Tom Courtenay Acoustic chords by Yo La Tengo

Verse 1:
A                                 C#m
Julie Christie, the rumors are true
       F#m                        E
As the pages turn, my eyes are glued
        A                         C#m
To the movie star and his sordid life
F#m                          E
Mr. X and his old-suffering wife
         A                                    C#m
I spent so much time dreaming about Eleanor Bron
                              F#m
In my room with the curtains drawn
                       E
See her in the arms of Paul
                     D
Say it, I can say no more

Verse 2:
        A                                   C#m
As the music swells somehow stronger from adversity
                          F#m
Our hero finds his inner peace
                                 E
So now I'm looking for a lucky charm
       D
With a needle hanging out of its arm

Interlude:
A C#m F#m E D

Bridge:
   A
As time goes by I know it's gonna happen
  C#m
I know it's going away
      F#m                   E
Gonna take its toll, gonna take its toll
               D
Gonna take my time
        Dm
And I'm thinking about the way things are
         A                                  C#m
And I'm thinking about the way things were, Thinking about Eleanor Bron
F#m
And I'm thinking about a lucky charm
 E
And I'm thinking about the needle
 D
Oh, I'm thinking about the needle
 A
And I'm thinking about...

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