#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.#
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Song title:       Senses Working Overtime
Original Album:   English Settlement

Words and Music by Andy Partridge
Copyright © 1982 Virgin Records Limited
Published by Virgin Music Inc.

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Not sure that the verse is really a verse; it's more a sort of lead-in 
to the refrain.

INTRO:

[play: INTRO Figure]  [x2]


INTRO Figure

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-6-------6-------4-------4------|-6-------6-------4-------4------|
|-----7---------------5-------5--|-----7---------------5-------5--|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


VERSE1:
Chords:
G#m  466444
C#m  x46654

G#m
Hey hey, the clouds are whey, there's straw for the donkeys and the
                        C#m
innocents can all sleep safely, all sleep safely.

G#m
My, my, sun is pie there's fodder for the cannons
                                  C#m
and the guilty ones can all sleep safely, all sleep safely.


REFRAIN:
Chords:
A      577655    B      799877    E 779997
Asus4  577755    Bsus4  799977

A             Asus4             A                     Asus4            B
  And all the world is football-shaped, it's just for me   to kick its face
          Bsus4                    B
And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste

             E    E    B      B     E                   A E   B
And I've got one, two, three, four, five senses working o-ver-time,
A         B         E       B
Trying to take this all in, I've got
E    E    B      B     E                   A E   B
One, two, three, four, five senses working o-ver-time,
A                   B                     A         B
Trying to taste the difference 'tween the lemon and lime,
A            B                E
Pain and the pleasure and the truth will softly chime...


VERSE2:
Hey hey, night fights day, there's food for the thinkers and the
innocents can all live slowly all live slowly
My, my the sky will cry jewels for the thirsty and the
guilty ones can all die slowly all die slowly.


REFRAIN2:
And all the world is biscuit-shaped, it's just for me to feed my face
And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste
And I've got one, two, three, four, five sense working overtime,
Trying to take this all in, I've got
One, two, three, four, five senses working overtime,
Trying to taste the difference 'tween the lemon and lime
the pain and the pleasure and the church bells softly chime...


BRIDGE:
Chords:
A  577655    A7 575655
G  355433    Bb 688766
D  x57775    F7 131211 or x8 10 8 10 8

A     G           A         G       A   G  
  And birds might fall from black skies  Whoooo!
  And bullies might give you black eyes
  And buses might skid on black ice

A        G       A    G    D   A7 D  A7  Bb F7  Bb F7
  But to me it's very very beauti-ful   (England's glory!)

D   A7 D  A7  Bb F7  Bb F7
Beauti-ful   (a striking beauty!)

D           A7   D           A7   Bb          F7   Bb          F7
Doo doo doo doo. Doo doo doo doo. Doo doo doo doo. Doo doo doo doo


REFRAIN:
Chords:
Bb     688766         Csus4  x33010
Bbsus4 688866         F      x79997
C      8 10 10 987    C7     8 10 8987

Bb             Bbsus4            Bb                    Bbsus4         C  
   And all the world is football-shaped, it's just for me to kick its face
C            Csus4                    C
   And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste - and I've got

F         C7           F                   Bb  F  C
One, two, three, four, five senses working o - vertime
Bb        C         F       C
Trying to take this all in, I've got
F         C7           F                   Bb  F  C
One, two, three, four, five senses working o - vertime
Bb              C                     Bb        C
Try to tell the difference 'tween the goods and crimes,
Bb      C
Dirt or treasure and there's...

F         C7           F                   Bb  F  C
One, two, three, four, five senses working o - vertime
Bb        C         F       C
Trying to take this all in, I've got
F         C7           F                   Bb  F  C
One, two, three, four, five senses working o - vertime
Bb                  C                     Bb        C
Trying to taste the difference 'tween the lemon and lime
Bb               C                F
The pain and the pleasure and the church bells softly chime...