Violence Of Summer (Love's Taking Over) Chords

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Violence Of Summer (Love's Taking Over) by Duran Duran is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C, G, Bm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro : D C G 
 
D             C 
Hey!, pick it up 
 
G               D              C  G 
This'll get you out.. of your head 
 
           D               C             G  
China's heading up, by the ratings on a motion  
 
           D               C              G       D C G 
She goes with a real head biker, he's a metalhead 
 
           D         G            G        D C G 
She looks me up and down talkin' dirty eyes 
 
D              C        G              D       C G D 
Sweet sayin' boy, baby I can lick you any time. 
 
C      G    D 
(keep it up) 
 
         C       G   D C G 
(Ha ha, that's right) 
 
             D  D  C 
Here we go again... 
 
      D  
Bit later... 
 
           G             G          D C 
I'm gonna run into 'em round the back 
 
G      D                    C            G      D  C  G 
While all them guys break heads in the sugar shack 
 
       D                    C           G        D C G 
Don't give me drink, I don't wanna get too stoned 
 
D                 C         G             D   C  G 
Then we're gonna see who's gonna take who home 
 
 
 
       D            C        G   D            C   G 
The violence of summer, and love's taking over 
 
     D            C     G       D     C   G 
It starts with desire, ends up under cover 
 
Bm                       G 
Those lips will make me right.. 
 
Bm                                 G 
You may look down but don't think twice (ooh-oh) 
 
Bm 
So death is on the way, 
 
G                     A        Bm 
So what man? I still want to play.... 
 
 
(oh-oh Yeah..) 
 
(D C G) 
One, two! 
 
 
This'll get you out, of your money 
 
 
This'll pick you up, let's go! 
 
       D                  C               G          D C G        
We'll take a ride, going south where her mother writes 
 
                              C           G        D C G 
For bad news catches up, we still got a little time 
 
D           C      G     D 
We made it all so far away,  e-chords.com 
 
              C         G         D 
One thing is sure, we shouldn't stay 
 
              C           G                D 
I'll take it all - China gonna get the run around, 
 
     C         G 
A run, a run around.. 
 
 
(Chorus) 
 
(D C G) 
China,na China,na,na,na 
China,na China,na,na,na 
China,na China,na,na,na 
China,na China,na,na 
 
 
(repete refão) 
 
(Chorus) 
 
(D C G) 
Mmmmmm 
Loves taking over.. 
Yes loves taking over.. 
Loves taking over.. 
 
 

    	

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