On Returning chords by Wire

Chords with lyrics

Song: On Returning
Band: Wire
Album: 154
Year: 1979
Tabber: [email protected]


Intro (0:00)

  BB
e-----------|---------------|
b-----------|---------------|
g-----------|--------4-4-4--|
d-----------|--------4-4-4--| x3
a--2-4-5-2--|--2-4---2-2-2--|
e-----------|---------------|

Verse (0:18)

BB
You'll be sorry when the sun has roasted you to
BB
Lobster red, nothing said
BB
When yellow has turned green to brown, divide by four
BB
Multiply by nine, describe your divisions, anatomical derision


Chorus (0:40)

BB
Lobster head and lobster feet
G+G    A augmentedA
  On arriving with a third language
G+G      A augmentedA          BB
  Tucked into your brief case, next to your toothbrush
G+G      A augmentedA
Along with a copy of the 'Nouvel Observateur'


Riff (0:54)

  BB   E MajorE   BB
e-----------|---------------|
b-----------|---------------|
g-----------|--------4-4-4--|
d--------2--|--------4-4-4--|
a--2-4---2--|--2-4---2-2-2--|
e--------0--|---------------|

Verse (0:59)

 BB                   E MajorE
While your sons and daughters who registered naught
 BB
Under intensive electronic scanning
 BB             E MajorE
You regard your body with regard to events
 BB
With which nothing planned


Chorus (1:11)

BB
Never lacked a sense of theater
G+G    A augmentedA
  On returning with the tab you've gained
G+G      A augmentedA          BB
  A augmentedA head of world service, the best of your culture
  G+G          A augmentedA          BB
An evening of fun in the metropolis of your dream


Outro (1:24)

  G+G          A augmentedA          BB
An evening of fun in the metropolis of your dream
                        (x8 and fade out)