Year: 2002 - Album: When I Was Cruel
(play stacatto) A5 G5 D5 C5 Bells are chiming for victory D5 C5 G5 A5 There's a page back in history D5 A5 45 G5 D5 C5 They came back to the world that they fought for D5 C5 G5 Didn't turn out just like they thought A5 D5 A5 45 D E D/F# E/G# Here is a song to sing to do the measuring D/A E/B (guitar+bass) What do you lose, what do you gain, what do you win? Nine years later a child is born There's a record, so you put it on 45 Nine years more, if we're lucky now Nine-year-old puts his money down 45 Every scratch. every click, every heartbeat Every breath that I held for you 45 There's a stack of shellac and vinyl Which is yours now and which is mine? 45 Here is a song to sing to do the measuring What do you lose, what do you gain, what do you win? A5 D5 Bass and treble heal every hurt C5 G5 There's a rebel in a nylon shirt A5 G5 D5 But the words are a mystery, I've heard F#5 B5 (F#m and Bm on organ) 'Til you turn it down to 33 and 1/3 A5 G5 D5 C5 D5 'Cos it helps with the elocution C5 G5 Corporations turn revolutions A5 G5 A5 45 So don't just weep and shed Just change your name instead What do you lose when it all goes to your head? I heard something peculiar said: "Perhaps he's got a shot and now he's dead" 45 Bells are chiming and tears are falling It creeps up on you without a warning 45 Every scratch, every click, every heartbeat Every breath that I bless I'd be lost, I confess 45 A G A G to fade
See also: Bryan Ferry - The 'In' Crowd |
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