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THE SELDOM SEEN KID - ELBOW
===========================


 1) Starlings
 2) The Bones Of You
 3) Mirrorball
 4) Grouds For Divorce
 5) An Audience With The Pope
 6) Weather To Fly
 7) The Loneliness Of A Tower Crane Drive
 8) The Fix
 9) Some Riot
10) One Day Like This
11) Friends Of Ours
12) We're Away (UK Bonus Track)


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1) STARLINGS
   =========


   G (3,5,5,4,3,3)
  Am (5,7,7,5,5,5)
 G/D (x,x,0,4,3,3)
  Bm (7,9,9,8,7,7)
   C (8,10,10,9,8,8)
n.c. (no chord)


INTRO:	| G        | Am       | G        | Am       |
	
	| G        | Am       | G        | Am       |
	  Ah________________________________________
	| G        | Am       | G        | Am       |
	  Ah________________________________________
	
	| G/D      | G        | G        | Am       |
	
	| G/D      | G        | G        | Am       |
	
	| G        | Am       |


	G
V1:	 How dare the premier ignore my invitations!?
	Am
	 He'll have to go
	   G 
	So too the bunch he luncheons with
	                                    Am
	It's second on my list of things to do
	G
	At the top I'm stopping by your place of work and acting like
	  Am
	I haven't dreamed of you and I and marriage in an orange grove
	G
	 You are the only thing in any room you're ever in
	Am
	 I'm stubborn, selfish, and too old

	
LINK:	| G        | Am       | G        | Am       |
	  Ah________________________________________


	  G
V2:	I sat you down and told you how the truest love that's ever found
	Am
	 Is for oneself
	    G                                                     Am
	You pulled apart my theory with a weary and disinterested sigh
	   G
	So yes i guess i'm asking you to back a horse that's good for glue
	Am
	 And nothing else
	    G
	But find a man that's truer than
	                              Am
	Find a man that needs you more than I


	G
V3:	Sit with me a while and let me listen to you talk about 
	     Am
	Your dreams and your obsessions I'll be quite and confessional
	    Bm
	The violets explode inside me when i meet your eyes
	         C
	Then I'm spinning and i'm diving like a cloud of starlings.

	n.C.               (G/D)
	Darling is this love?
	
	
OUTRO:	|(G/D)     | G        | G        | Am       |
	
	| G/D      | G        | G        | Am       |
	
	| G/D      | G        | G        | Am       |
	
	| G        | Am       | G        | Am       |
	
	| G        |



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2) BONES OF YOU
   ============


 G/E (x,x,3,0,3,3)
C/D# (x,x,1,0,1,3)
   G (3,x,0,0,0,3)
D#/C (x,3,x,0,4,3)
  C5 (x,3,x,5,x,x)
  B5 (x,2,x,4,x,x)
  D5 (x,5,x,7,x,x)
  F5 (x,8,x,10,x,x)
  G5 (x,10,x,12,x,x)
 D#5 (x,6,x,8,x,x)

   > (slide)


INTRO:	| G/E           | C/Eb          | G/E           | C/Eb          |

	| G/E           | C/Eb          | G/E           | C/Eb          |


               G/E    C/Eb                   G/E
V1:	So I'm there, charging around with a juganaut brow
	C/Eb                    G/E
	Over draft speeches and deadlines to make
	C/Eb                      G/E
	Cramming commitments like cats in a sack
	C/Eb               G/E
	Telephone burning, purposeful gait
	     C/Eb                 G/E
	When out of a doorway the tentacles stretch
	     C/Eb                      G/E            C/Eb
	Of a song that i know, and the world moves in slow - mo
	G/D                          C/Eb                   (G)
	Straight to my head like the first cigarette of the day


	(G)       Eb/C         G             Eb/C                 G
C1:	  And its you, and its me, and we're sleeping through the day
	        Eb/C        G            Eb/C           (G/D)	
	And I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away
	

LINK:	|(G/E)          | C/Eb          | G/E           | C/Eb          |


	     G/E          C/Eb              G/E 
V2:	Do i have time? a man of my caliber stood in the street
	       C/Eb                   G/E
	Like a sleepwalking teenager, no
	      C/Eb   
	And i dealt with this years ago
	G/E                C/Eb
	I took a hammer to every momento
	    G/E                 C/Eb
	But image on image like beads on a rosary
	G/E                         C/Eb
	Pull through my head as the music takes hold
	        G/E                 C/Eb
	And the sickener hits i can work till i break
	    G/E                      C/Eb               (G)
	But i love the bones of you, that i will never escape


