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The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow
Version1
90

Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Ah________________________________________
  Ah________________________________________
 
 
 
 V1:  How dare the premier ignore my invitations!?
   He'll have to go
  So too  the bunch he luncheons with
  It's second on my list of things to do
  At  the top I'm stopping by your place of work and acting like
  I haven't  dreamed of you and I and marriage in an orange grove
   You are the only thing in any room you're ever in
   I'm stubborn, selfish, and too old
   Ah________________________________________
 V2: I sat  you down and told you how the truest love that's ever found
   Is for oneself
  You pulled  apart my theory with a weary and disinterested sigh
  So yes  i guess i'm asking you to back a horse that's good for glue
   And nothing else
  But find  a man that's truer than
  Find a man that needs you more  than I
 V3: Sit  with me a while and let me listen to you talk about
  Your dreams  and your obsessions I'll be quite and confessional
  The violets  explode inside me when i meet your eyes
  Then I'm spinning  and i'm diving like a cloud of starlings.
  Darling  is this love?
 
 
 
 
 
 2) BONES OF YOU
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  > (slide)
 
 
 V1: So I'm there, charging  around with a juganaut  brow
  Over  draft speeches and deadlines  to make
  Cramming  commitments like cats  in a sack
  Telephone  burning, purposeful  gait
  When out  of a doorway the tentacles  stretch
  Of a song  that i know, and the world  moves in slow  - mo
  Straight  to my head like the first  cigarette of the day
 C1:  And its you,  and its me,  and we're sleeping  through the day
  And I'm five  years ago  and three thousand  miles away
 
 V2: Do i have  time? a man  of my caliber stood  in the street
  Like a sleepwalking  teenager, no
  And i dealt  with this years ago
  I  took a hammer to every  momento
  But image  on image like beads  on a rosary
  Pull  through my head as the music  takes hold
  And the sickener  hits i can work  till i break
  But i  love the bones of you, that  i will never escape
 C2:  And its you,  and its me,  and we're sleeping  through the day
  And I'm five  years ago  and three thousand  miles away
  And i can't  move my arm,  through fear  that you will wake
  And I'm five  years ago  and three thousand  miles away
 
 
 
  | >  | >  |
  | >  |  |
  | >  | >  |
  | >  |
 
 
 C2: Oh,  and I'm five  years ago  and three thousand  miles away
  And I'm five  years ago  and three thousand  miles away
  And its you,  and its me,  and we're sleeping  through the day
  And I'm five  years ago  and three thousand  miles away
  (coda)
 3) MIRRORBALL
 
 
 
 
 
 
e|---7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--7-|
B|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--------|
G|--------------------------------------------------| (x8)
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7------|
  (This is also played throughout the verses)
 V1: I plump the kind of kiss  that wouldn't wake a baby
  On the self-same face that wouldn't let me sleep
  And the street is singing with my feet,
  And the dawn gives me a shadow I know to be taller
 B1: All down to you, dear____,  everything has  changed
 V2: My sorriness  has made it to graffiti
  I was looking for someone to complete me
 B2: Not anymore, dear____,  everything has  changed
 C1: When we make  the moon  our mirror  ball
  The street's  an empty  stage
  The city sirens: violins
  Everything  has  changed
 
   (So)
  (So) lift off love
  Lift off love
 V3: We took  the town to town last night
  We kissed like we invented it
  And now I know what every step is for
  To lead me to your door
 B3: Know that while you sleep,  everything has  changed
 C2: We made  the moon  our mirror  ball
  The street's  an empty  stage
  The city sirens: violins
  Everything  has  changed
  Everything  has  changed
  Everything  has  changed
   (So)
  (So) lift off love
  Lift off love  (Down  to)
  Lift off love  (Down  to)
  (you dear)
  Lift off love  (Down  to)
  (you dear)
  Lift off love  (Down  to)
  (you dear)
  Lift off love  (Down  to)
  (you dear)
  Lift off love  (Down  to you dear)
 4) GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  I've tried to do this for an acoustic guitar. It looks messy but once
  you get the hang of the chord shapes it's really not that bad... honest!
  the bass notes below will help with the timing of the verse chords!
(1) (2)(3)(2) (2) (2) (1) (2)(3)(2) (2) (2)
D|-3---0-----0---0---0-|-3---0-----0---0---0-|
A|--------3------------|--------3------------|
  (2) Dm  --> This sequence will refered to as 'Dm-riff'
 
D|-3--0---0-|-3--0---0-|
A|------3---|------3---|
N.C.
D|*3--0---0-|-3--0---0-|-3--0---0-|-3--0---0-|-3--0---0-|
A|------3---|------3---|------3---|------3---|------3---|
  *Mondays is for drinking to the seldom seen kid
 V1: I've  been work-ing  on a cocktail called grounds  for divorce
  Whoah__________
  Polishing  a compass that I hold  in my sleeve
  Whoah__________
  Down  comes him on sticks but then he kicks  like a horse
  Whoah__________
  There's a Chinese  cigarette case and the rest  you can keep
  And the rest  you can keep, and the rest  you can keep
 B1: There's a hole  in my neighborhood  down which of late  I cannot help  but fall
  There's a hole  in my neighborhood  down which of late  I cannot help but fall____
   ( )
G|-------------7--------------7--5-|
D|-7--5--3--0--7--7--5--3--0--7--5-|
A|-------------5--------------5--3-|
E|-------------x--------------x--x-|
( )
G|-------------7--------------7--5-|
D|-7--5--3--0--7--7--5--3--0--7--5-|
A|-------------5--------------5--3-|
E|-------------x--------------x--x-|
( ) ( )
G|-------------7--10--7--------------7--5-|
D|-7--5--3--0--7--10--7--7--5--3--0--7--3-|
A|-------------5---8--5--------------5--3-|
E|-------------x---x--x--------------x--x-|
( ) (* )
G|-------------7--10--7--------------7--5-|
D|-7--5--3--0--7--10--7--7--5--3--0--7--3-|
A|-------------5---8--5--------------5--3-|
E|-------------x---x--x--------------x--x-|
  Mon-days  is for drinking to the seldom seen kid
(Dm/ )(Dm/ )(Dm/ )( )
B|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3--3--3-|
G|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2--2--2-|
D|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-0--0--0-|
A|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x--x--x-|
  Oooo___________________
(Dm/ )(Dm/ )(Dm/ )( )
B|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3--3--3-|
G|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2--2--2-|
D|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-0--0--0-|
A|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x--x--x-|
  Oooo___________________
G|---------------0--2-----------------------------|
D|-0--0--0--0--3------3--0--0--0--0---------------|
A|-----------------------------------*5>4>3>2>1>0-|
 V2: There's this whispering  of jokers doing flesh  by the pound
  To a chorus  of supposes from the little  town whores
  There'll be twisted  karaoke at the Aniseed  lounge
  And I'll bring  you further roses but it does  you no good
  And it does  me no good, and it does  you no good
 B2: There's a hole  in my neighborhood  down which of late  I cannot help  but fall
  There's a hole  in my neighborhood  down which of late  I cannot help  but fall
  There's a hole  in my neighborhood  down which of late  I cannot help but fall____
   ( )
G|-------------7--------------7--5-|
D|-7--5--3--0--7--7--5--3--0--7--5-|
A|-------------5--------------5--3-|
E|-------------x--------------x--x-|
( )
G|-------------7--------------7--5-|
D|-7--5--3--0--7--7--5--3--0--7--5-|
A|-------------5--------------5--3-|
E|-------------x--------------x--x-|
( ) ( )
G|-------------7--10--7--------------7--5-|
D|-7--5--3--0--7--10--7--7--5--3--0--7--3-|
A|-------------5---8--5--------------5--3-|
E|-------------x---x--x--------------x--x-|
( ) (* )
G|-------------7--10--7--------------7--5-|
D|-7--5--3--0--7--10--7--7--5--3--0--7--3-|
A|-------------5---8--5--------------5--3-|
E|-------------x---x--x--------------x--x-|
 
