Intro: D#m G#m F# C# F# A#m7 D#m G#m F# C# G# C# D#m Bmaj7 Well grey clouds wraped round the town like elasticC# F# A#m7 Cars stood like toys made of Taiwanese plasticD#m The boy laughed at the spasticBmaj7 C# G# C# dancing around in the rainD#m Bmaj7 While laundrettes cleaned clothes, high heals rub toesC# F# A#m7 Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crowsD#m Dressed in their suits and theirBmaj7 C# G# C# boots well they all look the same B C# I took myself down to the cafe to find all theF# A#m7 D#m C# boys lost in books and crackling vinylB C# F# F#7 And carved out a poem above the urinal that readB Don't you cry for the lostC# Smile for the livingF# A#m7 D#m C# Get what you need and give what you're givenB C# Life's for the living so live itD#m Or you're better off dead Interlude: G#m F# C# F# A#m7 D#m G#m F# C# G# C# D#m Bmaj7 While the evening pulled the moon out of it's packetC# F# A#m7 Stars shone like buttons on an old man's jacketD#m Bmaj7 We needed a nail but we tacked it 'tilC# G# C# it fell of the wallD#m Bmaj7 While pigeon's pecked trains, sparks flew like planesC# F# A#m7 The rain showed the rainbows in the oil stainsD#m And we all had new iPhones butBmaj7 C# G# C# no one had no one to call B C# And I stumbled down to the stomach of the townF# A#m7 D#m C# Where the widow takes memories to slowly drownB C# F# F#7 With a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye she saidB Don't you cry for the lostC# Smile for the livingF# A#m7 D#m C# Get what you need and give what you're givenB C# Life's for the living so live itD#m Or you're better off dead Interlude: A#m B F# A#m7 D#m A#m C# G# C# D#m Bmaj7 Well I'm sick of this town, this blind man's forageC# F# A#m7 They take your dreams down and stick them in storageD#m You can have them back son when you'veBmaj7 C# G# C# paid off your mortgage and loansD#m Bmaj7 Oh hell with this place, I'll go it my own wayC# F# A#m7 I'll stick out my thumb and I trudge down the highwayD#m Bmaj7 C# G# C# Someday someone must be going my way home B C# Till then I'll make my bed from a disused carF# A#m7 D#m C# With a mattress of leaves and a blanket of starsB C# F# F#7 And I'll stitch the words into my heart with a needle and threadB Don't you cry for the lostC# Smile for the livingF# A#m7 D#m C# Get what you need and give what you're givenB C# You know life's for the living so live itF# F#7 Or you're better off dead B Don't you cry for the lostC# Smile for the livingF# A#m7 D#m C# Get what you need and give what you're givenB C# Life's for the living so live it Or you're better off dead
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