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

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

VERSE 1:
Just a [D#/G] steel town girl on a [Gm6] Saturday night
Looking [Gm7] for the fight of her [GmMaj7] life
in the [D#] real time world no one [D#add9] sees her at all
they [Fsus2/D#] all say she's ^[D7sus4] crazy ^[D7]

VERSE 2:
Locking [D#/G] rhythm to the [Gm6] beat of her heart
Changing [Gm7] movement into [GmMaj7] light
She had [D#] danced into the [D#add9] danger zone
When the [Fsus2/D#] dancer becomes the ^[D7sus4] dance ^[D7]

PRE-CHORUS 1:
[C7] It can cut you like a [D7] knife if the fight becomes the [D#] fire
On the wire between [D7] will and what will [D7] be

CHORUS:
She's a [D#] maniac, [F] maniac on the [Gm] floor [Gm]
And she's [D#] dancing like she's [F] never danced be-[Gm]-fore [Gm]
She's a [D#] maniac, [F] maniac on the [Gm] floor [Gm]
And she's [D#] dancing like she's [F] never danced be-[C9]-fore [C9]

VERSE 3:
On the [D#/G] ice blue line of in-[Gm6]-sanity
is a [Gm7] place most never [GmMaj7] see
It's a [D#] hard won place of [D#add9] mystery
[Fsus2/D#] touch it but can't ^[D7sus4] hold it ^[D7]

VERSE 4:
You [D#/G] work all your life, for that [Gm6] moment in time
It could [Gm7] come or pass you [GmMaj7] by
it's a [D#] push shove world but there's [D#add9] always a chance
if the [Fsus2/D#] hunger stays the ^[D7sus4] night ^[D7]

PRE-CHORUS:
[C7] There's a cold kinetic [D7] heat struggling stretching for the [D#] peak
Never stopping with her head [D7] against the [D7] wind

REPEAT CHORUS:

BREAK: [D#] ^[D7][Gm] [D#] ^[D7][Gm]

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 )