Hyperactive! — Thomas Dolby
Chords and lyrics for Hyperactive! by Thomas Dolby (key of E).
Verse 1
This song is In the key of A
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Intro
[A6](Spoken)
Hmm... tell me about your childhood...
[A6] [B] [A6] [F#]
Verse
[Amaj7]At the tender age of [A6]three
[Amaj7]I was hooked to a [Edim]machine
[A6]Just to keep my mouth from spouting [E]junk
[Emaj7]Must have [E6]took me for a fool
[Amaj7]When they chucked me out of [D#m7]school
[Emaj7]'Cause the teacher knew I [A6]had the [C#m7]funk[A]
[E]But [A6]tonight I'm on the edge -
[Amaj7]Fellas, shut me in the [B9]fridge
[A]'Cause I'm burning up [(I'm burning [Emaj7]up)]
[E]With the [A6]vision in my [E6]brain
[Amaj7]And the music in my [B9]veins
[E]And the [A6]dirty rhythm in my blood
Verse
[Amaj7]They are messing with my [A6]heart[B6]
[A6]And they're messing with my heart[B6]
[A6]And they're messing with my heart
[C#m7]Won't stop messing with me
[C#m7]Ripping me [B6]apart!
Refrain
[Amaj7]Hyperactive: when I'm [A6]small
[A6]Hyperactive: now I'm [Emaj7]grown
[A6]Hyperactive: and the night is [E6]young
{Instrumental]
[E6] [A6] [D#m7] [E6] [A6] [B9] [E6]
[Emaj7] [A6] [A9]
Verse
[B6]And they're [A6]messing with my [B6]heart
[Edim]So cold with my heart
[F#m]Won't stop messing my heart[A7]
[C#m7]Ripping Ripping [Amaj7]Ripping Ripping me apart!
Verse
[Amaj7]Semaphore out on the floor
[Amaj7]Messages [E]from [B9]outer [E6]space
[E6]Deep heat for the feet
[Amaj7]The rhythm of your [B6]heartbeat
[B6]'Cause the [A6]music of the street
[E6]It isn't any rapattack
[E6]It isn't any rapattack
[C#7]Rapa [A]Rapa t t t [E6]tack
[E6] [A6] [E6] [A6]
Verse
[Amaj7]I can reach into your [A6]homes
[A6]Like an itch in [Emaj7]your [B9][A]headphones
[A]You can't turn it up
[E6]I'm the shape in your back room
[E6]I'm the breather on the phone
[E6]And I'm burning up
[Emaj7]But there's [A6]one thing I must say
[A6]Before they lock me up [D#m7]again -
[A6]You'd be safer at the [B]back[B6][A]
[A6]When I'm having an attack!
Refrain
[Amaj7]Hyperactive: when I'm [A6]small
[A6]Hyperactive: now I'm [Emaj7]tall
[A6]Hyperactive: as the day is [E6]long
Refrain
[Amaj7]Hyperactive: in my [A6]bones
[A6]Hyperactive: in your phones
[A6]Hyperactive: and the night is young
Refrain
[Amaj7]Hyperactive: when I'm [A6]small
[E]Hyperactive: now I'm [B9]grown
[A6]Hyperactive: 'til I'm dead and gone
Outro
[A6]Stand up: hyperactivate!
[A6]Get up: hyperactivate!
[A6]Wise up: hyperactivate!
[A6]London: hyperactivate!
[A6] [D#m] [E6] [Amaj7] [E6]
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