Michael Sembello - Maniac (1983) | Musicians Playbook | Chords & Lyrics

Michael Sembello, Maniac (1983)
^{Key: :[Am] (w: Dennis Matkosky, Michael Sembello) (BPM: 160 / 00-A) (Original Key: D#m)}
INTRO:
[F] [G] [Am] [Am] / [F] [G] [Am] [Am]

VERSE 1:
Just a [F/A] steel town girl on a [Am6] Saturday night
Looking [Am7] for the fight of her [AmMaj7] life
in the [F] real time world no one [Fadd9] sees her at all
they [Gsus2/F] all say she's ^[E7sus4] crazy ^[E7]

VERSE 2:
Locking [F/A] rhythm to the [Am6] beat of her heart
Changing [Am7] movement into [AmMaj7] light
She had [F] danced into the [Fadd9] danger zone
When the [Gsus2/F] dancer becomes the ^[E7sus4] dance ^[E7]

PRE-CHORUS 1:
[D7] It can cut you like a [E7] knife if the fight becomes the [F] fire
On the wire between [E7] will and what will [E7] be

CHORUS:
She's a [F] maniac, [G] maniac on the [Am] floor [Am]
And she's [F] dancing like she's [G] never danced be-[Am]-fore [Am]
She's a [F] maniac, [G] maniac on the [Am] floor [Am]
And she's [F] dancing like she's [G] never danced be-[D9]-fore [D9]

VERSE 3:
On the [F/A] ice blue line of in-[Am6]-sanity
is a [Am7] place most never [AmMaj7] see
It's a [F] hard won place of [Fadd9] mystery
[Gsus2/F] touch it but can't ^[E7sus4] hold it ^[E7]

VERSE 4:
You [F/A] work all your life, for that [Am6] moment in time
It could [Am7] come or pass you [AmMaj7] by
it's a [F] push shove world but there's [Fadd9] always a chance
if the [Gsus2/F] hunger stays the ^[E7sus4] night ^[E7]

PRE-CHORUS:
[D7] There's a cold kinetic [E7] heat struggling stretching for the [F] peak
Never stopping with her head [E7] against the [E7] wind

REPEAT CHORUS:

BREAK: [F] ^[E7][Am] [F] ^[E7][Am]

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS 1:

REPEAT CHORUS: [multiple times]

1 ^{( 1 song )}

5 ^{( 1 song )}

A ^{( 80 songs )}

B ^{( 236 songs )}

C ^{( 157 songs )}

D ^{( 137 songs )}

E ^{( 124 songs )}

F ^{( 58 songs )}

G ^{( 71 songs )}

H ^{( 43 songs )}

I ^{( 11 songs )}

J ^{( 159 songs )}

K ^{( 50 songs )}

L ^{( 62 songs )}

M ^{( 94 songs )}

N ^{( 32 songs )}

O ^{( 33 songs )}

P ^{( 70 songs )}

Q ^{( 7 songs )}

R ^{( 104 songs )}

S ^{( 183 songs )}

T ^{( 93 songs )}

U ^{( 19 songs )}

V ^{( 22 songs )}

W ^{( 39 songs )}

X ^{( 1 song )}

Y ^{( 5 songs )}

Z ^{( 8 songs )}

1 ( 1 song )

5 ( 1 song )

A ( 80 songs )

B ( 236 songs )

C ( 157 songs )

D ( 137 songs )

E ( 124 songs )

F ( 58 songs )

G ( 71 songs )

H ( 43 songs )

I ( 11 songs )

J ( 159 songs )

K ( 50 songs )

L ( 62 songs )

M ( 94 songs )

N ( 32 songs )

O ( 33 songs )

P ( 70 songs )

Q ( 7 songs )

R ( 104 songs )

S ( 183 songs )

T ( 93 songs )

U ( 19 songs )

V ( 22 songs )

W ( 39 songs )

X ( 1 song )

Y ( 5 songs )

Z ( 8 songs )