Intro: F#m A F#m A Bm A

F#m (244222@1)                  A (x02220@1)     Someone got shot dead 'round here.
F#m (244222@1)             A (x02220@1)              Bm (x24432@1)               D (xx0232@1)     People left flowers by the Ribena stains on the pavement.
F#m (244222@1)    D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)       Bm (x24432@1) DFriends, (xx0232@1)neighbours, strangers.

          F#m (244222@1)           A (x02220@1)                     F#mA (244222@1)million blooms, one day dusty, the next wet and ragged.
          A (x02220@1)               Bm (x24432@1)          DSo, (xx0232@1)guess what? I took them all home with me
          F#m (244222@1)                 D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)          Bm (x24432@1)  D (xx0232@1)in a wheelbarrow and filled the bathroom from floor to ceiling, and listen, 
F#m (244222@1)               A (x02220@1)      there was no devine damnation
F#m (244222@1)                 A (x02220@1)      no cosmic retribution.
                Bm (x24432@1)                       D (xx0232@1)                           F#mOnce (244222@1)the petals wilted, I pressed them all flat in the largest book I've got.
   D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)               Bm (x24432@1)   D (xx0232@1)              F#m (244222@1)  BmA F#mOn (244222@1)wet days, the ghost sits in the kitchen leafing through it.

         BmA F#m (244222@1)           
He's not grey or wraith-like,
Bm (x24432@1)A (x02220@1)F#m (244222@1)             BmA F#m (244222@1)   but bright and solid,
Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1)   F#mlike (244222@1)a new bike.

D (xx0232@1)                       A (x02220@1)            Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1)  F#mLooks (244222@1)at the faded colours and plays the radio too loud,
            D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)               Bm (x24432@1)   Dand (xx0232@1)makes a damn mess of fag butts and tea leaves.

Outro: F#m D A Bm D  x 3