One word (straight to the heart)    (intro)

 

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    One word, one heart, one night, is all I want !

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    One word, one heart, one girl, is waiting there for me.

 

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1.      Midnight, and all is well, I hear the mission bell,

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    out on the road, nothing is moving, as I speed from town to town.

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    Two hearts are beating fast, but they are still many miles apart,

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    oh, the moon was shining on a distant shore,

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    burning like a fire in my heart,

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    I've got to see her, I've got to say, hey hey !

 

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One word, one heart, one night, is all I want,

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one word, one heart, one girl, is waiting there for me.

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I never knew I cared so much before,

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     I've got to tell her tonight - straight to the heart,

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I've got tell her tonight - straight to the heart,

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I've got to tell her tonight - straight to the heart,

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like a cannonball.

 

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2.     Headlights are blazing through, turn on the radio, I hear the news,

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    hand on the wheel, foot on the floor, and on, and on, and on we go.

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    This car is like a friend, bring her the message that I want to send,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    oh, the dawn was breaking and I saw the sun,

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    burning like a fire on the bay,

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    I'm nearly there now, I'm gonna say, hey hey !

 

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              Am                     F             Am                     F

    One word, (yes) one heart, one night, (yes) one girl, (yes) !

                                     C                                F

    I've got to tell her tonight - straight to the heart,

                                     C                                F

    I've got to tell her tonight - straight to the heart,

                                         C                                F

    I've got to give her my love - straight to the heart,

                                         C                                F

    I've got to give her my love - straight to the heart,

                                       C                              F

    I've got to tell her myself - straight to the heart,

                                     C                                F

    I've got to tell her tonight - straight to the heart,

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    like a cannonball.   

 

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                                                Yes !

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (Chris de Burgh)