 Some-day we'll be drinking with the seldom seen kid
(Dm/ )(Dm/ )(Dm/ )( )
B|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3--3--3-|
G|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2--2--2-|
D|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-0--0--0-|
A|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x--x--x-|
  Oooo___________________
(Dm/ )(Dm/ )(Dm/ )( )
B|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3--3--3-|
G|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2--2--2-|
D|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-0--0--0-|
A|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x--x--x-|
  Oooo___________________
 5) AN AUDIENCE WITH THE POPE
 
 
 
 
 V1: Sweet Jesus  I'm on fire, she has the sweetest,  darkest eyes
  And when it comes  into her eyes i know iron  and steel couldn't hold me
  Good God  i'm easy bruised, but so often  a moth to her flame
  And the things  that she's asked me to do
  Will see a city  of saints forgetting his name
 C1: I have an audience  with the pope  and I'm saving  the world at eight
  But if she  says she needs me, she  says she needs me
  Everybody's  gonna have to wait, uh-huh
 
 
 V2: (Where  could she be?) Was that a minute or an hour?
  (Where  could she be?) She turns the hours into days
  Kill  the phone, cover the cage and wait  for the doorbell to ring
  (Where  could she be?) No she won't come running
  (Where  could she be?) The world is turning at her pace
  Gonna kill  the phone, cover the cage and wait  for the doorbell to ring
 C2: I have an audience  with the pope  and I'm saving  the world at eight
  But if she  says she needs me, she  says she needs me
  Everybody's  gonna have to wait
 C3: I have an audience  with the pope  and I'm saving  the world at eight
  But if she  says she needs me, she  says she needs me
  Everybody's  gonna have to wait, uh-huh
 
 
 
 
 C4: I have an audience  with the pope  and I'm saving  the world at eight
  But if she  says she needs me, she  says she needs me
  Everybody's  gonna have to wait
  Everybody's  gonna have to wait, uh-huh
 
 
 6) WEATHER TO FLY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------1-----------------|------------1-----------------|
G|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|-3------3-------3------3------|-2------2-------2------2------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
F
e|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|------------1-----------------|------------1------------------------|
G|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|---2--0---0---0---2--0---------------|
D|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|-1------1-------1------1------|-------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|-1------1-------1------1--1--1--1--1-|
G/B
e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------1-----------------|------------1-----------------|
G|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|-3------3-------3------3------|-2------2-------2------2------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
F
e|------------------------------|--------------------3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
B|------------1-----------------|------------1-------1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|
G|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|---2--0---0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
D|------------------------------|-----------------3----------------------|
A|-1------1-------1------1------|----------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|-1------1-------------------------------|
  *Are we having the time of our lives? Are we having the time of our lives?
  Are we coming across clear? Are we coming across fine?
  Are we part of the plan here? Are we having the time of our lives?
  **Are we coming across clear?  Are we coming  across fine?
  Are  we having the time of our lives?  Are we part of the plan here?
 V1:  We have the drive and time on our hands
   One little room and the biggest of plans
   The days were shaping up frosty and bright
  Perfect weather  to fly, perfect weather to fly
 V2:  Poundin' the streets where my fathers feet still
  Ring  from the walls we'd sing in the doorways
  Or bicker  and row just figuring how
  We were wired  inside, perfect weather to fly
 V3:  So in looking to stray from the line
  We decided  instead we should pull out the thread that was
  Stitching  us into this tapestry vial
  And why wouldn't  you try? Perfect weather to fly
 V4: (As V1)
 V5: (As V2)
 V6: (As V3)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7) The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
   (x32010) or  (3x2010)
 
   (x02220) or  (00222x)
   (x32210) or /  (332210)
 
 
 
 V1: Gotta  get out of TV
  Just pick  a point  and go
   The ticker-tape  tangles my feet
  As I search  for a face  that I know
  Come on, tower  crane driver
  There's not  so far  to go
e|---------2--0------|
B|-0--1--3------3--0-|
G|-------------------|
C
e|-x--------------------------------|
B|-x--------------------------------|
G|-2----0---2---0---2---0---2---0---|
D|-2--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|
A|-3--------------------------------|
E|-x--------------------------------|
e|---------0--2--3-|
B|-3--1--0---------|
G|-----------------|
 
 
 V2:  I must  have been working the ropes
  When your hand slipped  from mine
   Now I live  off the mirrors and smoke
  It's a joke,  a fix,  a lie
  Come on, tower  crane driver
  Oh  so far  to fall
  Send  up a prayer in my na  - ame
  Just the same,  they say  I'm on top of my ga  - ame
  Gentle  gentle rose
e|----------------|
B|---0--2--0------|
G|-2---------2--0-|
  Send  up a prayer in my name
 
 
e|---------2--0------|
B|-0--1--3------3--0-|
G|-------------------|
 
 8) The Fix
  =======
 
 
 
 | Drums | Drums | Drums | Drums |
G|----5-----------------------------------------|
D|------5--3------------------------------------|
  A|-*3--------6--3--5--6--5--3--5--6--3--5--6--3-| (x2)
E|----------------------------------------------|
 
