The Shivers Words: Jan Hauenstein/Music Michael Meding & Jan Hauenstein
(Single notes G-G#) (Am) (G) (Am) (Em) (Am) (G) (Am) (Em)
(Am)C´mon (G)let me take you (Am)down down(Em)town,
(Am)To where you (G)have not (Am)been. (Em7)
(Am)I will (G)show you a(Am)round under(Em)ground,
(Am)Where the haunted hearts are (G)seen.
(Am)Dark blue (G)neon light, (Am)midnight (Em)prowlers,
(Am)Creatures (G)in the (Am)night, (Em7)
(Am)Wailing (G)screams, (Am)skin feels (Em)tight,
(Am)Soaked in sweat, you´d (G)(hold)better take flight…
It (Em)gives (D)me the (Em)shivers - wee wee (F)hours, (Em)
It gives (D)me the (Em)shivers - dark things (F)move, (Em)
It gives (D)me the (Em)shivers - thunder(F)showers, (Em)
It gives (D)me the (Em)shivers - in those (F)wee wee hours the (Cj7)city´s lost its (B7)groove.
(C) (D7) (E) (E7)
(Am)Raindogs (G)huddle a(Am)mong the (Em)puddles,
(Am)Mutter and (G)mumble and (Am)cry, (Em7)
(Am)Drunkards (G)croon, (Am)scream at the (Em)moon
That (Am)falls fat and heavy through a (G)bloodshot sky.
(Am)Too much (G)booze, (Am)midnight (Em)blues,
(Am)Dig your (G)trench, lace your (Am)shoes, (Em7)
(Am)Make your (G)game, (Am)you can (Em)choose
Your (Am)lucky number, but it´s (G)(hold)bound to lose.
It (Em)gives (D)me the (Em)shivers - jagged (F)clouds (Em)
It gives (D)me the (Em)shivers - hide the (F)moon (Em)
It gives (D)me the (Em)shivers - like death-bed (F)shrouds, (Em)
It gives (D)me the (Em)shivers - the (F)sky cracks a(Cj7)sunder to a rainstorm (B7)tune.
(C) (D7) (E) (E7)
(Am)Fast knives (G)flashing, (Am)stabbing, (Em)slashing,
(Am)Leather rats (G)in a (Am)trance, (Em7)
(Am)They break the (G)skin, (Am)they´re slick as (Em)sin,
They´re (Am)out to do the (G)broken-bone dance.
(Am)Shaven (G)head, (Am)fist comes (Em)down,
(Am)Iron-studded (G)boots (Am)nail you to the ground, (Em7)
The (Am)angels and the (G)hounds, the (Am)pawns and the (Em)crowned,
The (Am)lost and the found, the (G)(hold)heaven-sent are all hell-(G)(hold)bound.
It (Em)gives (D)me the (Em)shivers - shadows (F)walk, (Em)
It gives (D)me the (Em)shivers - lightning (F)flares,(Em)
It gives (D)me the (Em)shivers - hunters (F)stalk, (Em)
It gives (D)me the (Em)shivers - they (F)sure give me the (Cj7)shivers, those nightmare (B7)scares.
(C) (D7) (Am7) (D)
It (Em)gives (D)me the (Em)shivers - creepers (F)on the prowl, (Am)
It gives (D)me the (Em)shivers - fangs shine (F)white, (Am)
It gives (D)me the (Em)shivers - dogs (F)snarl and howl, (Am)
It gives (D)me the (Em)shivers - only (F)dawn´s early light will (Cj7)break this nightmare (B7)fright.
(C) (D7) (E) (E7) (A2)
Song written in the mid-eighties, revised 26 November 2016, Goettingen
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