Roxanne

Words & Music:

Sting (The Police)

 

Gm   Dm/F   EbM7   Dm   Cm   Fsus4   Gsus4

 

Gm     Dm/F                EbM7               Dm

Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light.

Cm             Fsus4                   Gsus4

Those days are over, you don't have to sell your body to the night.

Gm     Dm/F                EbM7               Dm

Roxanne, you don't have to wear that dress tonight.

Cm                   Fsus4            Gsus4

Walk the streets for money, you don't care if it's wrong or if it's right.

Cm      Fsus4              Gsus4

Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light.

Cm      Fsus4             Gsus4           G7sus4

Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light.

 

CHORUS:

Cm  Bb

Roxanne!  (Put on the red light!)

Eb  F

Roxanne!  (Put on the red light!)

F   Gm

Roxanne!  (Put on the red light!)

F/C Bb                       F/C

Roxanne!  (Put on the red light!)

Eb   F

Roxanne!  (Put on the red light!)

Gsus4    Gm   Gm/F   Gm   Gm/F

Oh---!

 

I love you since I knew ya, I wouldn't talk down to ya.

I have to tell you just how I feel I won't share you with another boy.

I know my mind is made up so put away your makeup.

Told you once I won't tell you again it's a crime the way...

Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light.

Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light.

 

CHORUS:

 





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