Rate for accuracy
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I've tried to line up the chords as best as possible, as always, listen to the
song for best comparison. I'm sure this is right, then again, I have just spent an
hour I should've spent in bed working this out. I've actually worked out a lot of
the new album, will likely add them soon. The lyrics are makeshift, based on what
I could decipher, will update when the album comes out :D Enjoy! Sounds best
played on open chords!
Intro
F G E F x3
F E
F G
Verse
Dm A
Through the rain and all the clutter
F C G
Under the Freemont bridge I saw a the pigeon fly
Dm F C A
Fly in fear from the raptor come to take its life
Dm A
And as it dove in for the capture
F C G
Funnelled the fear through my ancient eyes
Dm F
Seeing flight, what I know are
C A
The bitter mechanics of life
F G E F
Under my hat it breathes the lines are all imagined
F G E F
A fact of life I know to hide from my little girl
F G E F
I know my place amongst the bugs and all the animals
F E
And this from these ordinary people
F G
You were longing to be free
Dm A
My hotel and on the TV
F C G
A picture on the stage like a buzzard cries
Dm F C A
Our a warning phony sorrow is trying to get a rise
Dm A
Cyanide of an almond
F C G
Let him look at your hands, get the angles right
Dm F C A
Ace of spades, Port of Morrow, life is death is life.
F G E F
I saw a photograph of Cologne in β27
F G E F
A then a postcard after the bombs in β45
F G E F
Must have been a world of evil clowns that let it happen
F E
But now I recognise in these eyes
F G
That you were there and so was I
Instrumental break
Dm F
Dm C A
Dm F C A
(whole break x2)
F G E F
Under my hat it breathes the lines are all imagined
F G E F
A fact of life I must impress on my little girl
F G E F
I know my place amongst the creatures in the pageant
F E
And there are flowers in the garbage
F G
And a skull under your curls
Instrumental break
Dm F
Dm C A
Dm F C A
Repeat instrumental break until fade.
Note: I initially had the verse second part of the verse chords as
Dm A C A
Ace of spades, Port of Morrow, life is death is life.
for example, with another A in place of the F. It sounded right to me, but I went
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Last Updated: April 26, 2021