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