 
 V1: The fix  is in, there's a nag  gonna dance home at Epsom
  The fix is in, can't wait  to see how it upsets  'em
 C1: Too  many times we've been postally  pipped
  We've loaded  the saddles, the mickeys  are slipped
  We're swapping  the turf for the sand  and the surf and the sin
  Cause the fix,  the fix is in
 
 V2: The fix  is in, the odds  that I got were delicious
  The fix is in, the jockey  is cocky and vicious
 C2: The redoubtable  beast has had pegasus  pills
  We'll buy  him the patch in the Tuscany  hills
  And the Vino  di Vici will flow  like a river in spring
  Now the fix,  the fix is in
 
 
 
 
 
 V3: The fix  is in, the snaps  of the steward so candid
  The fix is in, yes our pigeons  have finally landed
 C3: The Donahue  sisters will meet  us in France
  In penguins  and pearls, we'll drink  and we'll dance
  'Til the end  of our days, cause it ain't  left to chance that we win
  Cause the fix,  the fix is in
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9) SOME RIOT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 V1:  A friend of mine grows his very own brambles
   They twist all around him till he can't move
   Beautiful, quivering,  chivalrous shambles
  What is my friend  trying to  prove?
 
 
 V2: He boosters  a tall gentle boy to a terrible totem
   And the kids gather round trying to see what's inside
   I think when he's drinking  he's drowning some riot.
  What is my friend  trying to hide?
 V3:  Cause it's breaking my heart, it's breaking my heart.
   And it's breaking my heart to pull at the reign.
   Brother of mine  don't run with those fuckers.
  When will my friends  start singing again?
  When will my friends____  start singing again?
 
  Oooo___________________________
  ____________________
  Oooo__________________________________
  ____________________
  Oooo__________________________________
  ____________________
  Oooo__________________________________
  ____________________
 
 
  (repeat to fade)
 10) ONE DAY LIKE THIS
 
 
 
 
 
e|-0-|-0--0-------------|-0--0--------------|
B|-0-|-0----4--0--2---0-|-0----4--0--2------|
G|-1-|-1------------1---|-1------------1--1-|
D|-2-|-2----------------|-2-----------------|
A|-2-|-2----------------|-2-----------------|
E|-0-|-2----------------|-0-----------------|
*
e|-0--0-------------|-0--0--------------|-------0-|
B|-0----4--0--2---0-|-0----4--0--2------|-------0-|
G|-1------------1---|-1------------1--1-|-1--2--1-|
D|-2----------------|-2-----------------|-------2-|
A|-2----------------|-2-----------------|-------2-|
E|-2----------------|-0-----------------|-------0-|
 V1: Drinking  in the morning sun, blinking  in the morning sun
  Shaking  off the heavy one, yeah heavy  like a loaded gun
  What  made me behave that way? Using  words i never say
  I can only  think it must be love
  Oh anyway,  it's looking like a beautiful day_________
 V2: Someone  tell me how I feel, it's silly  wrong but vivid right
  Oh, kiss  me like a final meal, yeah kiss  me like we die tonight
  Cause holy  cow i love you eyes and only  now i see the light
  Yeah lying  with you half awake
  Oh anyway  it's looking like a beautiful day_________
MID: e|-0--0-----------|
B|-0----4--0--2---|
G|-1------------1-|
D|-2--------------|
A|-2--------------|
E|-0--------------|
   (once) (|-2-2-|, |-0-0-|, |-2-2-|, |-0-|)
  When my face is chamois creased
  *  (once) (|-2-2-|, |-0-0-|, |-2-2-|, |-0-|)
  If you think i winked I did
  *  (once) (|-2-2-|, |-4-4-|, |-2-2-|, |-4-|)
  laugh politely at repeats
  *  (once) (|-2-2-|, |-2-2-|, |-2-2-|, |-2-|)
  Yeah kiss me when my lips are thin
  Cause holy  cow i love your eyes and only  now i see the light
  Yeah lying  with you half awake, stumbling over what to say
  Well anyway,  it's looking like a beautiful day_________
 C1: So throw  those curtains wide
  One day  like this a year, it'd see me right
  Throw  those curtains wide
  One day  like this a year, it'd see me right
  Throw  those curtains wide
  One day  like this a year, it'd see me right,  for life
  Throw  those curtains wide
  One day  like this a year, it'd see me right,  for life
  Holy  cow i love your eyes____  and only  now i see the light____
  Holy  cow i love your eyes____  and only  now i see the light____
  Throw  those curtains wide
  One day  like this a year, it'd see me right
  Throw  those curtains wide
  One day  like this a year, it'd see me right
  Throw____________________
  Throw____________________
  Throw___________  one day  like this a year, it'd see me right
  Throw___________  one day  like this a year, it'd see me right
 Throw those curtains  wide
  One day  like this a year, it'd see me right
  So throw  those curtains wide
  One day  like this a year, it'd see me right
  Throw  those curtains wide
  One day  like this a year, it'd see me right
  (fade out)
 11) FRIENDS OF OURS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
|-4--4--4>5>4--4--2--2----|
|-----------------------2-|
|-----------------------2-|
|----------------------*0-|
 
 
 
 
  |  |  (stop) | (the  are played quickly)
 
 V1: Before leaving get  to the bar
  No  one round here  makes you pay
  Never  very good  at goodbyes
  So gentle shoulder  charge, love  you made
   love you made
 
 
  |  |  D/  (*)|
 
 
 C1: Salford  skyline blue,  always you,  could fly 'round any corner
  'till you do.
   Love you made.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 WE'RE AWAY (UK BONUS TRACK)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 The headlines drip with horror, beware, beware beware
  The news  says no tomorrow  but how  can i  be scared
 V1: in her arms_______?  World do your worst
  She and I have closed our eyes____
  and lifted every curse
 C1: We're away_______  in-caving cocrete military light
  is merely rain  against the glass
 
  for lovers in the night

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Readable chord sheet for The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow

[G]
  [Am]
 [G/D]
  [Bm]
   [C]
[N.C.]

  [G]          [Am]         [G]          [Am]

          [G]Ah_________[Am]___________[G]___________[Am]_________
          [G]Ah_________[Am]___________[G]___________[Am]_________

          [G/D]        [G]          [G]          [Am]

          [G/D]        [G]          [G]          [Am]

          [G]          [Am]

V1:     [G] How dare the premier ignore my invitations!?
        [Am] He'll have to go
        So [G]too the bunch he luncheons with
        It's second on my list of things to [Am]do
        [G]At the top I'm stopping by your place of work and acting like
        I [Am]haven't dreamed of you and I and marriage in an orange grove
        [G] You are the only thing in any room you're ever in
        [Am] I'm stubborn, selfish, and too old

  [G]        Ah_[Am]___________[G]___________[Am]_________________

V2:     I [G]sat you down and told you how the truest love that's ever found
        [Am] Is for oneself
        You [G]pulled apart my theory with a weary and disinterested [Am]sigh
        So [G]yes i guess i'm asking you to back a horse that's good for glue
        [Am] And nothing else
        But [G]find a man that's truer than
        Find a man that needs you more[Am] than I

V3:     [G]Sit with me a while and let me listen to you talk about
        Your [Am]dreams and your obsessions I'll be quite and confessional
        The [Bm]violets explode inside me when i meet your eyes
        Then I'm [C]spinning and i'm diving like a cloud of starlings.

