Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
♫ Intro:
BbmBbm AbAb EbmEbm F minorFm
♫ Verse 1:
BbmBbm
Each morning after Sunblest
EbmEbm F minorFm
Feel the benefit, mental arithmetic
BbmBbm
I waited by the staffroom
EbmEbm F minorFm
In time for benediction
♫ Chorus:
GbGb F minorFm
Living a law just short of delusion
EbmEbm AbAb
When we fall in love there's confusion
GbGb F minorFm EbmEbm AbAb
This must be the place I waited years to leave
♫ Verse 2:
BbmBbm
To our voices nobody's listening
EbmEbm F minorFm
We shiver in the rain by the touchline
BbmBbm
Then a coach ride to the station
EbmEbm F minorFm
"My lord, the carriage awaiteth!"
♫ Chorus:
GbGb F minorFm
Living a law just short of delusion
EbmEbm AbAb
When we fall in love there's confusion
GbGb F minorFm EbmEbm AbAb
This must be the place I waited years to leave
GbGb F minorFm EbmEbm AbAb
This must be the place I waited years to leave
F minorFm
And how
How long?
Bbm/Ab/Ebm/Fm
♫ Bridge:
BbmBbm AbAb
I'm listening to the words I thought I'd never hear again
EbmEbm F minorFm
A augmentedA litany of saints and other ordinary men
BbmBbm
Kneeling on the parquet
AbAb
Whatever has gone wrong?
EbmEbm
The fear and feeling hopelessness
F minorFm
I don't want to belong
Bbm/Ab/Ebm/Fm
(last one) Bbm/Ab/Ebm/Gb
F minorFm
♫ Verse 3:
BbmBbm
I dreamt I was back in uniform
EbmEbm F minorFm
And a candidate for examination
BbmBbm
History, someone had blundered
EbmEbm F minorFm
And a voice rapped "knuckle under!"
♫ Chorus:
GbGb F minorFm
Living a law just short of delusion
EbmEbm AbAb
When we fall in love there's confusion
GbGb F minorFm EbmEbm AbAb
This must be the place I waited years to leave
GbGb F minorFm EbmEbm AbAb
This must be the place I waited years to leave
BbmBbm AbAb EbmEbm F minorFm
And how
BbmBbm AbAb EbmEbm F minorFm
And how
BbmBbm AbAb EbmEbm F minorFm
How long?