	(G)       Eb/C         G             Eb/C                 G
C2:	  And its you, and its me, and we're sleeping through the day
	        Eb/C        G            Eb/C            G	
	And I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away
	      Eb/C          G            Eb/C               G
	And i can't move my arm, through fear that you will wake
	        Eb/C        G            Eb/C           (C5)
	And I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away


SOLO:	|(C5)   | B5    | D5            | C5    | B5    | D5            |
	
	| C5 B5 | D5 B5 | C5 B5 | D5 B5 | F5                    | D5    |
	
	| F5                            | G5                            |
	
	| Eb5>F5                        | Eb5>F5                        |
	
	| Eb5>F5                        | G5                            |
	
	| Eb5>F5                        | Eb5>F5                        |
	
	| Eb5>F5                        |
	
	| G             | Eb/C          | G             | Eb/C          |
	
	| G             | Eb/C          | G             | Eb/C          |


	G           Eb/C        G            Eb/C            G
C2:	Oh, and I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away
	        Eb/C        G            Eb/C            G	
	And I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away
	        Eb/C         G             Eb/C                 G
	And its you, and its me, and we're sleeping through the day
	        Eb/C        G            Eb/C            G	
	And I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away


	(coda)



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3) MIRRORBALL
   ==========


   E (xx2454)
   G (320003)
   A (x02220)
  E* (022100)
 F#m (xx4222)
D/F# (xx4232)


	  (E)
INTRO:	e|---7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--7-|
	B|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--------|
	G|--------------------------------------------------| (x8)
	D|--------------------------------------------------|
	A|-7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7------|

	(This is also played throughout the verses)


	                    E
V1:	I plump the kind of kiss that wouldn't wake a baby
	
	On the self-same face that wouldn't let me sleep
	
	And the street is singing with my feet,
	
	And the dawn gives me a shadow I know to be taller
	
	
	            G    A    E*                 G       F#m  E* (stop)
B1:	All down to you, dear____, everything has changed


                E
V2:	My sorriness has made it to graffiti
	
	I was looking for someone to complete me


	       G     A    E                  G       F#m  E*
B2:	Not anymore, dear____, everything has changed


	        G        A        E*
C1:	When we make the moon our mirror ball
	    G           A      E*
	The street's an empty stage
	    G    A       E* 
	The city sirens: violins
	G    F#m      E*
	Everything has changed


LINK:	| D/F#   | A      | E      | E      |
	
	| D/F#   | A      | E      | E      |
	                        (So)


	               D/F#   A   E
	(So) lift off love
	          D/F#   A   E
	Lift off love


	   E
V3:	We took the town to town last night
	
	We kissed like we invented it
	
	And now I know what every step is for
	
	To lead me to your door


	                    G    A  E*               G       F#m  E*
B3:	Know that while you sleep,     everything has changed


	   G        A        E*
C2:	We made the moon our mirror ball
	    G           A      E*
	The street's an empty stage
	    G    A       E* 
	The city sirens: violins
	G    F#m      E*
	Everything has changed
	G    F#m      E*
	Everything has changed
	G    F#m      E*
	Everything has changed


OUTRO:	| D/F#   | A      | E      | E      |
	                        (So)


	               D/F#   A   E
	(So) lift off love
	          D/F#   A   E
	Lift off love       (Down to)        
	          D/F#   A   E
	Lift off love       (Down to)
	(you dear)
	          D/F#   A   E
	Lift off love       (Down to)
	(you dear)
	          D/F#   A   E
	Lift off love       (Down to)
	(you dear)
	          D/F#   A   E
	Lift off love       (Down to)
	(you dear)
	          D/F#   A   E
	Lift off love       (Down to you dear)



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4) GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE
   ===================


Dm/F (x,x,3,2,3,x)
  Dm (x,x,0,2,3,x)
Dm/C (x,3,x,2,3,x)
 Bb5 (6,8,8,x,x,x)
  A5 (5,7,7,x,x,x)
  D5 (x,5,7,7,x,x)
  G5 (3,5,5,x,x,x)
  C5 (x,3,5,5,x,x)
  F5 (x,8,10,10,x,x)

	---------------------------------------------------------------------

	I've tried to do this for an acoustic guitar. It looks messy but once
	you get the hang of the chord shapes it's really not that bad... honest!

	the bass notes below will help with the timing of the verse chords!
	