        [N.C.]Darling is this love[G/D]?

  [G/D]        [G]          [G]          [Am]

          [G/D]        [G]          [G]          [Am]

          [G/D]        [G]          [G]          [Am]

          [G]          [Am]         [G]          [Am]

          [G]

2) BONES OF YOU

 [G/E]
[C/D#]
   [G]
[D#/C]
  [C5]
  [B5]
  [D5]
  [F5]
  [G5]
 [D#5]

   > (slide)

  [G/E]             [C/Eb]            [G/E]             [C/Eb]

          [G/E]             [C/Eb]            [G/E]             [C/Eb]

V1:     So I'm [G/E]there, [C/Eb]charging around with a [G/E]juganaut brow
        [C/Eb]Over draft speeches and [G/E]deadlines to make
        [C/Eb]Cramming commitments like [G/E]cats in a sack
        [C/Eb]Telephone burning, [G/E]purposeful gait
        When [C/Eb]out of a doorway the [G/E]tentacles stretch
        Of a [C/Eb]song that i know, and the [G/E]world moves in [C/Eb]slow - mo
        [G/D]Straight to my head like the [C/Eb]first cigarette of the d[G]ay

C1:      [G] And its [Eb]you[C], and its [G]me, and we're [Eb]sle[C]eping through the [G]day
        And I'm [Eb]fiv[C]e years a[G]go and three [Eb]tho[C]usand miles a[G/D]way

  [G/E]             [C/Eb]            [G/E]             [C/Eb]

V2:     Do i [G/E]have time? a [C/Eb]man of my caliber [G/E]stood in the street
        Like a [C/Eb]sleepwalking teenager, [G/E]no
        And i [C/Eb]dealt with this years ago
        [G/E]I took a hammer to [C/Eb]every momento
        But [G/E]image on image like [C/Eb]beads on a rosary
        [G/E]Pull through my head as the [C/Eb]music takes hold
        And the [G/E]sickener hits i can [C/Eb]work till i break
        But [G/E]i love the bones of you, [C/Eb]that i will never es[G]cape

C2:      [G] And its [Eb]you[C], and its [G]me, and we're [Eb]sle[C]eping through the [G]day
        And I'm [Eb]fiv[C]e years a[G]go and three [Eb]tho[C]usand miles a[G]way
        And i [Eb]can[C]'t move my [G]arm, through [Eb]fea[C]r that you will [G]wake
        And I'm [Eb]fiv[C]e years a[G]go and three [Eb]tho[C]usand miles a[C5]way

  [C5]      [B5]      [D5]              [C5]      [B5]      [D5]

          [C5] [B5]   [D5] [B5]   [C5] [B5]   [D5] [B5]   [F5]                      [D5]

          [F5]                              [G5]

        | [Eb5]>[F5]                        | [Eb5]>[F5]                        |

        | [Eb5]>[F5]                        | [G5]                            |

        | [Eb5]>[F5]                        | [Eb5]>[F5]                        |

        | [Eb5]>[F5]                        |

          [G]               [Eb] [C]            [G]               [Eb] [C]

          [G]               [Eb] [C]            [G]               [Eb] [C]

C2:     [G]Oh, and I'm [Eb]fiv[C]e years a[G]go and three [Eb]tho[C]usand miles a[G]way
        And I'm [Eb]fiv[C]e years a[G]go and three [Eb]tho[C]usand miles a[G]way
        And its [Eb]you[C], and its [G]me, and we're [Eb]sle[C]eping through the [G]day
        And I'm [Eb]fiv[C]e years a[G]go and three [Eb]tho[C]usand miles a[G]way

        (coda)

3) MIRRORBALL

   [E]
   [G]
   [A]
  [E]
 [F#m]
[D/F#]

           [E]

e|---7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--7-|
        B|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--------|
        G|--------------------------------------------------| (x8)
        D|--------------------------------------------------|
        A|-7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7------|

        (This is also played throughout the verses)

V1:     I plump the kind of [E]kiss that wouldn't wake a baby

        On the self-same face that wouldn't let me sleep

        And the street is singing with my feet,

        And the dawn gives me a shadow I know to be taller

B1:     All down to [G]you, [A]dear_[E]___, everything has[G] changed[F#m]     [E]

V2:     My sorri[E]ness has made it to graffiti

        I was looking for someone to complete me

B2:     Not any[G]more, [A]dear_[E]___, everything has[G] changed[F#m]     [E]

C1:     When we [G]make the [A]moon our [E]mirror ball
        The [G]street's an [A]empty s[E]tage
        The [G]city [A]sirens: [E]violins
        [G]Every[F#m]thing has[E] changed

  [D/F#]     [A]        [E]        [E]

          [D/F#]         [A]         [E]    (So) [E]

        (So) lift off l[D/F#]ove    [A]        [E]
        Lift off l[D/F#]ove    [A]        [E]

V3:     We [E]took the town to town last night

        We kissed like we invented it

        And now I know what every step is for

        To lead me to your door

B3:     Know that while you [G]sleep[A],  [E]   everything has[G] changed[F#m]     [E]

C2:     We [G]made the [A]moon our [E]mirror ball
        The [G]street's an [A]empty s[E]tage
        The [G]city [A]sirens: [E]violins
        [G]Every[F#m]thing has[E] changed
        [G]Every[F#m]thing has[E] changed
        [G]Every[F#m]thing has[E] changed

  [D/F#]         [A]         [E]         [E]   (So)

        (So) lift off l[D/F#]ove    [A]        [E]
        Lift off l[D/F#]ove    [A]   ([E]Down to)
        Lift off l[D/F#]ove    [A]   ([E]Down to)
        (you dear)
        Lift off l[D/F#]ove    [A]   ([E]Down to)
        (you dear)
        Lift off l[D/F#]ove    [A]   ([E]Down to)
        (you dear)
        Lift off l[D/F#]ove    [A]   ([E]Down to)
        (you dear)
        Lift off l[D/F#]ove    [A]   ([E]Down to you dear)

4) GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE

[Dm/F]
  [Dm]
[Dm/C]
 [Bb5]
  [A5]
  [D5]
  [G5]
  [C5]
  [F5]

        I've tried to do this for an acoustic guitar. It looks messy but once
        you get the hang of the chord shapes it's really not that bad... honest!

        the bass notes below will help with the timing of the verse chords!

