Skin Deep - The Stranglers
Tuning: A, E A D G B E
Song: Skin deep
Artist: The Stranglers
Composers: Jet Black, Jean-Jacques Burnel,
Hugh Cornwell & David Greenfield
Album: Aural sculpture
Tabbed by DJ 14th Feb 2016
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Many peopl
e ...tell
you...
That they're y
/
our friend,
You be - lieve
them, you nee
d them,
For what's 'ro
und the river
bend
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[Link]
Make sure that
you're re - c
eiving the sig
- nals...
They send,
'Cause, brothe
r, you've only
got two hands
...
To lend
[Verse 2]
Maybe, .
..there's some
- one...
Who Makes
you weep,
And some night
s they loom up
a - head,
When you'r
e a - sleep
[Pre-Chorus]
Some days,
there's things
on your mind.
..
You should kee
p,
Sometimes,
it's tougher t
o look...
Than to leap
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[Chorus]
(Oo - oo!
Oo - oo!)
Better watch o
ut...
For the skin d
eep,
(Oo - oo!
Oo - oo!)
Better watch o
ut...
For the skin d
eep
[Bridge]
(
Better watch o
ut!)
Watch out for
the skin deep,
(Better watch
out!)
Watch out for
the skin deep,
...better wa
tch out...
For the skin d
eep
[Verse 3]
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One day ...t
he track that
you're climb-
ing gets...
...Steep,
Your e - motio
ns are frayed,
..and your
nerves...
Are start - in
g to creep--
-!
[Pre - Chorus]
Just re- membe
r the day's as
long as the t
ime that...
You keep,
Brother, yo
u better watch
out...
For the skin d
eep
[Chorus]
(Oo - oo!
Oo - oo!)
Better watch o
ut...
For the skin d
eep,
(Oo - oo!
Oo - oo!)
Better watch o
ut...
For the skin d
eep
[Bridge]
(
Better watch o
ut!)
Watch out for
the skin deep,
(Better watch
out!)
Watch out for
the skin deep,
...better wa
tch out...
For the skin d
eep
[Bridge]
(
Better watch o
ut!)
Watch out for
the skin deep,
(Better watch
out!)
Watch out for
the skin deep,
...better wa
tch out...
For the skin d
eep
[Coda]
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