	  (1) (2)(3)(2) (2) (2) (1) (2)(3)(2) (2) (2)
	D|-3---0-----0---0---0-|-3---0-----0---0---0-|
	A|--------3------------|--------3------------|

	(1) Dm/F \
	(2) Dm    --> This sequence will refered to as 'Dm-riff'
	(3) Dm/C /
	
	---------------------------------------------------------------------


INTRO:	D|-3--0---0-|-3--0---0-|
	A|------3---|------3---|
	                                                       (n.c.)
	D|*3--0---0-|-3--0---0-|-3--0---0-|-3--0---0-|-3--0---0-|
	A|------3---|------3---|------3---|------3---|------3---|

        *Mondays is for drinking to the seldom seen kid


	(n.C.)     Dm-riff                       Dm-riff
V1:	 I've been work-ing on a cocktail called grounds for divorce
	Dm-riff  Dm-riff
	Whoah__________
	Dm-riff                    Dm-riff
	Polishing a compass that I hold in my sleeve
	Dm-riff  Dm-riff
	Whoah__________
	Dm-riff                              Dm-riff
	Down comes him on sticks but then he kicks like a horse
	Dm-riff  Dm-riff
	Whoah__________
	          Dm-riff                        Dm-riff
	There's a Chinese cigarette case and the rest you can keep
	        Dm-riff                    Dm-riff
	And the rest you can keep, and the rest you can keep


	          Bb5                A5                 D5            G5
B1:	There's a hole in my neighborhood down which of late I cannot help but fall
	          Bb5                A5                 D5                           n.C.
	There's a hole in my neighborhood down which of late I cannot help but fall____


	              (D5)           (D5 C5)
SOLO 1: G|-------------7--------------7--5-|
	D|-7--5--3--0--7--7--5--3--0--7--5-|
	A|-------------5--------------5--3-|
	E|-------------x--------------x--x-|

	              (D5)           (D5 C5)
	G|-------------7--------------7--5-|
	D|-7--5--3--0--7--7--5--3--0--7--5-|
	A|-------------5--------------5--3-|
	E|-------------x--------------x--x-|

	              (D5 F5  D5)           (D5 C5)
	G|-------------7--10--7--------------7--5-|
	D|-7--5--3--0--7--10--7--7--5--3--0--7--3-|
	A|-------------5---8--5--------------5--3-|
	E|-------------x---x--x--------------x--x-|
	
	              (D5 F5  D5)          (*D5 C5)
	G|-------------7--10--7--------------7--5-|
	D|-7--5--3--0--7--10--7--7--5--3--0--7--3-|
	A|-------------5---8--5--------------5--3-|
	E|-------------x---x--x--------------x--x-|


	*D5  C5
	 Mon-days is for drinking to the seldom seen kid

	
	  (Dm/F  Dm Dm Dm)(Dm/F  Dm Dm Dm)(Dm/F  Dm Dm Dm)(Dm Dm Dm)
	B|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3--3--3-|
	G|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2--2--2-|
	D|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-0--0--0-|
	A|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x--x--x-|
	                                   Oooo___________________

	  (Dm/F  Dm Dm Dm)(Dm/F  Dm Dm Dm)(Dm/F  Dm Dm Dm)(Dm Dm Dm)
	B|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3--3--3-|
	G|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2--2--2-|
	D|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-0--0--0-|
	A|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x--x--x-|
	                                   Oooo___________________
	
	G|---------------0--2-----------------------------|
	D|-0--0--0--0--3------3--0--0--0--0---------------|
	A|-----------------------------------*5>4>3>2>1>0-|


	*       n.C. Dm-riff                    Dm-riff
V2:	There's this whispering of jokers doing flesh by the pound
	     Dm-riff                     Dm-riff
	To a chorus of supposes from the little town whores
	            Dm-riff                Dm-riff
	There'll be twisted karaoke at the Aniseed lounge
	         Dm-riff                        Dm-riff
	And I'll bring you further roses but it does you no good
	       Dm-riff                 Dm-riff
	And it does me no good, and it does you no good


	          Bb5                A5                 D5            G5
B2:	There's a hole in my neighborhood down which of late I cannot help but fall
	          Bb5                A5                 D5            G5
	There's a hole in my neighborhood down which of late I cannot help but fall
	          Bb5                A5                 D5                           n.C.
	There's a hole in my neighborhood down which of late I cannot help but fall____
	
	              (D5)           (D5 C5)
SOLO 2: G|-------------7--------------7--5-|
	D|-7--5--3--0--7--7--5--3--0--7--5-|
	A|-------------5--------------5--3-|
	E|-------------x--------------x--x-|

