Intro: E--D-A- x4
Verse 1:
E
we are the high
street service
trays coming to
DA
take you away
E
pasadena 68
with speed on your
DA
breakfast plate
Chorus 1:
EG
aunt cancer calls
DA
them happy pills
C
they keep her
G
calm and cool
EAE
until he leaves
Verse 2:
E
the moccasin skin
obsession leather
thigh white tennis
DA
skirt so high
E
the eyes of mine
are new and kind
but the hair is
not grey it
DA
is white
Chorus 2
EG
and grandfather
DA
is an ascot noose
C
can't tie the
G
tassels on his
DAE
shoes leave me
Bridge 1:
AD
oh god stop tearing
ED
off the roof of my
AE
experimental bathroom
DA
it's the only thing
E
that's halfway mine
D
and not for your
AEE
prying and lying eyes
Verse 3:
E
these are the
red eyed politics
the cocktail
DA
revisionists
E
war room rules
no wives or kids
here men sing
DA
he boy in them
E
the hedge casts
heroes late across
our lawn the valley
D
hunt militiamen all
AE
gone thought we had
the lock in 54
now the maid owns
D
the house next door
A
and what's more
Chorus 3:
EG
swims in the pool
DA
she used to clean
CG
our new king looks
DAE
like a queen leave me
Bridge 2:
AD
the empire is melting
ED
like ice cream on
A
the altar of the
EA
sun this skin
D
we've stretched
E
for centuries
D
it's faded it's
fraying it's
AE
meaningless to me
Outro: E-- x8