          (1) (2)(3)(2) (2) (2) (1) (2)(3)(2) (2) (2)
        D|-3---0-----0---0---0-|-3---0-----0---0---0-|
        A|--------3------------|--------3------------|

        (2) [Dm]Dm [F]   --> This sequence will refered to as 'Dm-riff'
            [Dm/C]

D|-3--0---0-|-3--0---0-|
        A|------3---|------3---|
                                                                [N.C.]
        D|*3--0---0-|-3--0---0-|-3--0---0-|-3--0---0-|-3--0---0-|
        A|------3---|------3---|------3---|------3---|------3---|

        *Mondays is for drinking to the seldom seen kid

V1:      [N.C.]I've been [Dm]work-ing on a cocktail called [Dm]grounds for divorce
        [Dm]Whoah____[Dm]______
        [Dm]Polishing a compass that I [Dm]hold in my sleeve
        [Dm]Whoah____[Dm]______
        [Dm]Down comes him on sticks but then he [Dm]kicks like a horse
        [Dm]Whoah____[Dm]______
        There's a [Dm]Chinese cigarette case and the [Dm]rest you can keep
        And the [Dm]rest you can keep, and the [Dm]rest you can keep

B1:     There's a [Bb5]hole in my neighbor[A5]hood down which of [D5]late I cannot [G5]help but fall
        There's a [Bb5]hole in my neighbor[A5]hood down which of [D5]late I cannot help but fall__[N.C.]__

                       [D5]            ([D5] [C5])

G|-------------7--------------7--5-|
        D|-7--5--3--0--7--7--5--3--0--7--5-|
        A|-------------5--------------5--3-|
        E|-------------x--------------x--x-|

                       [D5]            ([D5] [C5])
        G|-------------7--------------7--5-|
        D|-7--5--3--0--7--7--5--3--0--7--5-|
        A|-------------5--------------5--3-|
        E|-------------x--------------x--x-|

                      ([D5] [F5]  [D5])           ([D5] [C5])
        G|-------------7--10--7--------------7--5-|
        D|-7--5--3--0--7--10--7--7--5--3--0--7--3-|
        A|-------------5---8--5--------------5--3-|
        E|-------------x---x--x--------------x--x-|

                      ([D5] [F5]  [D5])          (*[D5] [C5])
        G|-------------7--10--7--------------7--5-|
        D|-7--5--3--0--7--10--7--7--5--3--0--7--3-|
        A|-------------5---8--5--------------5--3-|
        E|-------------x---x--x--------------x--x-|

         [D5]Mon-[C5]days is for drinking to the seldom seen kid

          (Dm/[F]  [Dm] [Dm] [Dm])(Dm/[F]  [Dm] [Dm] [Dm])(Dm/[F]  [Dm] [Dm] [Dm])([Dm] [Dm] [Dm])
        B|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3--3--3-|
        G|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2--2--2-|
        D|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-0--0--0-|
        A|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x--x--x-|
                                           Oooo___________________

          (Dm/[F]  [Dm] [Dm] [Dm])(Dm/[F]  [Dm] [Dm] [Dm])(Dm/[F]  [Dm] [Dm] [Dm])([Dm] [Dm] [Dm])
        B|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3--3--3-|
        G|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2--2--2-|
        D|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-0--0--0-|
        A|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x--x--x-|
                                           Oooo___________________

        G|---------------0--2-----------------------------|
        D|-0--0--0--0--3------3--0--0--0--0---------------|
        A|-----------------------------------*5>4>3>2>1>0-|

V2:     There's [N.C.]this [Dm]whispering of jokers doing [Dm]flesh by the pound
        To a [Dm]chorus of supposes from the [Dm]little town whores
        There'll be [Dm]twisted karaoke at the [Dm]Aniseed lounge
        And I'll [Dm]bring you further roses but it [Dm]does you no good
        And it [Dm]does me no good, and it [Dm]does you no good

B2:     There's a [Bb5]hole in my neighbor[A5]hood down which of [D5]late I cannot [G5]help but fall
        There's a [Bb5]hole in my neighbor[A5]hood down which of [D5]late I cannot [G5]help but fall
        There's a [Bb5]hole in my neighbor[A5]hood down which of [D5]late I cannot help but fall__[N.C.]__

                       [D5]            ([D5] [C5])

G|-------------7--------------7--5-|
        D|-7--5--3--0--7--7--5--3--0--7--5-|
        A|-------------5--------------5--3-|
        E|-------------x--------------x--x-|

                       [D5]            ([D5] [C5])
        G|-------------7--------------7--5-|
        D|-7--5--3--0--7--7--5--3--0--7--5-|
        A|-------------5--------------5--3-|
        E|-------------x--------------x--x-|

                      ([D5] [F5]  [D5])           ([D5] [C5])
        G|-------------7--10--7--------------7--5-|
        D|-7--5--3--0--7--10--7--7--5--3--0--7--3-|
        A|-------------5---8--5--------------5--3-|
        E|-------------x---x--x--------------x--x-|

                      ([D5] [F5]  [D5])          (*[D5] [C5])
        G|-------------7--10--7--------------7--5-|
        D|-7--5--3--0--7--10--7--7--5--3--0--7--3-|
        A|-------------5---8--5--------------5--3-|
        E|-------------x---x--x--------------x--x-|

         [D5]   [C5]

Some-day we'll be drinking with the seldom seen kid

          (Dm/[F]  [Dm] [Dm] [Dm])(Dm/[F]  [Dm] [Dm] [Dm])(Dm/[F]  [Dm] [Dm] [Dm])([Dm] [Dm] [Dm])
        B|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3--3--3-|
        G|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2--2--2-|
        D|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-0--0--0-|
        A|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x--x--x-|
                                           Oooo___________________

          (Dm/[F]  [Dm] [Dm] [Dm])(Dm/[F]  [Dm] [Dm] [Dm])(Dm/[F]  [Dm] [Dm] [Dm])([Dm] [Dm] [Dm])
        B|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3--3--3-|
        G|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2--2--2-|
        D|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-0--0--0-|
        A|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x--x--x-|
                                           Oooo___________________

5) AN AUDIENCE WITH THE POPE

[Gm]
[Dm]
 [D]
[Cm]

  [Gm]       [Dm]