	              (D5)           (D5 C5)
	G|-------------7--------------7--5-|
	D|-7--5--3--0--7--7--5--3--0--7--5-|
	A|-------------5--------------5--3-|
	E|-------------x--------------x--x-|

	              (D5 F5  D5)           (D5 C5)
	G|-------------7--10--7--------------7--5-|
	D|-7--5--3--0--7--10--7--7--5--3--0--7--3-|
	A|-------------5---8--5--------------5--3-|
	E|-------------x---x--x--------------x--x-|
	
	              (D5 F5  D5)          (*D5 C5)
	G|-------------7--10--7--------------7--5-|
	D|-7--5--3--0--7--10--7--7--5--3--0--7--3-|
	A|-------------5---8--5--------------5--3-|
	E|-------------x---x--x--------------x--x-|


	*D5   C5
OUTRO:	 Some-day we'll be drinking with the seldom seen kid

	
	  (Dm/F  Dm Dm Dm)(Dm/F  Dm Dm Dm)(Dm/F  Dm Dm Dm)(Dm Dm Dm)
	B|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3--3--3-|
	G|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2--2--2-|
	D|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-0--0--0-|
	A|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x--x--x-|
	                                   Oooo___________________

	  (Dm/F  Dm Dm Dm)(Dm/F  Dm Dm Dm)(Dm/F  Dm Dm Dm)(Dm Dm Dm)
	B|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3-----3--3--3-|-3--3--3-|
	G|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2-----2--2--2-|-2--2--2-|
	D|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-3-----0--0--0-|-0--0--0-|
	A|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x-----x--x--x-|-x--x--x-|
	                                   Oooo___________________



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5) AN AUDIENCE WITH THE POPE
   =========================


Gm (355333)
Dm (x5776x)
 D (x5777x)
Cm (x35543)


INTRO:	| Gm     | Dm     |
	
	| Gm     | Gm     | D      | D      |
	
	| Gm     | Gm     | D      | D      |


	      Gm                             D
V1:	Sweet Jesus I'm on fire, she has the sweetest, darkest eyes
	            Gm                         D
	And when it comes into her eyes i know iron and steel couldn't hold me
	     Gm                           D
	Good God i'm easy bruised, but so often a moth to her flame
	        Gm
	And the things that she's asked me to do
	           D
	Will see a city of saints forgetting his name


	          Cm                 Gm          D                    Gm
C1:	I have an audience with the pope and I'm saving the world at eight
	       Cm                     Gm
	But if she says she needs me, she says she needs me
	D                                  (Gm)
	Everybody's gonna have to wait, uh-huh


LINK:	|(Gm)    | Gm     | D      | D      |
	
	| Gm     | Gm     | D      | D      |
	

	 Gm              
V2:	(Where could she be?) Was that a minute or an hour?
	 D
	(Where could she be?) She turns the hours into days
	Gm                                 D
	Kill the phone, cover the cage and wait for the doorbell to ring
	 Gm
	(Where could she be?) No she won't come running
	 D
	(Where could she be?) The world is turning at her pace
	      Gm                                 D
	Gonna kill the phone, cover the cage and wait for the doorbell to ring


	          Cm                 Gm          D                    Gm
C2:	I have an audience with the pope and I'm saving the world at eight
	       Cm                     Gm
	But if she says she needs me, she says she needs me
	D
	Everybody's gonna have to wait


	          Cm                 Gm          D                    Gm
C3:	I have an audience with the pope and I'm saving the world at eight
	       Cm                     Gm
	But if she says she needs me, she says she needs me
	D                                  (Gm)
	Everybody's gonna have to wait, uh-huh
	
	
SOLO:	|(Gm)    | Gm     | D      | D      |
	
	| Gm     | Gm     | D      | D      |

	| Cm     | Gm     | D      | Gm     |
	
	| Cm     | Gm     | D      | D      |


	          Cm                 Gm          D                    Gm
C4:	I have an audience with the pope and I'm saving the world at eight
	       Cm                     Gm
	But if she says she needs me, she says she needs me
	D
	Everybody's gonna have to wait
	D                                  (Gm)
	Everybody's gonna have to wait, uh-huh


OUTRO:	|(Gm)    | Dm     | Gm     | Dm     |
	
	| Gm     |



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6) WEATHER TO FLY
   ==============


    C (x32013)
  G/B (x20003)
   Bb (x13333)
Fadd9 (1x3213)
   C* (x3201x)
 G/B* (x2000x)
  Bb* (x1333x)
    F (133211)


	  (C)            *               (G/B)
INTRO:	e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
	B|------------1-----------------|------------1-----------------|
	G|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|
	D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
	A|-3------3-------3------3------|-2------2-------2------2------|
	E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

