heliocentric@breathe.com
February 22nd 2001, 11.33am

LUCK by THE STYLE COUNCIL

Written by Paul Weller and Mick Talbot

From the LP 'Our Favourite Shop' (Polydor, 1985)

Chords used:

Bbmaj7:  687766    Fm7:   x-8-10-8-9-8
Ebmaj7:  x68786    Dm7:   x57565
Eb/F:    x8666x    Gm7:   3x3333
Dbmaj7:  x46564    Ab/Bb: 6x6544
Cm7:     x35343    Eb:    x6888x


Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Eb/F (x2)

Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)         Ebmaj7Luck (x43111@3)fell in the right place for me
    Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)         Eb/F
The day you happened to come by.
    Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)          Ebmaj7You (x43111@3)caught me feeling all was useless,
    Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)        Eb/F
And left me feeling ten feet high.

Dbmaj7 (x43111@1)                            Cm7
 Now nothing again can be quite the same.
Dbmaj7 (x43111@1)                             Fm7 (131141@1)Eb/F
 You gather my fears, and threw them away.


Luck dropped in, just at the right time;
The time when I felt most alone.
All my dreams had seemed to vanish.
Now my nightmares have upped and gone.

I'm not scared of farewells.  Nothing's the same twice.
I stride through the day, and float through the night.

Ebmaj7 (x43111@3) Dm7          Gm7     Ab/Bb
How much choice do we have in this?
Ebmaj7 (x43111@3)    Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)      Gm7                     Ab/Bb
Like some almighty hand, smashing your life into pieces,
Cm7             Dm7
 One day you're washed and drowned
        Ebmaj7 (x43111@3)            Eb/F
And the next day you're put back on the land.

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Eb/F (x2)

Now nothing again can be quite the same.
I gather my fears and I throw them away.

Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)       Ebmaj7Luck, (x43111@3)when you hold me closely.
Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)        EbOoh, (x43121@3)feels like summertime.
Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)       Ebmaj7Luck, (x43111@3)when you hold my hand.
Bbmaj7    Eb/F
I want it all the time.

Luck, in your country kisses.
Ooh, I love your outlook.
Luck, in your hills and valleys.
Go on talking, my babbling brook.