#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Debris I left you on the debris of the sunday morning market searching through odds and ends i was looking for a bargain. Heard your footsteps at the front door and that old familiar love song I knew you'd find me waiting there at the top of the stairs. I've been there and back just to see how far it is you, you tried to tell me but i had to learn for myself Trouble at the depot with the general workers union said it'll never change a thing they wont fight but they're not working Oh you were my hero now you're just my good friend I've been there and back now i know how far it is. I left you on the debris now we both know you've got no money and i wonder what you would have done without me hanging around. ----------------------------------------- Greetings To The New Brunette ----------------------------- Shirley, it's quite exciting to be sleeping here in this new room Shirley, you're my reason to get out of bed before noon Shirley, you know when we sat out on the fire escape talking Shirley, what did you say about running before we were walking Sometimes when we are as close as this It's like we're in a dream How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team Shirley, your sexual politics have left me all of a muddle Shirley, we are joined in the ideological cuddle I'm celebrating my love to you With a pint of beer and a new tattoo And if you haven't noticed yet I'm more impressionable when my cement is wet Politics and pregnancy Are debated as we empty our glasses And how I love those evening classes Shirley, you really know how to make a young man angry Shirley, could we get through the night without mentioning family The people from your church agree It's not much of a career Trying the handles of parked cars Whoops,there goes another year Whoops,there goes another pint of beer Here we are in our summer years Living on ice-cream and chocolate kisses Would the leaves fall from the trees If I was your old man and you were my missus Shirley, give my greetings to the new brunette Greetings to the new brunette... ----------------------------------- Life With The Lions (Billy Bragg) intro: D Bm D Bm A D Bm D Bm D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) AI (x02220@1)hate the arsehole I become GEverytime (320003@1)I'm with you D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) AYou (x02220@1)know you've got me on the run GBut (320003@1)let me make it clear to you Bm (x24432@1) GIt's (320003@1)taken two fools such as we A (x02220@1) GTo (320003@1)make love deaf, dumb and blind D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) GNow (320003@1)you're upset 'cos I can't read your mind love D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) BmD BmD BmA DBm DBm You're upset 'cos I can't read your mind D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) AI (x02220@1)hate the arsehole I become GEverytime (320003@1)I'm with you D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) AI (x02220@1)get the feeling looking in your eyes GThat (320003@1)somehow I should forgive you Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) GI (320003@1)know that I'm guilty but I don't know what I've done D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GYou're (320003@1)not about to let me join in the fun are you D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DBm DBm DBm AD BmD BmYou're (x24432@1)not about to let me join in the fun D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) AI (x02220@1)hate the arsehole I become GEverytime (320003@1)I'm with you D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) AI (x02220@1)hate the way you try to give me back GAll (320003@1)the things I give to you Bm (x24432@1) GI (320003@1)know when I leave the room A (x02220@1) GThey (320003@1)say what's up with him D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GBut (320003@1)love is not a game you play to win girl D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DBm DBm DBm AD BmD BmLove (x24432@1)is not a game you play to win D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)G (320003@1) Bm (x24432@1) GIf (320003@1)that face of yours could only talk A (x02220@1) GThe (320003@1)stories it could tell D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GThe (320003@1)chase is always better than the kill, love D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) DBm... (xx0232@1)The chase is always better than the kill ------------------------------------- Little Time Bomb (Billy Bragg) GOne's (320003@1)of them off her food C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)the other's off his head Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)both of them are off down the boozer C (x32010@1) GTo (320003@1)drink a toast C (x32010@1) GTo (320003@1)the one that he hates most Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)she says there are no winner, only losers G (320003@1) EmWell (022000@1)if there are no winners C (x32010@1) GThen (320003@1)what is this he thinks Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) DAs (xx0232@1)he watches her complete a lap of honour C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)he sits in the stands C (x32010@1) GWith (320003@1)his head in his hands Em (022000@1) GAnd (320003@1)he thinks of all the things D (xx0232@1) GHe'd (320003@1)like to bring down upon her