	  (Bb)                           (F)
	e|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
	B|------------1-----------------|------------1------------------------|
	G|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|---2--0---0---0---2--0---------------|
	D|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
	A|-1------1-------1------1------|-------------------------------------|
	E|------------------------------|-1------1-------1------1--1--1--1--1-|
	
	  (C)                            (G/B)
	e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
	B|------------1-----------------|------------1-----------------|
	G|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|
	D|------------------------------|------------------------------|
	A|-3------3-------3------3------|-2------2-------2------2------|
	E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

	  (Bb)                           (F)             **
	e|------------------------------|--------------------3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
	B|------------1-----------------|------------1-------1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|
	G|---2--0---0---0---2--0---0--0-|---2--0---0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
	D|------------------------------|-----------------3----------------------|
	A|-1------1-------1------1------|----------------------------------------|
	E|------------------------------|-1------1-------------------------------|

	*Are we having the time of our lives? Are we having the time of our lives?
	Are we coming across clear? Are we coming across fine?
	Are we part of the plan here? Are we having the time of our lives?
	                          C                G/B
	**Are we coming across clear? Are we coming across fine?
	   Bb                               Fadd9                         (C)
	Are we having the time of our lives?  Are we part of the plan here?


	(C)
V1:	  We have the drive and time on our hands
	G/B
	 One little room and the biggest of plans
	Bb
	 The days were shaping up frosty and bright
	        Fadd9
	Perfect weather to fly, perfect weather to fly


	C
V2:	 Poundin' the streets where my fathers feet still
	G/B
	Ring from the walls we'd sing in the doorways
	    Bb
	Or bicker and row just figuring how 
	        Fadd9
	We were wired inside, perfect weather to fly


	C
V3:	 So in looking to stray from the line
	     G/B
	We decided instead we should pull out the thread that was 
	Bb
	Stitching  us into this tapestry vial
	        Fadd9
	And why wouldn't you try? Perfect weather to fly


V4:	(As V1)

V5:	(As V2)

V6:	(As V3)


OUTRO:	| C               | G/B             |
	
	| Bb              | Fadd9           |
	
	| C               | G/B             |
	
	| Bb              | Fadd9           |

	| C               | G/B             |
	
	| Bb              | Fadd9           |
	
	| C*              | G/B*            |
	
	| Bb*             | F               |



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7) The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
   ======================================


  C (x32010) or  C/G (3x2010)
  E (022100)
  A (x02220) or  A/E (00222x)
 C6 (x32210) or C6/G (332210)
C#m (x46654) 
 Ab (466544)


INTRO:	| C      | E      | A      | A      |

	| C      | E      | A      | A      |


	C  E                 A
V1:	   Gotta get out of TV
	     C      E         A
	Just pick a point and go
	C    E                      A
	 The ticker-tape tangles my feet
	     C            E           A
	As I search for a face that I know
	     C   E           A
	Come on, tower crane driver
	        C      E      A  
	There's not so far to go


LINK:	e|---------2--0------|
	B|-0--1--3------3--0-|
	G|-------------------|


	  (C6) (C) (C6)(C) (C6)(C) (C6)(C)
	e|-x--------------------------------|
	B|-x--------------------------------|
	G|-2----0---2---0---2---0---2---0---|
	D|-2--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|
	A|-3--------------------------------|
	E|-x--------------------------------|
	
	
	e|---------0--2--3-|
	B|-3--1--0---------|
	G|-----------------|
	
	
	| C      | E      | A      | A      |

	| C      | E      | A      | A      |


	C  E                          A
V2:	 I must have been working the ropes
	          C    E            A
	When your hand slipped from mine
	C      E                        A         
	 Now I live off the mirrors and smoke
	       C       E      A
	It's a joke, a fix, a lie
	     C   E           A
	Come on, tower crane driver
	C     E      A
	Oh so far to fall
	C E                      C#m  Ab
	  Send up a prayer in my na - ame
	         E          C#m                  A    Ab
	Just the same, they say I'm on top of my ga - ame
	E             A
	Gentle gentle rose
	
	e|----------------|
	B|---0--2--0------|
	G|-2---------2--0-|

	C  E                     (A)
	   Send up a prayer in my name


OUTRO:	|(A)     | A      | A      | A      |
	
	| A      | A      |
	
	e|---------2--0------|
	B|-0--1--3------3--0-|
	G|-------------------|
	
	| C      |



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8) The Fix
   =======

 
 Cm (x35543)
  G (355433)
 Fm (133111)
G/D (x55433)

