1. |
Fossil Fuels
02:36
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standing in the doorway of the Huge 'n' Tall
looking like the picture on a bottle of calpol
maybe i've got too much headroom
and then i
say i can't believe
how much driving we used to do
back when we had fossil fuels at our disposal
d a g f#m em g f#m g f#m d
we can take a look at the shifting of our view
i think
having
a car
is the new having a beamer
i can't believe
how much driving...
back when...
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2. |
A While and a Time
01:49
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bm7
d5 dflat5 d4 d3
it's been a while and a time
since you wanted to be mine
do you still think it's a good idea to keep me on for nine
g em g em
years of your life
[solo, as verse]
g em g bm7
years of your life
d e g d
it's been a while and a time
since i thought about the lines
that i have followed chewed and swallowed and struggled to define
g em g bm7
for years of my life
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3. |
How Do You Know
01:39
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i know because you implicate me in your adventures
i know because you do my admin as well as yours
but how do you know
[solo]
but how do you know x2
i know x3
but how do you know x3
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4. |
What You're About
00:41
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i don't know what you're about
but you've seen me like this
can't exactly hide it now
that you've seen me like this
i don't know what you're about
but there's nothing stopping me
from finding out
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5. |
Plastic
01:37
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when I'm warm and fed with sweet food i can do anything i want
but it's too too early for an irn bru
c#m7 f#7 g#7 e f# b g#7 c#m7 f#
I've got bags of plastic
and packaging that wasn't made for lasting life
so i try
to use it twice
g#m f# b f# c#m7 c#7
f# bmaj7 g#m g#m g#m g#m
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6. |
Absent
01:29
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when it comes to the crunch i am the first to flake
sit down pour myself a lemonade
i'm absent and i'm right on time
guess nobody not here will mind
these days it's not enough to not care
so throw a sign in the air
duty calls and i've gone fishin
fishin out a crisp fifteen for my
non admission
and there are the things that we don't talk about
like how we're fleecin iain f
and he won't call us out
reaching for the public pocket
fray the stitching
a e f#m g (c#7 triplet)
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7. |
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d| 0 7
a| 12 0
why don't we have more
automatic taps in here
why can't you just be normal
a a g g f#m-bm-g
thought that I passed sue tissu?
but what would she do round here
caught out by an eye for proof that's never been that near
you go home and cease to be, or that's what i assume
wouldn't double take at someone who looks like su tissu
d d a -e f#m f#m d -e
a a a -e f#m f#m d -e
what are other people interested in
i'm sunk into a stencil
wasting my potential
c# c#m b bm d bm bm g a
i don't like or recognise this world any more
it's 100 years from now i'm still around somehow
and my arms are getting sore
why don't we have more
automatic taps in here
i can't be the only one who wants them (why can't you just be normal)
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8. |
Crumbs in the Ulcer
01:59
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i'm not scared of them
i'm worried about the absence and the possibility
irritation from a few
crumbs in the ulcer angling for a view
i don't worry about the way it's forcing me to stay
you never keep the stones out of your shoes
that's how you lose
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9. |
Minor Tasks
02:01
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a# f c cm d# dm7 cm f
i wish i had not asked
turned my back
continued with my minor tasks
i wish i had not heard
the missing word
with intent the story blurs
d# f gm,g7,cm,c# d# f
to be so not good for so long
to be so wrong
i saw it in the light
i read online
imagine though if i was right
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10. |
Let You Down
00:59
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i don't want to let you down but i think it's too late for that now
i don't wanna let you down but i'm still tryna figure out how
cm7 dmaj7 bm7 e7 e7
i don't remember what i thought before of course
i don't remember things you say to me unless i write them down
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11. |
Is This a Hit?
