Intro: G C

Verse 1:
C
Cold Blue Steel out of money
C
One eye for the beat police
G7
Sweet Fire calling, "You can't deny me
G7
Now you know what you need"

Verse 2:
C
Underneath the jungle gym
C
Hollow-grey-fire-escape-thief
G7                D
Looking for Sweet Fire
          C
Shadow of Lady Release

Chorus 1:
C
"Come with me, I know the way," she says
      D     Bb    F                    G C
"It's down, down, down the dark ladder
C
Do you want to contact somebody first, leave someone a letter?
          G
You can come now or you can come later"

Verse 3:
C
A wristwatch, a ring, a downstairs screamer
C
Edgy black cracks of the sky
G
"Pin-cushion-xxxxx, fix this poor bad dreamer!"
G
"Money" cold shadows reply

Verse 4:
C
Pawnshops crisscrossed and padlocked
C
Corridors, spit-on prayers and pleas
G                        D
Sparks fly up from Sweet Fire
C
Black soot of Lady Release

Chorus 2:
C
"Come with me, I know the way" she says
      G     Bb    F
"It's down, down, down the dark ladder
C
Do you want to contact somebody first, does it really matter?
             G
You can come now or you can come later"

Verse 5:
C
Red water in the bathroom sink
C
Fever and the scum brown bowl
G
Blue Steel still begging but it's indistinct
G
Someone's HI-Fi drumming Jelly Roll

Verse 6:
C
Concrete concentration camp
C
Bashing in veins for peace
G                         D
Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire
C
Fall into Lady Release

Chorus 3:
C
"Come with me, I know the way" she says
      G     Bb    F
"It's down, down, down the dark ladder
C
Do you want to contact somebody first, I mean what does it really matter?
                     G
You're going to come now or you're going to come later"

Solo:
   C    G    C    G
   D  C    D Bb F
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