Innocence chords by Kirsty Maccoll

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
  G+G               G+G
It wouldn't take a long time to explain what lies between us
    C majorC             G+G
And it wouldn't take a genius to work out what the scene is
  G+G
It might just take a pilot to give you a natural high
      C majorC                G+G
But you're sending off those bottle tops for your free piece of mind
    Bb majorBb          A minorAm       Bb majorBb               Eb MajorEb
And are you just waving or drowning? It's so hard to tell when you're so far away

Chorus 1:
  FF       Bb majorBb       DmDm       C majorC
Oh, innocence has passed you by a long long time ago
 FF      Bb majorBb        DmDm       C majorC
I was the fly upon your wall and I saw what you know
   FF       Bb majorBb        DmDm     C majorC
Your pornographic priestess left you for another guy
   FF        Bb majorBb         DmDm      A minorAm
You frighten little children and you'll always wonder why
DmDm      C majorC  G+G
Always wonder why (yah!)

Verse 3:
  G+G
The mercury is rising and it's not all that surprising
    C majorC                 G+G
In the land of milk and honey where you make big money
    G+G
And it always keeps the rain off and it always keeps you dry
     C majorC                G+G
But back home the people hate you and you never did know why
    Bb majorBb        A minorAm
But I think I'm going to tell you
       Bb majorBb             Eb MajorEb
Just give me fifty thousand lire for my thoughts

Chorus 2:
  C majorC        Bb majorBb      DmDm       C majorC
Oh, innocence has passed you by a long long time ago
  FF      Bb majorBb        DmDm       C majorC
I was the fly upon your wall and I saw what you know
   FF      Bb majorBb        DmDm         C majorC
The supermarket checkout girl once smacked you in the eye
   FF       Bb majorBb         DmDm     A minorAm  DmDm      C majorC
When you eat no one else does but you always wonder why. Always wonder why

Interlude:
Bb majorBb
It would take a gunshot just to clear your head awhile
     C majorC
And after all this time, how can you stand there, Look at me and smile?

Instrumental:
FF Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC  x3
FF Bb majorBb DmDm A minorAm G+G

Interlude:
    Bb majorBb          A minorAm
Now are you just waving or drowning?
    Bb majorBb              Eb MajorEb
It's so hard to tell with you so far away

Outro:
  FF       Bb majorBb       DmDm       C majorC
Oh, innocence has passed you by a long long time ago
  FF      Bb majorBb        DmDm       A minorAm
I was the fly upon your wall and I saw what you know
 FF      Bb majorBb        DmDm      C majorC
Degeneration suits you, now I'm going home to cry
  FF        Bb majorBb          DmDm      C majorC  DmDm      C majorC  G+G
You won't be seeing me again but you'll always wonder why. Always wonder why