CAPO I:
G
LISA USE TO LOVE TO DANCE
EVER SINCE SHE WAS TEN YEARS OLD
C
HER BARE FEET RAISIN DUST ON THE YARD
G
WHERE THE GRASS WOULDNT GROW
G
SLOWLY SPINNIN ROUND AND ROUND
AND THE MUSIC PLAYIN IN HER HEAD
C
LATE AT NIGHT IT COULD ALMOST DROWN OUT
THE WHISKEY FROM HER OLD MANS BREATH
D Em C
WRECKIN YARDS AND DINGY BARS AND ABANDONED FACTORIES
D Em C
DOWN AMONG THE JAGGED SOULS A BALLERINA SWAYS UNSEEN
CHORUS:
G Am
HARD EDGES HIDE THE TENDER HEART
C G D
SILENT AS A MIDNIGHT PRAYER
G Am
HARD EDGES HIDE THE SWEETEST PART
C D G
TIL YOU'D NEVER KNOW ITS THERE
NOW LISA'S IN A CLUB DOWNTOWN
WHERE THE NEON BURNS TIL DAWN
SHE CALLS HERSELF TINA NOW
BUT SHE DANCES TO THE SAME OL SONG
SLOWLY SPINNIN ROUND AND ROUND
IN THE SMOKE AND THE SMELL OF RYE
SHE TAKES OFF ALL HER CLOTHES
SO YOU DONT SEE DOWN IN HER EYES
THE SCARLETT ROUGE AND BLUE TATTOOS ARE ONLY PAINTED ON
BUT UNDERNEATH THE DARK DRUM BEAT A BALLERINA DANCES ON
ON AND ON
REPEAT CHORUS