Intro 4x: A5 B5 G5 D5 ( A5 B5 G5 D5 ) Ottoman couch, how handsome your furniture Lovelier now, but dressed for a funeral Begging you to sit for a portrait on the wall To hang in the dark of some parliamentary hall ( A5 B5 G5 D5 ) Elegant clothes, you want to be seen with her Under your tweeds you sweat like a teenager Begging you to sit for a portrait on the wall To hang in the dark of some parliamentary hall A5 D5 G5 A5 Today is for you D5 G5 They laid it out for you A5 For you D5 G5 A5 There will be six bells a-ringing and white women singing for you D5 G5 A5 But this feels so unnatural to Peter Gabriel, too ( A5 B5 G5 D5 ) All of the cards and all of the time it took Soon it's all lines of red in a leather book Begging you to wait for a minute by the door Your creeping feet where they've never been before A5 D5 G5 A5 Today is for you D5 G5 They laid it out for you A5 For you D5 G5 A5 There will be six bells a-ringing and white women singing for you D5 G5 A5 But this feels so unnatural to Peter Gabriel, too ( A5 D5 G5 A5 )
