Biography:
The Boomtown Rats is a rock group led by Bob Geldof (full name: Robert Fredrick Zenon Geldof, born October 5th 1951). Playing punk and New Wave influenced music, their initial incarnation lasted from 1976 to 1986), but the band recently reformed. All six primary members (Gary Roberts, Pete Briquette, Gerry Cott, Simon Crowe, and Johnnie Moylett alongside Geldof) were originally from Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland.
Originally, they used the moniker 'The Nightlife Thugs'.
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Someone's Looking At You - Boomtown Rats
(Bob Geldoff)
Intro:
(acoustic)
E B
E B
Na na nana nana na (X3)
(electric)
E B
Na na nana nana na (X2)
E B
On a night like this I deserve to get kissed at least once or twice.
E B
You come over to my place screaming blue murder, needing someplace to hide.
E B
Well, I wish you'd keep quiet. Imaginations run riot in these paper-thin walls.
E B
And when the place comes ablaze with a thousand dropped names I don't know who to call.
Eb
But I got a friend over there in the government block
E
And he knows the situation and he's taking stock.
F#
I think I'll call him up now
F#7
Gonna put him on the spot, tonight.
(Repeat electric Intro)
E B
They saw me there in the square when I was shooting my mouth off about saving some fish.
E B
Now, could that be construed as some radicals' views or some liberals' wish.
Eb
Oh it's so hot outside and the air is so sweet.
E
And when the pressure drop is heavy I don't wanna hear you speak.
F#
You know most killing is committed at 90 degrees.
F#7
When it's too hot to breathe and it's too hot to think.
Chorus:
B E F#
There's always someone looking at you. Uh oh uh oh
B E F#
S-s-s-someone looking at you. Uh oh uh oh
B E F#
They're always looking at you. Uh oh uh oh
Refrain:
A
Tonight
E
They're looking at you tonight.
A E x2
(organ solo)
Eb E F# F#7 E (hold)
(guitar solo)
B
And I wish you'd stop whispering.
E B
Don't flatter yourself, nobody's listening.
E B
But it makes me nervous, those things you say.
E B
You may as well shout it from the roof, scream it from your lungs, and spit it from your mouth.
E
Hey, if you fall on deaf ears to indulge all your fears
F#
There's a spy in the sky. There's a noise on the wire.
F#7
There's a tap on the line. And for every paranoid's desire.
Repeat Chorus:
Coda:
E F# B
They're always looking at ya.
E F# B (x6)
They're always looking at ya.
E (hold)
On a night like this I deserve to get kissed at least once or twice.
(Bob Geldoff)
Intro:
(acoustic)
E B
E B
Na na nana nana na (X3)
(electric)
E B
Na na nana nana na (X2)
E B
On a night like this I deserve to get kissed at least once or twice.
E B
You come over to my place screaming blue murder, needing someplace to hide.
E B
Well, I wish you'd keep quiet. Imaginations run riot in these paper-thin walls.
E B
And when the place comes ablaze with a thousand dropped names I don't know who to call.
Eb
But I got a friend over there in the government block
E
And he knows the situation and he's taking stock.
F#
I think I'll call him up now
F#7
Gonna put him on the spot, tonight.
(Repeat electric Intro)
E B
They saw me there in the square when I was shooting my mouth off about saving some fish.
E B
Now, could that be construed as some radicals' views or some liberals' wish.
Eb
Oh it's so hot outside and the air is so sweet.
E
And when the pressure drop is heavy I don't wanna hear you speak.
F#
You know most killing is committed at 90 degrees.
F#7
When it's too hot to breathe and it's too hot to think.
Chorus:
B E F#
There's always someone looking at you. Uh oh uh oh
B E F#
S-s-s-someone looking at you. Uh oh uh oh
B E F#
They're always looking at you. Uh oh uh oh
Refrain:
A
Tonight
E
They're looking at you tonight.
A E x2
(organ solo)
Eb E F# F#7 E (hold)
(guitar solo)
B
And I wish you'd stop whispering.
E B
Don't flatter yourself, nobody's listening.
E B
But it makes me nervous, those things you say.
E B
You may as well shout it from the roof, scream it from your lungs, and spit it from your mouth.
E
Hey, if you fall on deaf ears to indulge all your fears
F#
There's a spy in the sky. There's a noise on the wire.
F#7
There's a tap on the line. And for every paranoid's desire.
Repeat Chorus:
Coda:
E F# B
They're always looking at ya.
E F# B (x6)
They're always looking at ya.
E (hold)
On a night like this I deserve to get kissed at least once or twice.
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