G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GRevenge (320003@1)will bring cold comfort in this darkest hour G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAs (320003@1)the jukebox says 'It's All Over Now' Em (022000@1) GAnd (320003@1)he stands and he screams C (x32010@1) GWhat (320003@1)have I done wrong D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GI've (320003@1)fallen in love with a little time bomb D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GI've (320003@1)fallen in love with a little time bomb C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) In public he's such a man C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) GHe's (320003@1)punching at the walls with his bare ad bloody hands C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) GHe's (320003@1)screaming and shouting and acting crazy C (x32010@1) DBut (xx0232@1)at home he sits alone and he cries like a baby G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GOh (320003@1)he holds your letters but he can't read them G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAs (320003@1)he fights this loneliness that you call freedom Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GYou (320003@1)said this would happen and you were not wrong D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GI've (320003@1)fallen in love with a little time bomb D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GI've (320003@1)fallen in love with a little time bomb ------------------------------------ Must I paint you apicture (x02210@1) (Billy Bragg) intro: C - G - Am C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) FIt's (133211@1)bad timeing and me G (320003@1) CWe (x32010@1)find a lot of things out this way GAnd (320003@1)there's you F (133211@1) GA (320003@1)little black cloud in a dress C (x32010@1) GThe (320003@1)temptation Am (x02210@1) FTo (133211@1)take the precious things we have a part C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CTo (x32010@1)see how they work G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) CMust (x32010@1)be resisted for they never fit together again G (320003@1) AmIf (x02210@1)this is rain let it fall on me and drown me G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) GIf (320003@1)these are tears let them fall C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmMust (x02210@1)I paint you a picture C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmAbout (x02210@1)the way that I feel C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) GYou (320003@1)know that my love for you is strong girl C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) GYou (320003@1)know that my love for you is real C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) FIt (133211@1)took a short walk and a talk G (320003@1) CTo (x32010@1)change the rules of engagement G (320003@1) F (133211@1) GWhile (320003@1)you searched frantically for reverse C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)then claiming Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) AThat (x02220@1)virtue never tested is no virtue at all C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)so I lost my ignorance F-G Am (x02210@1) And now the bells across the river chime out your name G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) GI (320003@1)look across to them again (chorus) Em (022000@1) CAll (x32010@1)your friends sais come down It will never fly FAnd (133211@1)on that imperfect day GWe (320003@1)threw it all away Em (022000@1) AmCrisis (x02210@1)after crisis, with such intensity F (133211@1) GThis (320003@1)would never happen if we lived by the sea C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) FMost (133211@1)important decisions in life G (320003@1) CAre (x32010@1)made between two people in bed G (320003@1) F (133211@1) GI (320003@1)found that at my own expense C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)when I see you Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CYou (x32010@1)juts turn around and walk away like we never met G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) FOh (133211@1)we used to be so brave G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) GI (320003@1)dreamt the wolrd stopped turning as we climbed the hill Am (x02210@1) GI (320003@1)dreamt impossible dreams that we were lovers still (chorus) ------------------------------------------- Ontario, Quebec and me (Billy Bragg) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GYou (320003@1)don't need my Christmas card, Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CYou (x32010@1)already have my heart. G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GThis (320003@1)has been an holiday romance, Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) DTry (xx0232@1)from the very start. chorus: C (x32010@1) GFor (320003@1)we know how to spend the time, Em (022000@1) CWho (x32010@1)cares about the weather. G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GWe'll (320003@1)dance in the town 'till the sun goes down, Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CAnd (x32010@1)push our bed together. G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GFrom (320003@1)the land of the midnight sunglasses, Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) CTo (x32010@1)the mountain of the moon. G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GYou (320003@1)could