• Song:

    The Rest Of The World Has Gone Home

  • Artist:

    The Courteeners

  • Album:

    Falcon

The Courteeners - The Rest Of The World Has Gone Home
By Adam Blackburne

Some of the lyrics in the first verse (especially) definitely aren't correct, cant work them out.

CAPO 4th

C/Am - 020010

Intro
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 CMark (x32010@1)was there he was chasing tail 
                                    F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)          CThe (x32010@1)urban genie on the door got offered the manners test and he failed
  CThat (x32010@1)girl who said she was your friend but you really hated her
                             F (133211@1)                  G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)       
was there in her element as two chunky thick set skin heads gyrated her

          F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)  C/Am   AmI'll (x02210@1)be sulking by the cigarette machine by the back bar
 F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)             Cthis (x32010@1)time you've gone too far
         F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)C/Am   Amill (x02210@1)be minding your drink as you go to the RBS cash machine
 F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)         CDont (x32010@1)sniff, keep it clean
 F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1) C/Am  Amwhat (x02210@1)should i do now, i am all alone
 F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)            Cthe (x32010@1)rest of the world has gone home

Intro Riff 

 C (x32010@1)                           
Tryna paint my feelings through this verse
           F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)     
just like Neil Young did, in the back of his hearse
 Cbut (x32010@1)you wont hear much of that though, in here though
                      F (133211@1)                   G (320003@1)                 CIts (x32010@1)full of cheerful chaps who whistle and lear and live on their own

          F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)  C/Am   AmI'll (x02210@1)be sulking by the cigarette machine by the back bar
 F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)             Cthis (x32010@1)time you've gone too far
         F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)C/Am   Amill (x02210@1)be minding your drink as you go to the RBS cash machine
 F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)         CDont (x32010@1)sniff, keep it clean
 F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1) C/Am  Amwhat (x02210@1)should i do now, i am all alone
 F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)            Cthe (x32010@1)rest of the world has gone home

Intro Riff

CThe (x32010@1)deansgate fireflies, they blink and wink at me
   F (133211@1)               G (320003@1)                Ci (x32010@1)havent felt this alone since my Art GCSE
 Cand (x32010@1)dont bother with the tears tomorrow,
                           F (133211@1)                    G (320003@1)               Cyour (x32010@1)always doing it, your always doing it, your always bloody doing it

          F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)  C/Am   AmI'll (x02210@1)be sulking by the cigarette machine by the back bar
 F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)             Cthis (x32010@1)time you've gone too far
         F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)C/Am   Amill (x02210@1)be minding your drink as you go to the RBS cash machine
 F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)         CDont (x32010@1)Swear, keep it clean
 F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1) C/Am  Amwhat (x02210@1)should i do now, i am all alone
 F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)            Cthe (x32010@1)rest of the world has gone home

F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)C/Am   Amwhat (x02210@1)should i do now, i am all alone
F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)            Cthe (x32010@1)rest of the world has gone home

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