Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
B minorBm F#F# B minorBm F#F#
D MajorD D MajorD E minorEm Em
Verse 1:
B minorBm
Bring up the reserve
D MajorD E minorEm
What good does it serve down there?
F#7F#7
Down there
B minorBm
I season a dream
D MajorD E minorEm C# minorC#m F#F#
I wait for the steam and stare out there
Verse 2:
B minorBm
A augmentedA turn and a tick
D MajorD E minorEm
Clock-cursing as if it cares
F#F#
It cares
B minorBm
As if it's to blame
D MajorD E minorEm
For blowing over the card-house of fate
F#F#
Too late
Chorus:
B minorBm D MajorD G+G E minorEm
Ah, who needs a clock when the kettle's a'flame?
B minorBm D MajorD G+G E minorEm
Watch your hands 'round the boiling steam
B minorBm D MajorD G+G E minorEm
Does sun chase moon, or is it the other way?
B minorBm
Watched pot
D MajorD G+G
Smash potwatching
E minorEm F#F#
No longer wait
B minorBm F#F# B minorBm F#F#
No longer wait
D MajorD D D MajorD D
E minorEm Em F#F# F# E minorEm D MajorD C# minorC#m
Verse 3:
B minorBm
Trace the trail of a crack
D MajorD E minorEm
Resting there on your back in peace
F#F#
In peace
Verse 4:
B minorBm
Wait here patiently
D MajorD E minorEm
Where you'll be counted just like sheep
F#F#
'Til you fall asleep
Bridge:
B minorBm D MajorD G+G E minorEm
And as the doors close, your tea grows cold
B minorBm D MajorD
So it's back on the flame
G+G E minorEm
But it's never the same
B minorBm D MajorD
I'm standing in line
G+G E minorEm
I'm checking the time
B minorBm D MajorD
Too hot to drink
G+G E minorEm F#F# F#F#
So chop me a block of ice
G+G D MajorD F#F# B minorBm
A augmentedA block of ice!
G+G D MajorD F#F# B minorBm
G+G D MajorD F#F# B minorBm
G+G D MajorD F#F#
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD F#F# B minorBm
We were wasted by a quarter to nine
G+G D MajorD F#F# B minorBm
Two in the morning and you opened the wine
G+G D MajorD F#F# B minorBm
Friends of mine, may we never run out of time.
G+G D MajorD
May we never run out
F#F# B minorBm
May we never run out of time
G+G D MajorD
May we never run out
F#F# B minorBm
May we never run out of time
G+G D MajorD
Outro:
B minorBm
Bring up the reserve
D MajorD E minorEm
Before I kill the nerve and fall asleep
F#F#
Asleep
Just play the verse(outro) chords during the ladada's and such.