       
INTRO:	| Drums  | Drums  | Drums  | Drums  |
	
	G|----5-----------------------------------------|
	D|------5--3------------------------------------|
	A|-*3--------6--3--5--6--5--3--5--6--3--5--6--3-|  (x2)
	E|----------------------------------------------|
	
	|*Cm     | Cm     | G      | Cm     |

	| Cm     | Cm     | G      | Cm     |


            Cm                   G                       Cm
V1:	The fix is in, there's a nag gonna dance home at Epsom
	                     G                    Cm
	The fix is in, can't wait to see how it upsets 'em


	Fm                        Cm
C1:	Too many times we've been postally pipped
	      Fm                      Cm
	We've loaded the saddles, the mickeys are slipped
	      Fm                        Cm                        G/D
	We're swapping the turf for the sand and the surf and the sin
	          G              (Cm)
	Cause the fix, the fix is in
	
	
LINK 1:	|(Cm)    | G      | Cm     | G      |


	    Cm             G                      Cm
V2:	The fix is in, the odds that I got were delicious
	                   G                   Cm
	The fix is in, the jockey is cocky and vicious


	      Fm                      Cm
C2:	The redoubtable beast has had pegasus pills
	      Fm                       Cm
	We'll buy him the patch in the Tuscany hills
	        Fm                Cm                   G/D
	And the Vino di Vici will flow like a river in spring
	        G              (Cm)
	Now the fix, the fix is in


LINK 2:	|(Cm)    | G      | Cm     | G      |
	
	| Cm     | G      | Cm     | G      | Cm (1) |


SOLO:	| Fm     | Cm     | Fm     | Cm     |
	
	| Fm     | Cm     | G/D    | G/D    |
	
	| G      | G      | n.C.   |


	    Cm             G                       Cm
V3:	The fix is in, the snaps of the steward so candid
	                       G                    Cm
	The fix is in, yes our pigeons have finally landed


	    Fm                   Cm
C3:	The Donahue sisters will meet us in France
	   Fm                         Cm
	In penguins and pearls, we'll drink and we'll dance
	         Fm                        Cm                           G/D
	'Til the end of our days, cause it ain't left to chance that we win
	          G              (Cm)
	Cause the fix, the fix is in
	
	
LINK 3:	|(Cm)    | G      | Cm     | G      |
	
	| Cm     | G      | Cm     | G      |
	
	| Cm     | G      | Cm     | G      |
	
	| Cm     | G      | Cm     | G      | Cm (1) |


OUTRO:	| Fm     | Cm     | Fm     | Cm     |
	
	| Fm     | Cm     | G/D    | G/D    |
	
	| G      | G      | n.C.   |
	
	| Cm     |



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9) SOME RIOT
   =========


    F (xx3211)
 Cm/G (xx5543)
   Gm (xx5333)
 Gm/D (x55333)
 Bb/F (x88766)
 Dm/A (xx7765)
F#/C# (x44322)


INTRO:	| F    | Cm/G       | F    | Cm/G       |
	
	| F    | Gm Gm/D    | F    | Gm         |
	
	| F    | Cm/G       | F    | Cm/G       |
	
	| F    | Gm Gm/D    | F    | Gm         |
	
	| Gm/D | Bb/F              | Gm/D              |
	
	| Bb/F              | Gm/D              | 


	Bb/F                                 Gm/D
V1:	 A friend of mine grows his very own brambles
	Bb/F                                     Gm/D
	 They twist all around him till he can't move
	Bb/F        F#/C#                 Bb/F
	 Beautiful, quivering, chivalrous shambles
	           F#/C#           Bb/F 
	What is my friend trying to prove?
	
	
LINK:	| Bb/F       | Dm/A | Gm/D              |
	
	| Bb/F       | Dm/A | Gm/D              |


	   Bb/F                                     Gm/D
V2:	He boosters a tall gentle boy to a terrible totem
	Bb/F                                              Gm/D
	 And the kids gather round trying to see what's inside
	Bb/F               F#/C#                       Bb/F
	 I think when he's drinking he's drowning some riot.
	           F#/C#            Bb/F
	What is my friend trying to hide?


	Bb/F                                            Gm/D
V3:	 Cause it's breaking my heart, it's breaking my heart.
	Bb/F                                       Gm/D
	 And it's breaking my heart to pull at the reign.
	Bb/F        F#/C#                     Bb/F
	 Brother of mine don't run with those fuckers.
	             F#/C#                  Bb/F
	When will my friends start singing again?
	             F#/C#                     (Bb/F)
	When will my friends____ start singing again?
	