          [Gm]       [Gm]       [D]        [D]

          [Gm]       [Gm]       [D]        [D]

V1:     Sweet [Gm]Jesus I'm on fire, she has the [D]sweetest, darkest eyes
        And when it [Gm]comes into her eyes i know [D]iron and steel couldn't hold me
        Good [Gm]God i'm easy bruised, but so [D]often a moth to her flame
        And the [Gm]things that she's asked me to do
        Will see a [D]city of saints forgetting his name

C1:     I have an [Cm]audience with the p[Gm]ope and I'm [D]saving the world at e[Gm]ight
        But if [Cm]she says she needs me, [Gm]she says she needs me
        [D]Everybody's gonna have to wait, uh-h[Gm]uh

  [Gm]       [Gm]       [D]        [D]

          [Gm]       [Gm]       [D]        [D]

V2:     ([Gm]Where could she be?) Was that a minute or an hour?
        ([D]Where could she be?) She turns the hours into days
        [Gm]Kill the phone, cover the cage and [D]wait for the doorbell to ring
        ([Gm]Where could she be?) No she won't come running
        ([D]Where could she be?) The world is turning at her pace
        Gonna [Gm]kill the phone, cover the cage and [D]wait for the doorbell to ring

C2:     I have an [Cm]audience with the p[Gm]ope and I'm [D]saving the world at e[Gm]ight
        But if [Cm]she says she needs me, [Gm]she says she needs me
        [D]Everybody's gonna have to wait

C3:     I have an [Cm]audience with the p[Gm]ope and I'm [D]saving the world at e[Gm]ight
        But if [Cm]she says she needs me, [Gm]she says she needs me
        [D]Everybody's gonna have to wait, uh-h[Gm]uh

  [Gm]       [Gm]       [D]        [D]

          [Gm]       [Gm]       [D]        [D]

          [Cm]       [Gm]       [D]        [Gm]

          [Cm]       [Gm]       [D]        [D]

C4:     I have an [Cm]audience with the p[Gm]ope and I'm [D]saving the world at e[Gm]ight
        But if [Cm]she says she needs me, [Gm]she says she needs me
        [D]Everybody's gonna have to wait
        [D]Everybody's gonna have to wait, uh-h[Gm]uh

  [Gm]       [Dm]       [Gm]       [Dm]

          [Gm]

6) WEATHER TO FLY

    [C]
  [G/B]
   [Bb]
[Fadd9]
   [C]
 [G/B]
  [Bb]
    [F]

           [C]                              [G/B]

e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
        B|------------1-----------------|------------1-----------------|
        G|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|
        D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
        A|-3------3-------3------3------|-2------2-------2------2------|
        E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

           [Bb]                             [F]
        e|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
        B|------------1-----------------|------------1------------------------|
        G|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|---2--0---0---0---2--0---------------|
        D|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
        A|-1------1-------1------1------|-------------------------------------|
        E|------------------------------|-1------1-------1------1--1--1--1--1-|

           [C]                              [G/B]
        e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
        B|------------1-----------------|------------1-----------------|
        G|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|
        D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
        A|-3------3-------3------3------|-2------2-------2------2------|
        E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

           [Bb]                             [F]
        e|------------------------------|--------------------3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
        B|------------1-----------------|------------1-------1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|
        G|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|---2--0---0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
        D|------------------------------|-----------------3----------------------|
        A|-1------1-------1------1------|----------------------------------------|
        E|------------------------------|-1------1-------------------------------|

        *Are we having the time of our lives? Are we having the time of our lives?
        Are we coming across clear? Are we coming across fine?
        Are we part of the plan here? Are we having the time of our lives?
        **Are we coming across cle[C]ar? Are we coming[G/B] across fine?
        Are[Bb] we having the time of our lives?[Fadd9]  Are we part of the plan here?[C]

V1:      [C] We have the drive and time on our hands
        [G/B] One little room and the biggest of plans
        [Bb] The days were shaping up frosty and bright
        Perfect [Fadd9]weather to fly, perfect weather to fly

V2:     [C] Poundin' the streets where my fathers feet still
        [G/B]Ring from the walls we'd sing in the doorways
        Or b[Bb]icker and row just figuring how
        We were [Fadd9]wired inside, perfect weather to fly

V3:     [C] So in looking to stray from the line
        We de[G/B]cided instead we should pull out the thread that was
        [Bb]Stitching  us into this tapestry vial
        And why [Fadd9]wouldn't you try? Perfect weather to fly

V4:     (As V1)

V5:     (As V2)

V6:     (As V3)

  [C]                 [G/B]

          [Bb]                [Fadd9]

          [C]                 [G/B]

          [Bb]                [Fadd9]

          [C]                 [G/B]

          [Bb]                [Fadd9]

          [C]                 [G/B]

          [Bb]                [F]

7) The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver

  [C] (x32010) or  [C/G] (3x2010)
  [E]
  [A] (x02220) or  [A/E] (00222x)
 [C6] (x32210) or [C6]/[G] (332210)
[C#m]
 [Ab]

  [C]        [E]        [A]        [A]

          [C]        [E]        [A]        [A]

V1:     [C]   [E]Gotta get out of T[A]V
        Just [C]pick a [E]point and [A]go
        [C] The [E]ticker-tape tangles my [A]feet
        As I [C]search for a [E]face that I [A]know
        Come [C]on, [E]tower crane [A]driver
        There's [C]not so [E]far to [A]go

e|---------2--0------|
        B|-0--1--3------3--0-|
        G|-------------------|

           [C6]   [C]   [C6]  [C]   [C6]  [C]   [C6]  [C]
        e|-x--------------------------------|
        B|-x--------------------------------|
        G|-2----0---2---0---2---0---2---0---|
        D|-2--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|
        A|-3--------------------------------|
        E|-x--------------------------------|

        e|---------0--2--3-|
        B|-3--1--0---------|
        G|-----------------|

          [C]        [E]        [A]        [A]

          [C]        [E]        [A]        [A]

V2:     [C] I [E]must have been working the [A]ropes
        When your [C]hand [E]slipped from [A]mine
        [C] Now I [E]live off the mirrors and [A]smoke
        It's a [C]joke, a [E]fix, a [A]lie
        Come [C]on, [E]tower crane [A]driver
        [C]Oh so [E]far to [A]fall
        [C]  [E]Send up a prayer in my [C#m]na - [Ab]ame
        Just the [E]same, they [C#m]say I'm on top of my [A]ga - [Ab]ame
        [E]Gentle gentle [A]rose

        e|----------------|
        B|---0--2--0------|
        G|-2---------2--0-|

        [C]   [E]Send up a prayer in my [A]name

  [A]        [A]        [A]        [A]

