A A4
Let's begin at the beginning, we're lovers and we're losers
A A4
We're heroes and we're pioneers, we're beggars and we're choosers
E F#m
Skirting 'round the edges of the ideal demographic
E D9
We're always on the guest list,but we're always stuck in traffic
A A4
We've watched our close associates up and play their parts;
A A4
They're chatting up the it girls, and they're tearing up the charts,
E F#m
While we were paying with coppers to get our round in at the bar.
E D9
We're the C-Team , we're the almost famous old friends of the stars.
( D9 A A9/D D9 )
A A4
Justin is the last great romantic poet
A A4
He's the only one among us who is ever gonna' make it
E F#m
We planned the revolution from a cheap Southampton bistro
E D9
I don't remember details, but there were English boys with Banjos
A A4
Jay is our St George and he's standing on a wooden chair
A A4
And he sings songs and he slays dragons and he's losing all his hair
E F#m
And Adam is the resurrected spirit of Gram Parsons
E D9
In plaid instead of Rhinestone and living in South London
E F#m
And no one's really clear about Tommy's job description
E D9
But it's pretty clear he's vital to the whole damn operation
E F#m
And Dave Danger smiles at strangers, Tre's the safest girl I know
E D9
And sullen hearts will scamper off to victory in the City we call home
F#m E
And we won't change our ways, we will proud remain,
D
when the glory fades, when the glory fades
A A4
Yeah I am sick and tired of people who are living on the B-list
A A4
Yeah they're waiting to be famous, and they're wondering why they do this
E F#m
And I know I'm not the one who is habitually optimistic
E D9
But I'm the one who's got the microphone here so just remember this
A A4
Yeah, well life is about love, lost minutes and lost evening
A A4
About fire in our bellies and about furtive little feelings
E F#m
And the aching amplitudes that set our needles all a-flickering
E D9
And they help us with remembering that the only thing that's left to do is
A A4 A D C#m7
live yeah the only thing that's left to do is
A D9 A
live, after all of the loving and losing, after all the heroes and the pioneers
D E A
The only thing that's left to do is get another round in at the bar.
