Chords with lyrics
Intro:
A augmentedA 
E MajorE 
BB 
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Tom Thum:
N.C.
"If you're feeling low then give it a go! Try Lambert's Sniffing Salts today"
Suffa::
N.C.
You know when you're doing a song about a small town
N.C. A augmentedA
You gotta start it with a cliche, you know what I'm sayin' like
Verse:
E MajorE
Time moves a little slower here
BB C# minorC#m
The paint peels 'cause the summers here are so severe
A augmentedA E MajorE
And we're nowhere near no where you would know of
BB C# minorC#m
Locals here pride, they show up just to show off
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Four men take a load off, just to watch the day go by
C# minorC#m
Philosophizing with their friends like they're Plato
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
They prophecize on the bench by the main road, right
C# minorC#m
They got advice; I'm like 'Ayo, if you say so guys'
A augmentedA E MajorE
But what do they know, Fox News got 'em lit
BB C# minorC#m
They're shockers, fundamentalists, the new communists
A augmentedA E MajorE
A augmentedA girl with a shopping list, clutch her handbag close
BB C# minorC#m
I'm like "damn man" then it's all backhands, jokes
A augmentedA E MajorE
'Cause I'm a gentlemen, but then again most of are
BB C# minorC#m
First name basis in the bank, the post-office, the bar
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
The grocery, parks, hey lady I ain't tryna grab your pension
C# minorC#m
The old men on the bench hum
Instrumental:
A augmentedA E MajorE BB C# minorC#m A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Tom Thum:
N.C.
"Direct from the transistor radio in your lounge room.It's the entertainment that the whole family can enjoy."
N.C.
"Well I say looking slick will do the trick so try Barry's Brylcreem cream today!"
Montaigne & Suffa:
N.C.
Well lets go, lets go
A augmentedA E MajorE
We're living in the days when everybody sayin'
BB C# minorC#m
"What a time to be alive"
A augmentedA E MajorE
But I'm feeling out of place like I live in outer space
BB C# minorC#m
'Cause it seems I'm stuck in time
A augmentedA E MajorE
It's like we ride through life
BB C# minorC#m
Right in the shadow of the cold war
A augmentedA E MajorE
It gets so quiet at night
BB A augmentedA
Like martial law took a hold of '55.
Suffa:
E MajorE
Time moves a little slower here
BB C# minorC#m
A augmentedA day feels like a week, a weekend feels like it could go a year
A augmentedA E MajorE
And we're nowhere near nothing, man it's so true
BB C# minorC#m
I don't tell 'em where I'm from, I tell 'em where I'm close to
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
And I can go through an Atlas and show you on a map but
C# minorC#m A augmentedA
You'd still look me sideways and treat me like I'm backwards
E MajorE
But that's just fine, it so happens I'm
BB C# minorC#m
Happy living in a city that is trapped in time
A augmentedA E MajorE
While you're lined up in traffic I'm
BB C# minorC#m
Not panicked 'bout transit, I'm back in time
A augmentedA E MajorE
For a TV dinner and an early night
BB C# minorC#m
'Cause we get dressed to travel, got an early flight
A augmentedA E MajorE
Been doing laps of the earth while doing laps of the sun
BB C# minorC#m
Tryna put where I'm at on the map 'cause where I'm from
A augmentedA E MajorE
Would never get a mention, but all that and then some
BB C# minorC#m
Once again the old men on the bench hum
Instrumental:
A augmentedA E MajorE BB C# minorC#m A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Tom Thum:
N.C.
"And across the country they came in waves. Thousands upon thousands of flying discs
N.C.
descending from the planet Mars."
N.C.
"For the closest shave try a Wilson's razor today."
Montaigne & Suffa:
N.C.
Well lets go, lets go
A augmentedA E MajorE
We're living in the days when everybody sayin'
BB C# minorC#m
"What a time to be alive"
A augmentedA E MajorE
But I'm feeling out of place like I live in outer space
BB C# minorC#m
'Cause it seems I'm stuck in time
A augmentedA E MajorE
It's like we ride through life
BB C# minorC#m
Right in the shadow of the cold war
A augmentedA E MajorE
It gets so quiet at night
BB A augmentedA
Like martial law took a hold of '55
Montaigne:
E MajorE
Where I go, where I go
BB C# minorC#m
This will always be home, no matter
A augmentedA E MajorE
Where I go, where I go
BB C# minorC#m
This will always be home, no matter
A augmentedA E MajorE
Where I go, where I go
BB C# minorC#m
This will always be home, no matter
A augmentedA E MajorE
Where I go, where I go
BB
This will always be home
Instrumental:
A augmentedA E MajorE BB C# minorC#m A augmentedA E MajorE BB
Tom Thum::
N.C.
"If you can't beat the summer heat then what you need is a Wordell's. Wordell
N.C.
Refrigerators: the cooler choice."
N.C.
"The dieting revolution taking the world by storm."
Montaigne & Suffa:
Well Montaigne lets go
A augmentedA E MajorE
We're living in the days when everybody sayin'
BB C# minorC#m
"What a time to be alive"
A augmentedA E MajorE
But I'm feeling out of place like I live in outer space
BB C# minorC#m
'Cause it seems I'm stuck in time
A augmentedA E MajorE
It's like we ride through life
BB C# minorC#m
Right in the shadow of the cold war
A augmentedA E MajorE
It gets so quiet at night
BB A augmentedA BB
Other versions of 1955
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for 1955 ft montaigne tom thum by Hilltop Hoods
