Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
🎸 Verse 1:
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
Out of bed just after one
Am/GAm/G Dm9Dm9
Down in time to catch the sun
E minor 7Em7 C majorC C/BC/B
All the bugs are at their business now the flowers are in bloom
A minorAm Am/GAm/G Dm9Dm9
We take a note of their perfume
E minor 7Em7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
Underneath the pale spectre of the moon
G+G E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7 Dm9Dm9 E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7
And I just stand there waiting
Bb majorBb C majorC Dm9Dm9
Getting my sunbeams
🎸 Verse 2:
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
Last night's pasta in a tub
Am/GAm/G Dm9Dm9
Out the fridge for lunch and breakfast
E minor 7Em7 C majorC C/BC/B
But as I sit down to eat I hear a song riding the breeze
A minorAm Am/GAm/G Dm9Dm9
"Happy birthday to Eloise"
Fm7Fm7 Cmaj7Cmaj7
Then mum and dad both let out a cheer
A9sus4A9sus4 Dm9Dm9
They're gonna throw a party another year
E minor 7Em7 C majorC
And I should take a walk for a bit
🎸 Solo:
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm Am/GAm/G Dm9Dm9 E minor 7Em7
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm Am/GAm/G Dm9Dm9 E minor 7Em7
🎸 Verse 3:
Fmaj7Fmaj7
As I head up the road
Am9Am9
A augmentedA private ambulance zooms off into the distance
F#7F#7
In silence
Fmaj7Fmaj7
All the shops are closed
C majorC
With rainbows painted on the glass
Cmaj7Cmaj7
Covering notes
C7C7 FF
That they hope to see us soon
FF F/E
But right now
Dsus2Dsus2 Gsus4Gsus4 Cmaj7Cmaj7
There's not much they can do
Am7Am7 G+G Dm9Dm9 Gsus4Gsus4
I dodge a jogger or two
🎸 Verse 4:
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
Back at home I play the game
Am/GAm/G
Rewatch repeats
Dm9Dm9
And set a call up with a friend
E minor 7Em7
A augmentedA means towards an end
C majorC C/BC/B
'Til we can meet again
A minorAm Am/GAm/G Dm9Dm9
"Hey, so, how are you doing?"
E minor 7Em7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7
"I'm OK, you know, the usual kinda weird"
🎸 Verse 5:
Dm9Dm9 E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7
So we animate the cosmos stuck in our minds
Bb majorBb C majorC Dm9Dm9 C/EC/E
Eventually birdsong heralds the dawn
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
I can't stifle my yawns
Dm9Dm9 E minor 7Em7
I make my bed up after I floss
Fmaj7Fmaj7
And tuck in tightly
Cmaj7Cmaj7 CMaj9Cmaj9
For a new day