          [A]        [A]

        e|---------2--0------|
        B|-0--1--3------3--0-|
        G|-------------------|

          [C]

8) The Fix
   =======

 [Cm]
  [G]
 [Fm]
[G/D]

| Drums  | Drums  | Drums  | Drums  |

        G|----5-----------------------------------------|
        D|------5--3------------------------------------|
        A|-*3--------6--3--5--6--5--3--5--6--3--5--6--3-|  (x2)
        E|----------------------------------------------|

          [Cm]       [Cm]       [G]        [Cm]

          [Cm]       [Cm]       [G]        [Cm]

V1:     The [Cm]fix is in, there's a [G]nag gonna dance home at [Cm]Epsom
        The fix is in, can't [G]wait to see how it up[Cm]sets 'em

C1:     [Fm]Too many times we've been [Cm]postally pipped
        We've [Fm]loaded the saddles, the [Cm]mickeys are slipped
        We're [Fm]swapping the turf for the [Cm]sand and the surf and the [G/D]sin
        Cause the [G]fix, the fix is [Cm]in

  [Cm]       [G]        [Cm]       [G]

V2:     The [Cm]fix is in, the [G]odds that I got were de[Cm]licious
        The fix is in, the [G]jockey is cocky and [Cm]vicious

C2:     The re[Fm]doubtable beast has had [Cm]pegasus pills
        We'll [Fm]buy him the patch in the [Cm]Tuscany hills
        And the [Fm]Vino di Vici will [Cm]flow like a river in [G/D]spring
        Now the [G]fix, the fix is [Cm]in

  [Cm]       [G]        [Cm]       [G]

          [Cm]       [G]        [Cm]       [G]        [Cm]

  [Fm]       [Cm]       [Fm]       [Cm]

          [Fm]       [Cm]       [G/D]      [G/D]

          [G]        [G]        [N.C.]

V3:     The [Cm]fix is in, the [G]snaps of the steward so [Cm]candid
        The fix is in, yes our [G]pigeons have finally [Cm]landed

C3:     The [Fm]Donahue sisters will [Cm]meet us in France
        In [Fm]penguins and pearls, we'll [Cm]drink and we'll dance
        'Til the [Fm]end of our days, cause it [Cm]ain't left to chance that we [G/D]win
        Cause the [G]fix, the fix is [Cm]in

  [Cm]       [G]        [Cm]       [G]

          [Cm]       [G]        [Cm]       [G]

          [Cm]       [G]        [Cm]       [G]

          [Cm]       [G]        [Cm]       [G]        [Cm]

  [Fm]       [Cm]       [Fm]       [Cm]

          [Fm]       [Cm]       [G/D]      [G/D]

          [G]        [G]        [N.C.]

          [Cm]

9) SOME RIOT

    [F]
 [Cm] [G]
   [Gm]
 [Gm] [D]
 [Bb/F]
 [Dm] [A]
[F#] [C#]

  [F]      [Cm] [G]         [F]      [Cm] [G]

          [F]      [Gm] [Gm] [D]      [F]      [Gm]

          [F]      [Cm] [G]         [F]      [Cm] [G]

          [F]      [Gm] [Gm] [D]      [F]      [Gm]

          [Gm] [D]   [Bb/F]                [Gm] [D]

          [Bb/F]                [Gm] [D]

V1:     [Bb/F] A friend of mine grows his very own [Gm]bra[D]mbles
        [Bb/F] They twist all around him till he can't [Gm]mov[D]e
        [Bb/F] Beautiful, [F#]qui[C#]vering, chivalrous [Bb/F]shambles
        What is my [F#]fri[C#]end trying to[Bb/F] prove?

  [Bb/F]         [Dm] [A]   [Gm] [D]

          [Bb/F]         [Dm] [A]   [Gm] [D]

V2:     He [Bb/F]boosters a tall gentle boy to a terrible [Gm]tot[D]em
        [Bb/F] And the kids gather round trying to see what's in[Gm]sid[D]e
        [Bb/F] I think when he's [F#]dri[C#]nking he's drowning some [Bb/F]riot.
        What is my [F#]fri[C#]end trying to [Bb/F]hide?

V3:     [Bb/F] Cause it's breaking my heart, it's breaking my [Gm]hea[D]rt.
        [Bb/F] And it's breaking my heart to pull at the [Gm]rei[D]gn.
        [Bb/F] Brother of [F#]min[C#]e don't run with those [Bb/F]fuckers.
        When will my [F#]fri[C#]ends start singing a[Bb/F]gain?
        When will my [F#]fri[C#]ends____ start singing a[Bb/F]gain?

  [Bb/F]         [F]

          [Cm]Ooo[G]o_________[F]_______[Cm]___[G]________

         _[F]_______[Gm]___[Gm]___[D]______ [F]        [Gm]

          [F]Oooo___[Cm]___[G]__________[F]_______[Cm]___[G]________

         _[F]_______[Gm]___[Gm]___[D]______ [F]        [Gm]

          [F]Oooo___[Cm]___[G]__________[F]_______[Cm]___[G]________

         _[F]_______[Gm]___[Gm]___[D]______ [F]        [Gm]

          [F]Oooo___[Cm]___[G]__________[F]_______[Cm]___[G]________

         _[F]_______[Gm]___[Gm]___[D]______ [F]        [Gm]                     [Gm/D]

  [Gm/D]   [Bb/F]                [Gm] [D]

          [Bb/F]                [Gm] [D]

        (repeat to fade)

10) ONE DAY LIKE THIS

      [E]
      [A]
      [B]
     [A]
     [B]
[Dsus2] [A]

e|-0-|-0--0-------------|-0--0--------------|
        B|-0-|-0----4--0--2---0-|-0----4--0--2------|
        G|-1-|-1------------1---|-1------------1--1-|
        D|-2-|-2----------------|-2-----------------|
        A|-2-|-2----------------|-2-----------------|
        E|-0-|-2----------------|-0-----------------|

                                                        *
        e|-0--0-------------|-0--0--------------|-------0-|
        B|-0----4--0--2---0-|-0----4--0--2------|-------0-|
        G|-1------------1---|-1------------1--1-|-1--2--1-|
        D|-2----------------|-2-----------------|-------2-|
        A|-2----------------|-2-----------------|-------2-|
        E|-2----------------|-0-----------------|-------0-|

V1:     [E]Drinking in the morning sun, [A]blinking in the morning sun
        [B]Shaking off the heavy one, yeah [A]heavy like a loaded gun
        [E]What made me behave that way? [A]Using words i never say
        I can [B]only think it must be love
        Oh [A]anyway, it's looking like a beautiful d[E]ay_______[E]__