SOLO:	|(Bb/F)      | F    |

	| Cm/G       | F    | Cm/G       |
	  Oooo___________________________
 
	| F    | Gm Gm/D    | F    | Gm         |
	 ____________________
	
	| F    | Cm/G       | F    | Cm/G       |
	  Oooo__________________________________
	
	| F    | Gm Gm/D    | F    | Gm         |
	 ____________________

	| F    | Cm/G       | F    | Cm/G       |
	  Oooo__________________________________
	
	| F    | Gm Gm/D    | F    | Gm         |
	 ____________________
	
	| F    | Cm/G       | F    | Cm/G       |
	  Oooo__________________________________
	
	| F    | Gm Gm/D    | F    | Gm         |(Gm/D)|
	 ____________________


OUTRO:	|(Gm/D)| Bb/F              | Gm/D              |
	
	| Bb/F              | Gm/D              |
	
	(repeat to fade)



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10) ONE DAY LIKE THIS
    =================


(Capo 1st Fret)

      E (022100)
      A (577655)
      B (799877)
     A* (x02220)
     B* (x2444x)
Dsus2/A (x00230)


INTRO:	e|-0-|-0--0-------------|-0--0--------------|
	B|-0-|-0----4--0--2---0-|-0----4--0--2------|
	G|-1-|-1------------1---|-1------------1--1-|
	D|-2-|-2----------------|-2-----------------|
	A|-2-|-2----------------|-2-----------------|
	E|-0-|-2----------------|-0-----------------|
	
	                                                *
	e|-0--0-------------|-0--0--------------|-------0-|
	B|-0----4--0--2---0-|-0----4--0--2------|-------0-|
	G|-1------------1---|-1------------1--1-|-1--2--1-|
	D|-2----------------|-2-----------------|-------2-|
	A|-2----------------|-2-----------------|-------2-|
	E|-2----------------|-0-----------------|-------0-|


	E                            A
V1:	Drinking in the morning sun, blinking in the morning sun
	B                               A
	Shaking off the heavy one, yeah heavy like a loaded gun
	E                             A
	What made me behave that way? Using words i never say
	      B
	I can only think it must be love
	   A                                      E (stop) E (stop)
	Oh anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day_________


	E                                A
V2:	Someone tell me how I feel, it's silly wrong but vivid right
	    B                               A
	Oh, kiss me like a final meal, yeah kiss me like we die tonight
	      E                            A
	Cause holy cow i love you eyes and only now i see the light
	     B
	Yeah lying with you half awake
	   A                                     E (stop) E (stop) E (stop)
	Oh anyway it's looking like a beautiful day_________
	
	
MID:	e|-0--0-----------|
	B|-0----4--0--2---|
	G|-1------------1-|
	D|-2--------------|
	A|-2--------------|
	E|-0--------------|

	E (once)                        (D|-2-2-|, E|-0-0-|, D|-2-2-|, E|-0-|)
	 When my face is chamois creased
	A* (once)                  (D|-2-2-|, E|-0-0-|, D|-2-2-|, E|-0-|)
	If you think i winked I did
	B* (once)                (D|-2-2-|, B|-4-4-|, D|-2-2-|, B|-4-|)
	laugh politely at repeats
	     A* (once)                   (D|-2-2-|, B|-2-2-|, D|-2-2-|, B|-2-|)
	Yeah kiss me when my lips are thin
	      E                             A
	Cause holy cow i love your eyes and only now i see the light
	     B                       
	Yeah lying with you half awake, stumbling over what to say
	     A                                      E (stop) E (stop) E (stop) E (stop)
	Well anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day_________


	   E                     Dsus2/A
C1:	So throw those curtains wide
	    A*                                E
	One day like this a year, it'd see me right
	E                     Dsus2/A
	Throw those curtains wide
	    A*                                E
	One day like this a year, it'd see me right
	E                     Dsus2/A
	Throw those curtains wide
	    A*                                E
	One day like this a year, it'd see me right, for life
	E                     Dsus2/A
	Throw those curtains wide
	    A*                                E
	One day like this a year, it'd see me right, for life
	E                      Dsus2/A    A*                    E                   
	Holy cow i love your eyes____ and only now i see the light____
	E                      Dsus2/A    A*                    E                   
	Holy cow i love your eyes____ and only now i see the light____
	E                     Dsus2/A
	Throw those curtains wide
	    A*                                E
	One day like this a year, it'd see me right
	E                     Dsus2/A
	Throw those curtains wide
	    A*                                E
	One day like this a year, it'd see me right
	   E    Dsus2/A    A*   E
	Throw____________________
	   E    Dsus2/A    A*   E
	Throw____________________
	   E    Dsus2/A      A*                                 E
	Throw___________ one day like this a year, it'd see me right
	   E    Dsus2/A      A*                                 E
	Throw___________ one day like this a year, it'd see me right


