A5                             A5
Let's begin at the beginning, we're lovers and we're losers
A5                             A5
We're heroes and we're pioneers, we're beggars and we're choosers
E5                            F#5
Skirting 'round the edges of the ideal demographic
E5                            D5
We're always on the guest list,but we're always stuck in traffic

A5                                   A5
We've watched our close associates up and play their parts;
A5                                             A5
They're chatting up the it girls, and they're tearing up the charts,
E5                                            F#5
While we were paying with coppers to get our round in at the bar.
E5                                         D5
We're the C-Team , we're the almost famous old friends of the stars.

( D5   A5   A5    D5 )

A5                  A5
Justin is the last great romantic poet
A5                             A5
He's the only one among us who is ever gonna' make it
E5                            F#5
We planned the revolution from a cheap Southampton bistro
E5                            D5
I don't remember details, but there were English boys with Banjos
A5                             A5
Jay is our St George and he's standing on a wooden chair
A5                             A5
And he sings songs and he slays dragons and he's losing all his hair
E5                            F#5
And Adam is the resurrected spirit of Gram Parsons
E5                                  D5
In plaid instead of Rhinestone and living in South London
E5                            F#5
And no one's really clear about Tommy's job description
E5                                  D5
But it's pretty clear he's vital to the whole damn operation
E5                                       F#5
And Dave Danger smiles at strangers, Tre's the safest girl I know
E5                                      D5
And sullen hearts will scamper off to victory in the City we call home

                        F#5                        E5
And we won't change our ways, we will proud remain,
                     D5
when the glory fades, when the glory fades

A5                                       A5
Yeah I am sick and tired of people who are living on the B-list
A5                                            A5
Yeah they're waiting to be famous, and they're wondering why they do this
E5                            F#5
And I know I'm not the one who is habitually optimistic
E5                                              D5
But I'm the one who's got the microphone here so just remember this
A5                                       A5
Yeah, well life is about love, lost minutes and lost evening
A5                                       A5
About fire in our bellies and about furtive little feelings
E5                                        F#5
And the aching amplitudes that set our needles all a-flickering
E5                                         D5
And they help us with remembering that the only thing that's left to do is
  A5          A5      A5         D5                          C#5
live                             yeah the only thing that's left to do is
 A5                D5                              A5
live, after all of the loving and losing, after all the heroes and the pioneers
D5                             E5                     A5
The only thing that's left to do is get another round in at the bar.