V2:     [E]Someone tell me how I feel, it's [A]silly wrong but vivid right
        Oh, [B]kiss me like a final meal, yeah [A]kiss me like we die tonight
        Cause [E]holy cow i love you eyes and [A]only now i see the light
        Yeah [B]lying with you half awake
        Oh [A]anyway it's looking like a beautiful d[E]ay_______[E]__       [E]

MID:    e|-0--0-----------|
        B|-0----4--0--2---|
        G|-1------------1-|
        D|-2--------------|
        A|-2--------------|
        E|-0--------------|

        [E] (once)                        ([D]|-2-2-|, [E]|-0-0-|, [D]|-2-2-|, [E]|-0-|)
         When my face is chamois creased
        [A]* (once)                  ([D]|-2-2-|, [E]|-0-0-|, [D]|-2-2-|, [E]|-0-|)
        If you think i winked I did
        [B]* (once)                ([D]|-2-2-|, [B]|-4-4-|, [D]|-2-2-|, [B]|-4-|)
        laugh politely at repeats
             [A]* (once)                   ([D]|-2-2-|, [B]|-2-2-|, [D]|-2-2-|, [B]|-2-|)
        Yeah kiss me when my lips are thin
        Cause [E]holy cow i love your eyes and [A]only now i see the light
        Yeah [B]lying with you half awake, stumbling over what to say
        Well [A]anyway, it's looking like a beautiful d[E]ay_______[E]__       [E]                [E]

C1:     So [E]throw those curtains w[Dsus2]ide   [A]
        One [A]day like this a year, it'd see me [E]right
        [E]Throw those curtains w[Dsus2]ide   [A]
        One [A]day like this a year, it'd see me [E]right
        [E]Throw those curtains w[Dsus2]ide   [A]
        One [A]day like this a year, it'd see me [E]right, for life
        [E]Throw those curtains w[Dsus2]ide   [A]
        One [A]day like this a year, it'd see me [E]right, for life
        [E]Holy cow i love your ey[Dsus2]es____[A] and [A]only now i see the lig[E]ht____
        [E]Holy cow i love your ey[Dsus2]es____[A] and [A]only now i see the lig[E]ht____
        [E]Throw those curtains w[Dsus2]ide   [A]
        One [A]day like this a year, it'd see me [E]right
        [E]Throw those curtains w[Dsus2]ide   [A]
        One [A]day like this a year, it'd see me [E]right
        Thr[E]ow___[Dsus2]______[A]_____[A]_____[E]_
        Thr[E]ow___[Dsus2]______[A]_____[A]_____[E]_
        Thr[E]ow___[Dsus2]______[A]__ one [A]day like this a year, it'd see me r[E]ight
        Thr[E]ow___[Dsus2]______[A]__ one [A]day like this a year, it'd see me r[E]ight

[E]        Throw those cu[Dsus2]rtains[A] wide
        One [A]day like this a year, it'd see me [E]right
        So [E]throw those curtains w[Dsus2]ide   [A]
        One [A]day like this a year, it'd see me [E]right
        [E]Throw those curtains w[Dsus2]ide   [A]
        One [A]day like this a year, it'd see me [E]right

        (fade out)

11) FRIENDS OF OURS

   [E5]
   [C5]
   [D5]
   [G5]
[G5/F#]
   [B5]
   [Em]
    [C]
[Cadd9]
[Cmaj7]
    [D]
  [D/C]
   [C]
    [G]

                                [E5]

|-4--4--4>5>4--4--2--2----|
        |-----------------------2-|
        |-----------------------2-|
        |----------------------*0-|

          [E5]           [E5]           [C5]           [D5]

          [G5]           [G5]   [G5] [F#]   [E5]           [B5]

          [E5]           [C5]           [C5]           [D5]

          [G5]           [G5]   [G5] [F#]

        | [Em]         | [C]  [Cadd9] [C] [Cmaj7] [D] (stop)     | (the [Cadd9] [C] [Cmaj7] are played quickly)

          [Em]           [C]  [Cadd9] [C] [Cmaj7] [D]

V1:     Before [E5]leaving [B5]get to the ba[E5]r
        [C5]No one round [D5]here makes you [G5]pay  [G5]     [F#]
        [E5]Never very [B5]good at good[E5]byes[C5]
        So gentle [D5]shoulder charge, [G5]love you made [G5]    [F#]

  [Em]             [C]   [Cadd9]      [C]  [Cmaj7]      [D]                      love you made
          [Em]           [C]  [Cadd9] [C] [Cmaj7] [D]

          [Em]           [C]  [Cadd9] [C] [Cmaj7] [D]

        | [Em]         | [C]  [Cadd9] [C] [Cmaj7] D/[C] ([C]*)|

          [C]            [C]     [D]      [C]            [C]     [D]

          [C]            [C]     [D]      [C]            [C]     [D]

C1:     [C]Salford sky[D]line [C]blue, al[D]ways [C]you, could fly 'round [D]any [C]corner
        'till you [D]do.

  [E5]             [B5]             [E5]             [E5]            Love you made.
          [C5]           [D5]           [G5]           [G5]   [G5] [F#]

          [E5]           [B5]           [E5]           [E5]

          [C5]           [D5]           [G5]           [G5]   [G5] [F#]

          [E5]           [B5]           [E5]           [E5]

          [C5]           [D5]           [G5]           [G5]   [G5] [F#]

          [E5]           [B5]           [E5]           [E5]

          [C5]           [D5]           [G]

WE'RE AWAY (UK BONUS TRACK)

     [Dm]
      [F]
      [G]
    [G/F]
    [G/E]
    [G/D]
      [C]
     [Am]
     [Em]
  [Fmaj7]
     [F]
   [Em/D]
[Fmaj7] [C]
    [F]
     [C]

            [Dm]                  [F]         [G]

The headlines drip with horror, beware, beware beware
        The [Dm]news says no to[F]morrow but [G]how can [G/F]i be [G/E]scared[G/D]     [G]

V1:     in her [C]arms_[Am]____[Em]__? World do your [F]worst[F]   [Fmaj7]          [F]             [F]
        She and I have closed our [C]eyes[Am]____[Em]
        and lifted every [Em]curse[Em/D]      [Fmaj7]            [C]               [Am]                   [G]

C1:     We're a[C]way_[Am]____[Em]__ in-caving cocrete military l[F]ight
        is merely [C]rain against the [F]glass

  [C]        [F]        [C]        [F]        [G]

        for lovers in the [C]night

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