sail, yeah
[INTERLUDE]
[VERSE]
It's such a w
aste to be was
ted in the fir
st place
I want to tas
te the taste o
f being face t
o face with co
mmon grace
To meditate o
n the warmest
dream
And when I wa
lk alone I lis
ten to our sec
ret theme
[CHORUS]
You solar eye
s are like
Nothing I hav
e ever seen
Somebody clos
e
That can see
right through
I'd take a fa
ll and you kno
w
That I'd do a
nything
I will for yo
u.
[INTERLUDE]
[VERSE]
Sailing for t
he sun
'Cause there
is one
Knows where I
'm from
I care for yo
u
I really do
I really do
Come closer n
ow
So you can li
e
Right by my s
ide
Sit alone in
the sun
I wrote a let
ter to you
Getting over
my self, yeah
[INTERLUDE]
[CHORUS]
You solar eye
s are like
Nothing I hav
e ever seen
Somebody clos
e
That can see
right through
I'd take a fa
ll and you kno
w
That I'd do a
nything
I will for yo
u.
Your solar ey
es are like
Nothing I hav
e ever seen
Somebody clos
e
That was made
for you
I'd take a fa
ll and you kno
w
That I'd do a
nything
I will for yo
u.
[INTERLUDE]
[CHORUS]
Close to my s
kin
Someone who's
been
I'm falling i
n
Disasters are
Just another
star
Falling in my
yard
John says to
live above hel
l
My will is we
ll
Long to be wi
th
Someone to te
ll
I love your s
mell