Bloc Party
Song for Clay (Disappear Here)
A Weekend In The City, 2007

By Martin Topf,
Skørping, Denmark.

      Bbm            F
I am trying to be heroic
      F#        C#   Ab
In an age of modernity
      Bbm            F
I am trying to be heroic
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Because all around me history sings


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So I enjoyed and I devoured
           Ebm         C#  C#maj7
Flesh and wine and luxury
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But in my heart
      F
I am lukewarm
        F#        F#         Bbm
Nothing ever really touches me


Riff:

Bbm C# Ebm F Ebm F F# Ab


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At Les Trois Garcons
              Ebm         Bbm
We meet at precisely 9 o'clock
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I order the foie gras
          Ebm                       Bbm
And I e-e-e-eat it with complete disdain
Bbm              C#        
Bubbles rise in champagne flutes
      Fm                 Bbm
But when we kiss, I feel nothing
Bbm           C#
Feasting on sleeping pills
     Fm       Bbm
And Marlboro Reds

(So busy won't save you)



Bbm C#  Ebm F Ebm F
Oh how our parents
      F# Ab        Bbm   C#         
They suffered for nothing
          Ebm    F          Ebm            F
Live the dream, live the dream, live the dream
         F#   Ab    Bbm      C#
Like the 80s never happened
    Ebm F     Ebm         F
People are afraid, are afraid
    F#   Abm      Bbm C Ebm F Ebm F
To merge on the freeway
F#    Ab
Disappear here
Riff:

Bbm C# Ebm F Ebm F F# Ab

Bbm         F#
Stroll the pier
          Ebm               Bbm
Into the magazine launch party
     Bbm       F#
I am handed a pill
              Ebm                    Bbm
And I swa-a-a-allow with complete disdain
Bbm                 C#
Kick-drum bangs off the high-hat
   Fm           Bbm
Remember to look bored
   Bbm               C#
We suck each others' faces
    Fm                Bbm
And make sure we are noticed


(Cocaine won't save you)

Because East London is a vampire

It sucks the joy right out of me

How we long for corruption in these golden years


Bbm C#  Ebm F Ebm F
Oh how our parents
      F# Ab        Bbm   C#         
They suffered for nothing
          Ebm    F          Ebm            F
Live the dream, live the dream, live the dream
         F#   Ab    Bbm      C#
Like the 80s never happened
    Ebm F     Ebm         F
People are afraid, are afraid
    F#   Abm      Bbm C Ebm F Ebm F
To merge on the freeway
F#    Ab
Disappear here