Dont Stand So Close To Me - The Police


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[Intro]
 


[Verse]
           
Young teacher,

           
 the subject, 

           
of school girl

       
 fantasy
           
She wants him,

           
 so badly, kno

           
ws what she wa

       
nts to be
           
Inside her, th

           
ere's longing,

           
 this girl's a

        
n open page
           
Book marking, 

           
she's so close

           
 now, this gir

       
l is half his 

age


[Chorus]
    -       
Don't stand, d

   -        
on't stand so,

   -      
 don't stand s

       
o close to me
    -       
Don't stand, d

   -        
on't stand so,

   -      
 don't stand s

       
o close to me


[Verse]
           
Her friends ar

           
e, so jealous,

           
 you know how 

        
bad girls get
           
Sometimes it's

           
 not so easy, 

           
to be the teac

       
her's pet
           
Temptation, fr

          
ustration, so 

            
bad it makes h

     
im cry
           
Wet bus stop, 

           
she's waiting,

           
 his car is wa

      
rm and dry


[Chorus]
    -       
Don't stand, d

   -        
on't stand so,

   -      
 don't stand s

       
o close to me
    -       
Don't stand, d

   -        
on't stand so,

   -      
 don't stand s

       
o close to me


[Verse]
           
Loose talk in,

           
 the class roo

           
m, to hurt the

      
y try and try
           
Strong words i

          
n the staff ro

            
om, the accusa

      
tions fly
           
It's no use, h

           
e sees her, he

           
 starts to sha

      
ke and cough
           
Just like the 

           
old man in tha

           
t book by Naba

       
kov


[Chorus]
    -       
Don't stand, d

   -        
on't stand so,

   -      
 don't stand s

       
o close to me
    -       
Don't stand, d

   -        
on't stand so,

   -      
 don't stand s

       
o close to me


[Solo]
  x4


[Outro]
    -       
Don't stand, d

   -        
on't stand so,

   -      
 don't stand s

       
o close to me 

   (repeat/fad

e)
(Please don't stand so        clo - se   to me)

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