never stay in bed too long, Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) DI'll (xx0232@1)never come back too soon. (chorus) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) GYou (320003@1)know how a fool I am, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GWith (320003@1)my short attention span. C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) EmFlying (022000@1)in the really season too, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GNothing (320003@1)could keep me away from you. BREAK (same chords than averse) (x02210@1) (chorus) ----------------------------------------------- Rotting On Remand (Billy Bragg) CI (x32010@1)stood before the judge that day F (133211@1) CAs (x32010@1)he refused my bail And I knew that I would spend my time GAwaiting (320003@1)trial in jail CI (x32010@1)said there is no justice F (133211@1) CAs (x32010@1)they led me out of the door F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)the judge said, "This isn't a court of justice son G (320003@1) CThis (x32010@1)is a court of law". CThey (x32010@1)first sent me to Windsor F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)then to Stoke on Trent In a holding cell in Liverpool GThree (320003@1)days and nights I spent CMy (x32010@1)solicitor can't find me F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)my family don't know F (133211@1) CI (x32010@1)keep telling them that I'm innocent G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) C7They (x32310@1)(just) say, "Come on son, in you go." F (133211@1) CI (x32010@1)was picked up on suspicion of something I haven't done C (x32010@1) B/C (134442@1) A/C (032220@1) G/C (2431xx@7) c (x3101x@1) GHere (320003@1)I sit in 'F' wing waiting for my trial to come F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) FIt's (133211@1)a cruel unusual punishment that society demands C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CInnocent (x32010@1)till proven guilty, rotting on remand F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)A7 (x02020@1) DI (xx0232@1)ended up in this jail G (320003@1) DBuilt (xx0232@1)in 18-82 When one man to one prison cell AWas (x02220@1)a Victorian value DNow (xx0232@1)three of us are squeezed in here G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)you can't escape the smell G (320003@1) DOf (xx0232@1)that bucket in the corner A (x02220@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)we eat in here as well They let me out of this cage G (320003@1) DTo (xx0232@1)slop that bucket out To get my food and bring it back AAnd (x02220@1)if I'm lucky, get a shower DApart (xx0232@1)from one hours exercise G (320003@1) DI'm (xx0232@1)locked in here all day G (320003@1) DYou (xx0232@1)don't turn criminals into citizens A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) D7By (xx0212@1)treating them this way G (320003@1) DIs (xx0232@1)the prize of law and order the stench of Wormwood Scrubs D (xx0232@1) C#/D B/D A/D (x00220@1) AWith (x02220@1)judges quick to sentence sending more down from above G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) gIt's (355333@1)a cruel unusual punishment that society demands D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DInnocent (xx0232@1)till proven guilty, rotting on remand G D A D ... -------------------------------------- She's got anew (x02210@1)spell (Billy Bragg) (Capo 5e fret) intro: DG A (x02220@1) DG A (x02220@1) DWhat (xx0232@1)is that sound G (320003@1) AWhere (x02220@1)is it coming from DAll (xx0232@1)around G (320003@1) AWhat (x02220@1)are you running from Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) DSomething (xx0232@1)you don't understand G (320003@1) EmSomething (022000@1)you cannot command DThat's (xx0232@1)how I know G (320003@1) AShe's (x02220@1)got a new spell DYes, (xx0232@1)that's how I know G (320003@1) AThat (x02220@1)she's got a new spell DWhat's (xx0232@1)going down G (320003@1) AWho's (x02220@1)moved this room from round me DWhere (xx0232@1)has it gone G (320003@1) AI (x02220@1)fear this night will drown me Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) DSo (xx0232@1)I lie awake all night G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D'Cos (xx0232@1)I can't sleep with something I can't fight Bm (x24432@1)A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) DThe (xx0232@1)laws of gravity are very, very strict G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1)A (x02220@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)you're just bending them for your won benefit DG AD GA BmA DD GA DG AD GA BmA D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1)A (x02220@1)DThe (xx0232@1)laws of gravity are very, very strict G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1)A (x02220@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)you're just bending them for your won benefit One minute she says G (320003@1) AShe's (x02220@1)gone to get the cat in DThe (xx0232@1)next thing I know G (320003@1) AShe's (x02220@1)mumbling in Latin bm A (x02220@1) DShe (xx0232@1)cut the starts out of the sky G (320003@1) EmAnd (022000@1)baked them in a pie DThat's (xx0232@1)how I know G (320003@1) AShe's (x02220@1)got a new spell DYes, (xx0232@1)that's how I know G (320003@1) AThat (x02220@1)she's got a new spell Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) DShe (xx0232@1)stole the scene and the scenery G (320003@1) EmThe (022000@1)script and the machinery DThat's (xx0232@1)how I know G (320003@1) AShe's (x02220@1)got a new spell DYes, (xx0232@1)that's how I know G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1)A (x02220@1)DThat (xx0232@1)she's got a new spell ------------------------------ Sin City Intro: G D G C G D C G G (320003@1) DThis (xx0232@1)old town 's filled with sin G (320003@1) CIt'll (x32010@1)swallow you in G (320003@1) DIf (xx0232@1)you got some money to burn G (320003@1) DTake (xx0232@1)it home right away G (320003@1) CYou've (x32010@1)got three years to pay G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) G7The (320001@1)city is waiting his turn (chorus) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) G7This (320001@1)old earthquake 's gonna leave me in the poor house C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DIt (xx0232@1)seems like this old town 's insane C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) COn (x32010@1)the thirty-first floor, a gold plated door G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) GD GC GD CG Won't keep out the lord's burning rain G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) CThe (x32010@1)scientist say, it will all wash away G (320003@1) DBut (xx0232@1)we don't, believe anymore G (320003@1) DSo (xx0232@1)we got our recruit G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)a green mohair suit G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) G7So (320001@1)please show your I.D. at the door (chorus) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) CA (x32010@1)friend came around, tried to clean up this town G (320003@1) DHis (xx0232@1)ideas made some people mad G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) CBut (x32010@1)he thrusted his crowd, so he spoke right out loud G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) G7And (320001@1)they lost the best friend they had (chorus) ------------------------------- The Price I Pay (Billy Bragg) intro: G (320003@1)Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) EmMy (022000@1)friend said she could see no way ahead A (x02220@1) CAnd (x32010@1)I was probably better off without you G (320003@1) EmShe (022000@1)said to face up to the fact that you weren't coming back A (x02220@1) CAnd (x32010@1)she could make me happy like you used to G (320003@1) B7But (x21202@1)I'm sorry to say I turned her away C (x32010@1) AbMaj7 (xx1114@1)Knowing everything she said was true G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)that's the price I pay for loving you the way that I do G (320003@1) EmThere's (022000@1)something inside that hurts my foolish pride A (x02220@1) CTo (x32010@1)visit the places we used to go together G (320003@1) EmNot (022000@1)a day goes by that I don't sit and wonder why A (x02220@1) CYour (x32010@1)feelings for me didn't last forever G (320003@1) B7Girl (x21202@1)I love you so much that sometimes it's such C (x32010@1) AbMaj7 (xx1114@1)I'd walk a mile with a stone in my shoe G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)that's that price I pay for loving you the way that I do (2x) G (320003@1)Em (022000@1)A (x02220@1)CG Em (022000@1)A (x02220@1)C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) B7So (x21202@1)keep that phone out of my way for the things I must say C (x32010@1) AbMaj7 (xx1114@1)Are empty if you don't believe they're true G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)that's that price I pay for loving you the way that I do G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)DThat's (xx0232@1)the price I pay for loving you the way that I do G (320003@1) EmI (022000@1)love you so much that baby it's such A (x02220@1) CI'd (x32010@1)walk a mile with a stone in my shoe ... ---------------------------------- Billy Bragg's "The Man in the Iron Mask". pretty correct as far as I can tell but I'm sitting here in the dark with my 12-string, which is no fun to pick on, and no cd player... so. intro/verses: (much easier to play this C| in position I but you lose the slide) Am7 (x02010@1) FC G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em7 Em (022000@1) Am----------0-1-0---0--------------------------------------| (x02210@1)----------------1---------0---------------0--------------| -------0----2-0--------------------5-----------------0---| ----2-----------------------------------0---------2------| -0----------------------2---2----7---2--------2-------0-| --------------------3-3-------8------------0------------| when....off...I will not say who..that Am (x02210@1)Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)Am7-------------------------------| (x02010@1)-1-1p0-----------0-----0h1p0---| -2-1p0-------------2-2-------0-| -------h2-------2--2-2---------| --------------2----------------| -----------0-------------------| who so quickly... When he drops you off I will not say Who was that who so quickly drove away The things you've done and the places you've been When I open the door for you I will not let them in As long as you come back to me I will never ask For you I will be the man in the iron mask then this bridge part: (octaves optional-not sure if they belong or not but I like them) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) CG Em (022000@1) E7----------------------------------------------0-------| (020130@1)----0--1---1------0--------------1----0-------0-------| -2---------0------0--------------0----0-------1-------| ---------2-----------2-----------2-------2----0-------| -0--2--3--------2----2-2.......2----2----2----2-----2-| --------------3------0-0.......0---3-----0----0-------| ^ ^ ^ ^ Listen to the record... Hit the C, G, hard where indicated... The first Em mute E&A and go at it for an extra beat before the C. The second time let the Em ring, then strum the E7 slowly, hit the B, and back into the verse. You said you loved me and it broke my heart I was always your prisoner right from the start The nights you spend without me this house is like a dungeon And you only return to torture me more You must have your reasons, I will not ask For you I will be the man in the iron mask It ends with a variation of the verse, mostly playing an arpeggiated Em with those little Am things... the last chord is an A (major) on the B&G (or maybe B&D) strings. ----------------------------------------------------- The Only One (Billy Bragg) intro: E (7th) G#m (4th) C#m (4th) D#/B (main riff) note: play main riff throughout all the verses Sometimes when you lose your way to me I think you don't care at all If you don't get here soon I'll tear that clock down from the wall Your family and friends don't understand They treat me so strange The book you said to read Well I have read but nothings changed A (x02220@1) BThe (x2444x@1)clocks go forward the clocks go back G#m (133111@4) C#m (x13321@4) AYet (x02220@1)here I sit as if I were the only one (main riff) And oh you cannot hear me Oh you cannot hear me Can anybody hear me out there (main riff) He's up on high horse again You're down in the park I'm left to fight my impulses alone here in the dark The chain that fell off my bike last night Is now wrapped round my heart Sometimes I think that Fate has been against us from the start A (x02220@1) BI (x2444x@1)long to let our love run free G#m (133111@4) C#m (x13321@4) AYet (x02220@1)here I am a victim of geography (main riff) And oh you cannot hear me Oh you cannot hear me Can anybody hear me out there A (x02220@1) BShe (x2444x@1)said kiss me or would you rather G#m (133111@4) C#m (x13321@4) ALive (x02220@1)in a land where the soap won't lather (main riff) And oh... You know you are the only one Yes you are the only one Yes you are the only one ------------------------------------ The Short Answer ---------------- Between Marx and marzipan in the dictionary there was Mary Between the deep blue sea and the devil that was me If ever anyone could help me with my obsession with The young Susannah York it was Mary If my pink pyjamas she asked me for something I gave her the short answer She read our stars out load And I knew then that we should have gone sailing But we stayed home instead Fighting on the waterbed Like the honeymoon couple on drugs Me and Mary What happened in the past Remained a mystery of natural history She should have been the last But she was just the latest If she wanted to be a farmer's wife I would endure that muddy life I would dig for victory And the sound of happy couples Coupling happily in the dark While you and I sat down to tea I remember you said to me That no amount of poetry Would mend this broken heart But you can put the Hoover round If you want to make a start All my friends from school Introduce me to their spouses While I'm left standing here With my hands down the front of my trousers I just don't know what's to be done I wonder sometimes how did Dad meet Mum And how did they conceive of me Tell me Mary The boys who came to the shop Always made her laugh much more than I did When I told her this must stop She didn't bat an eyelid She said you know honey it's such a shame You'll never be any good at this game You bruise too easily So said Mary Her two brothers took me out Of circulation for the duration So we went our separate ways but does she still love me She still has my door key Like a bully boy in a Benetton shop You're never happy with what you've got Till what you've got has gone Sorry Mary ------------------------------------ Valentine's Day Is Over (Billy Bragg) intro: C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)F (133211@1)C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CSome (x32010@1)day boy you'll reap what you've down F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) GYou'll (320003@1)catch a cold and you'll be on your own F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)you will see that what's wrong with me F (133211@1) CIs (x32010@1)wrong with everyone that Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)CYou (x32010@1)want to play your little games on C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CPoetry (x32010@1)and flowers pretty words and threats F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) GYou've (320003@1)gone to the dogs again and I'm not placing bets F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) COn (x32010@1)you coming home tonight anything but blind F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GIf (320003@1)you take me for granted then you must expect to find F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)AmSurprise, (x02210@1)surprise Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)AmValentine's (x02210@1)Day is over, it's over Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)CValentine's (x32010@1)Day is over G (320003@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) GIf (320003@1)you want to talk about it well you know where the phone is E (022100@1) F (133211@1) Fm (133111@1) CDon't (x32010@1)come round reminding me again how brittle bone is G (320003@1) F (133211@1) GGod (320003@1)didn't make you angel the Devil made you a man C (x32010@1) E (022100@1) F (133211@1) FmThat (133111@1)brutality and the economy are related now I understand C (x32010@1) E (022100@1) F (133211@1) Fm (133111@1) FC When will you realize that as above so below there is no love C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)AmValentine's (x02210@1)Day is over, it's over Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)CValentine's (x32010@1)Day is over G (320003@1)F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)E (022100@1)F (133211@1)Fm (133111@1) C (x32010@1) GFor (320003@1)the girl with hour glass figure F (133211@1) GTime (320003@1)runs out very fast C (x32010@1) EWe (022100@1)used to want the same things F (133211@1) FmBut (133111@1)that's all in the past C (x32010@1) EAnd (022100@1)lately it seems that as it all gets tougher F (133211@1) Fm (133111@1) F (133211@1)CYour (x32010@1)ideal of justice just becomes rougher and rougher C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)AmValentine's (x02210@1)Day is over, it's over Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)CValentine's (x32010@1)Day is over C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CThank (x32010@1)you for the things you bought me thank you for the card F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) GThank (320003@1)you for the things you taught me when you hit me hard F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CThat (x32010@1)love between two people must be based on understanding F (133211@1) CUntil (x32010@1)that's true you'll find your things Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)AmAll (x02210@1)stacked out on the landing surprise, surprise Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)AmValentine's (x02210@1)Day is over, it's over Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) GC FC GC Valentine's Day is over, it's o-ver, it's o-ver, it's o-ver --------------------------------- Waiting For the Great Leap Forwards ----------------------------------- It may have been Camelot for Jack and Jacqueline But on the Che Guevara highway filling up with gasoline Fidel Castro's brother spies a rich lady who's crying Over luxury's disappointment So he walks over and he's trying To sympathize with her but thinks that he should warn her That the Third World is just around the corner In the Soviet Union a scientist is blinded By the resumption of nuclear testing and he is reminded That Dr Robert Oppenheimer's optimism fell At the first hurdle In the Cheese Pavilion and the only noise I hear Is the sound of people stacking chairs And mopping up spilt beer And someone asking questions and basking in the light Of the fifteen fame filled minutes of the fanzine writer Mixing Pop and Politics he asks me what the use is I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses While looking down the corridor Out to where the van is waiting I'm looking for the Great Leap Forwards Jumble sales are organized and pamphlets have been posted Even after closing time there's still parties to be hosted You can be active with the activists Or sleep in with the sleepers While you're waiting for the Great Leap Forwards One leap forwards, two leaps back Will politics get me the sack? Here comes the future and you can't run from it If you've got a blacklist I want to be on it It's a mighty long way down rock 'n roll >From Top of the Pops to drawing the dole If no one seems to understands Start your own revolution, cut out the middleman In a perfect world we'd all sing in tune But this is reality so give me some room So join the struggle while you may The Revolution is just a t-shirt away Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards ------------------------------------------- "Walk Away Renee" She said it was just a figment of speech And I said you mean 'figure' And she said no 'figment' because she could never imagine it happening But it did When we first met, I played the shy-boy When she spoke to me for the first time, my nose began to bleed She guessed the rest The next day we went on a bus ride to the ferry And when nobody came to collect our fares, why I knew then this was something special I couldn't stop thinking about her And everytime I switched on the radio, there was somebody else singing asong (x02210@1)about the two of us It was just like being on a fast ride at Fun Fair- the sort you want to get off because it's scary and then, as soon as you're off again, you want to get straight back on again But oh love is strange And you have to learn to take the crunchy with the smooth I suppose She began going out with Mr. Potato Head It was when I saw her in the car park with his coat around her shoulders I realized I went home and thought about the two of them together until the bath water went cold around me I thought about her eyes and the curve of her breasts and about the point where their bodies met I confronted her about it I said 'I'm the most illegible bachelor in town' And she said 'Yea, that's why I can never understand any of those silly letters you send me' And then one day it happened She cut her hair And I stopped loving her. Have fun, francois... Universite de Montreal