03:10
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dip my elbow in the water just enough to say i felt it
the temperature is too high for me i think i have melted
i need to see you constantly
you're almost in a memory of
books and trees and fax machines
suddenly i feel better
is this a hit
or is this a missive
i'm always on my way home
i'm always on my way home
(for you)
just because it's true for you doesn't make it universal
i hope it's freaky friday soon cause i'd like a role reversal
you're so smart i can't relate
is it too late for me to change
take my shade of lazy days
and write me back a letter
is this a hit
or is this a missive
[no way home bit]
the road out-
side my window is so loud (how loud is it?)
and when i try to block it out
the background noise becomes a shout
a tarmac rubber river [drag out that c]
is this a hit
or is this a missive
g(m) cmaj7 d7 a7 bm7 g em csus2
g cmaj7 a7 csus2
d c d am7 am7
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12. |
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it's not illegal to kill me an old timey strong man would do it in a flash, leopard print my life away
i fully expect to be collateral damage when the revolution comes, waiting for the drums
it's okay guys, i'll take one for the team
i fully expect to get collaterally damaged when the revolution comes
I'm waiting for the drums
i'm waiting for the drums
it's unbelievable to me that i could be wrong when i've never even tried
to be right or anything
i fully expect to get collaterally damaged when the revolution comes
d f cmaj7
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13. |
Done (With Doing)
02:57
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am am g g d d c c
one of these days someone will
put me on the block
and i could defeat myself
but that is someone else's job
and i wouldn't deprive you of the pleasure
em d c c
opting out of everything has
lost
its
initial charm
i'm always on during the days when you are off
and noone wants to hear me talk about that stuff
[opting out]
russ would like to be forgiven
i would like to be done with doing
d c am am g g,c
[em d c c a7 a7 a7 a7]
[chorus]
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14. |
Happy
02:09
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am g dm g f c g g
c c/b am g f
i've never been so
happy in all my life
you made me fold
into a shape i like
i don't mind to hear you on the line
hear you on the line
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15. |
Like A Wall
01:43
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g a bm,f#m,em g g a bm,f#m,e
i don't like science any more
because it doesn't agree with me in the way it did before
look at the time i'd better get gone (a move on)
go out for a cigarette i'll stand and watch
f# f# g cmaj7aug4
it seemed like i
trapped myself in time
d d bm bm d
then it hit me like a wall i ran into
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16. |
Hanging Out?
00:49
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everybody knows it's easy to let one person do the talking
everybody knows i'm just hanging out tonight
gm gm a# a# f d# gm d#
play again with solo
everybody knows i'm just hanging out tonight
a#
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17. |
Virtual Reality
02:50
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(intro)
the sign says experience virtual reality
but i haven't yet experienced real reality
f f a# a# a f, c g g
and the echelons (espousing the hunt?)are singing their song
you're on crossed legs right at the front
dm d a# a#-a-g#-g
mouth agape like an uninhabited cave
a# f, a a# a#, c#
(ooh chorus)
it's two
thousand and eight and we're coming to
identical
conclusions but they reflect worse on you
i got chiseled out of that groove
and you're the one refusing to move
i'm afraid
you're never gonna escape
(ooh chorus)
[bridge] d a a# g
you have a cool
way with a roman numeral
and a tone that i
respect but it's not enough to overrule
low level and ramping up fast
didn't know you'd disappoint me like that
i'm afraid
you're never gonna escape
mouth agape like an uninhabited cave
you're the same (c)
in a base and embarrassing way
(ooh chorus)
(intro)
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18. |
It's Easy!
02:01
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i fell in front of the tv
you behind a book
the cushion slips itself out to meet me
settled and i'm hooked
i was stuck there till the morning
the impetus was gone
none could ever get attention from me for so long
cause it's easy
new red flags are burning
through my sorry skin
i go home and rue the mess that i got myself in
to keep my ears under ground
to get my self out of here now
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19. |
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somebody way back when
placed a curse of discontentedness
on you and your children and their children and their children down to
me
i don't know what you did
i don't know what you gained
and i hope it doesn't surface for my sake
you put on Eyes that Try for Everything's Fine, when you look in mine
look out of the window and you will see a guy
who has made a bad dec ision and it's too late to retry
straining arms that fold, i'm good as gold, but i've been missold, to myself
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