OUTRO:	E                     Dsus2/A
	Throw those curtains wide
	    A*                                E
	One day like this a year, it'd see me right
	   E                     Dsus2/A
	So throw those curtains wide
	    A*                                E
	One day like this a year, it'd see me right
	E                     Dsus2/A
	Throw those curtains wide
	    A*                                E
	One day like this a year, it'd see me right
	
	(fade out)



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11) FRIENDS OF OURS
    ===============


   E5 (0,2,2,x,x,x)
   C5 (x,3,5,5,x,x)
   D5 (x,5,7,7,x,x)
   G5 (3,5,5,x,x,x)
G5/F# (2,5,5,x,x,x)
   B5 (x,2,4,4,x,x)
   Em (0,2,2,0,0,0)
    C (x,3,2,0,1,0)
Cadd9 (x,3,2,0,3,0)
Cmaj7 (x,3,2,0,0,0)
    D (x,x,0,2,3,5)
  D/C (x,3,0,2,x,x)
   C* (x,3,2,0,0,3)
    G (x,10,12,12,12,10)


	                       (E5)
INTRO:	|-4--4--4>5>4--4--2--2----|
	|-----------------------2-|
	|-----------------------2-|
	|----------------------*0-|
	
	
	|*E5         | E5         | C5         | D5         |
	
	| G5         | G5   G5/F# | E5         | B5         |
	
	| E5         | C5         | C5         | D5         |
	
	| G5         | G5   G5/F# |
	
	| Em         | C  Cadd9 C Cmaj7 D (stop)     | (the Cadd9 C Cmaj7 are played quickly)
	
	| Em         | C  Cadd9 C Cmaj7 D (stop)     |


	       E5      B5           E5
V1:	Before leaving get to the bar
	C5           D5             G5   G5/F#
	No one round here makes you pay
	E5         B5          E5  C5
	Never very good at goodbyes
	          D5               G5            G5/F#
	So gentle shoulder charge, love you made
	

LINK:	| Em         | C  Cadd9 C Cmaj7 D (stop)     |
	                                              love you made
	| Em         | C  Cadd9 C Cmaj7 D (stop)     |	
		
	| Em         | C  Cadd9 C Cmaj7 D (stop)     |
	
	| Em         | C  Cadd9 C Cmaj7 D/C (C*)|
	
	| C*         | C*    D    | C*         | C*    D    |
	
	| C*         | C*    D    | C*         | C*    D    |


	C*         D    C*      D    C*                    D   C*
C1:	Salford skyline blue, always you, could fly 'round any corner
	          D
	'till you do.


OUTRO:	| E5         | B5         | E5         | E5         |
                                                     Love you made.
	| C5         | D5         | G5         | G5   G5/F# |
	
	| E5         | B5         | E5         | E5         |

	| C5         | D5         | G5         | G5   G5/F# |
	
	| E5         | B5         | E5         | E5         |

	| C5         | D5         | G5         | G5   G5/F# |
	
	| E5         | B5         | E5         | E5         |

	| C5         | D5         | G          |



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WE'RE AWAY (UK BONUS TRACK)
===========================


     Dm (xx0231)
      F (xx3211)
      G (xx5433)
    G/F (xx3433)
    G/E (xx2433)
    G/D (xx0433)
      C (x32010)
     Am (x02210)
     Em (x22000)
  Fmaj7 (xx3210)
     F* (xx4565)
   Em/D (xx0000)
Fmaj7/C (x33210)
    F (x33211)
     C* (x3201x)


	    Dm                  F         G
INTRO:	The headlines drip with horror, beware, beware beware
	    Dm             F          G       G/F  G/E   G/D  G
	The news says no tomorrow but how can i be scared


	       C    Am  Em                F    F  Fmaj7  F  F* 
V1:	in her arms_______? World do your worst
	                          C   Am  Em
	She and I have closed our eyes____
	                 Em   Em/D  Fmaj7/C  Am  G
	and lifted every curse


	       C   Am  Em                             F
C1:	We're away_______ in-caving cocrete military light
	          C                F
	is merely rain against the glass


OUTRO:	| C      | F      | C      | F      | G      |
	
	                  C*
	for lovers in the night



=============================================================================================



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