Intro: Ebm Abm Gb Db Gb Bbm7 Ebm Abm Gb Db Ab Db Ebm Bmaj7 Well grey clouds wraped round the town like elastic Db Gb Bbm7 Cars stood like toys made of Taiwanese plastic Ebm The boy laughed at the spastic Bmaj7 Db Ab Db dancing around in the rain Ebm Bmaj7 While laundrettes cleaned clothes, high heals rub toes Db Gb Bbm7 Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows Ebm Dressed in their suits and their Bmaj7 Db Ab Db boots well they all look the same B Db I took myself down to the cafe to find all the Gb Bbm7 Ebm Db boys lost in books and crackling vinyl B Db Gb Gb7 And carved out a poem above the urinal that read B Don't you cry for the lost Db Smile for the living Gb Bbm7 Ebm Db Get what you need and give what you're given B Db Life's for the living so live it Ebm Or you're better off dead Interlude: Abm Gb Db Gb Bbm7 Ebm Abm Gb Db Ab Db Ebm Bmaj7 While the evening pulled the moon out of it's packet Db Gb Bbm7 Stars shone like buttons on an old man's jacket Ebm Bmaj7 We needed a nail but we tacked it 'til Db Ab Db it fell of the wall Ebm Bmaj7 While pigeon's pecked trains, sparks flew like planes Db Gb Bbm7 The rain showed the rainbows in the oil stains Ebm And we all had new iPhones but Bmaj7 Db Ab Db no one had no one to call B Db And I stumbled down to the stomach of the town Gb Bbm7 Ebm Db Where the widow takes memories to slowly drown B Db Gb Gb7 With a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye she said B Don't you cry for the lost Db Smile for the living Gb Bbm7 Ebm Db Get what you need and give what you're given B Db Life's for the living so live it Ebm Or you're better off dead Interlude: Bbm B Gb Bbm7 Ebm Bbm Db Ab Db Ebm Bmaj7 Well I'm sick of this town, this blind man's forage Db Gb Bbm7 They take your dreams down and stick them in storage Ebm You can have them back son when you've Bmaj7 Db Ab Db paid off your mortgage and loans Ebm Bmaj7 Oh hell with this place, I'll go it my own way Db Gb Bbm7 I'll stick out my thumb and I trudge down the highway Ebm Bmaj7 Db Ab Db Someday someone must be going my way home B Db Till then I'll make my bed from a disused car Gb Bbm7 Ebm Db With a mattress of leaves and a blanket of stars B Db Gb Gb7 And I'll stitch the words into my heart with a needle and thread B Don't you cry for the lost Db Smile for the living Gb Bbm7 Ebm Db Get what you need and give what you're given B Db You know life's for the living so live it Gb Gb7 Or you're better off dead B Don't you cry for the lost Db Smile for the living Gb Bbm7 Ebm Db Get what you need and give what you're given B Db Life's for the living so live it Or you're better off dead
