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The chords over the spoken words:
DO FA DO FA DO REm MIm SOL SOL+ LAm
Apparently they were travelling abroad
And they picked up some hitchhikers...drill
Wake up you're dreaming...what...you're dreaming
We were moving away from the border
Uh what border?
Have a nice day...uh...have a nice day
SOL DO LAm
We were moving away from the border
DO LAm
Looking for somewhere to sleep
SOL DO LAm
The two of us sharing the driving
SOL DO LAm
Two hitchhikers slumped in the back seat
Hello
SOL DO LAm
I sneaked a quick look in the mirror
She gave me a smile
SOL DO LAm
I said "Is anyone hungry?
SOL DO LAm
Should we stop for a while?"
DO LAm LAm
So we pulled off into a layby
SOL DO LAm
Her dress blew up over her head
DO LAm
I said "Would you like to come with me?"
SOL DO LAm
She said something foreign under her breath
FA DO
And the sun shone down on her lovely young limbs
FA DO
I thought to myself she's much too good for him
FA DO
I lay down beside her with tears in my eyes
SOL FA DO LAm SOL FA DO
She said
4.33 AM Running Shoes
LAm
So I stood by the roadside
FA
The soles of my running shoes gripping the tarmac
LAm FA
Like gunmetal magnets
LAm
Fixed on the front of her Fassbinder face
FA
Was the kind of a smile
LAm
That only a rather dull child could have drawn
FA
While attempting a graveyard in the moonlight
LAm
But she was impressed
FA
You could see that she thought I looked fine
LAm
And when she turned sweeter
FA
The reason (between you and me) was
LAm FA
She'd just seen my green Lamborghini
DO LAm
So we went for a spin in the country
DO LAm
To feel the wind in our hair
DO LAm
To feel the power of my engine
DO LAm DO LAm DO
To feel the thrill of desire
FA DO
And then in the trees I heard a twig snap
FA DO
Warning lights flashed on my map
FA DO FA
I opened my eyes and to my surprise
Arabs with Knives and West German Skies
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SOL LA
There were Arabs with Knives
FA LAm
At the foot of the bed
SOL LAm DO
Right at the foot of the bed
DO LAm
Oh my God how did they get in here?
DO LAm
I thought we were safe home in England
FA DO FA
She said "Come on now kid, it was wrong what you did
SOL FA DO FA
You've got to admit it was wrong what you did
SOL FA DO
You got to admit it was wrong"
Oh god....Jesus
DO
Sleep Sleep
SOLsus4 SOL
I know that I'm only dreaming
Leave her alone..get out..out..get out of my house
DO
Through closed eyes
SOLsus4 SOL
I see West German skies on the ceiling
FA
And I want to get back
To the girl with the rucksack
DO
To feel her flaxen hair
SOL
I want to be there
FA
See the sun going down
FA
Behind Krupps steelworks
DO SOL
On the outskirts of some German town
DO
Guten Abend meiner Damen und Herren Ha Ha Ha Ha
SOL7
Willkommen in Konnigsburg Ha Ha Ha Ha
DO
Wollen zie danzen mit mir oder drinken Bier Ha Ha Ha Ha
SOL7
Thank you but......
FA# FA
This young lady and I
DO SOL
Will just finish this bottle of wine
FA
It was kind of you...but
MIm
I think we'll just say goodnight
Leave us alone
Goodnight
Leave us alone
DO
Could I have the key to one four three please?
FA
There you are
Thank you, goodnight
DO FA DO
REm
Hello yes I'd like to order breakfast please
MIm
I'd like coffee for two, and toast with marmalade
SOL SOL+
No...marmalade.
For the First Time Today-Part 2
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LAm
For the first time today
FA SOL DO
I held her naked body next to mine
FA LAm REm
In this hotel overlooking the Rhine
SOL SOL+
I made her mine
LAm SOL DO DO DO DO FA LAm REm REm
Ooh babe...ooh babe
SOL SOL+ LAm
Come with me and stay with me
FA MIm
Please stay with me
Uh...what is it?
FA
Stay with me
MIm FA
Stay with me
MIm FA
Stay with me
No...
LAm FA LAm
Stay with me
Forget it
Sexual Revolution
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MIm
Hey...girl
Take out the dagger
DO RE MIm
And let's have a stab at the sexual revolution
Hey girl
Let freedom for all be our rallying call
DO RE MIm
Tomorrow lets make...our new resolution
DO RE
Yeah, but tonight lie still
SOL RE MIm
While I plunder your sweet grave
DO
And remember
RE MIm
Only the poor can be saved
Hey girl
As I've always said I prefer your lips red
Not what the good Lord made
But what he intended
Hey girl
Don't point the finger at me
I am only a rat in a maze like you
And only the dead go free
So...please hold my hand
As we blunder through the maze
And remember
Nothing can grow without rain
(Thunder)
DO
Don't point
RE MIm
Don't point your finger at me
SOL SOL/FA# MIm
I awoke in a fever
SOL SOL/FA# MIm
The bedclothes were all soaked in sweat
SOL SOL/FA# MIm
She said "You've been having a nightmare
SOL SOL/FA# MIm
And it's not over yet"
DO SOL
Then she picked up the doggy in the window
SOL SOL/FA# MIm
(The one with the waggly tail)
DO RE MIm
And she put him to bed between two bits of bread
The Remains of Our Love
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SOL MIm
I just cowered in the corner
SOL MIm
My pyjama coat over my head
SOL MIm
And she smiled as she finished her sandwich
SOL MIm
FA DO FA
And her cold eyes fixed me to my dark history
SOL
As she brushed the remains
FA DO
Of our love from the bed
DO LAm
And when she had turned back the covers
DO LAm
When all of the prayers had been read
FA
She said "Come on over here you silly boy
FA
Before you catch your death of cold
DO
I was only joking
FA
Let's leave behind the city grime
FA
Let's not compete
DO
It could be fine in the country
SOL FA
Couldn't it though...come on lets go
DO FA DO FA
I said "OK"
Are we going to go now?
Where would you like to go darling?
Mmm...Vermont...Wyoming (yes)
Wyoming...huh huh
Children...(what) we're going to Wyoming
Darling...Which way is Wyoming?
Hook a right here
You're going the wrong way
I know that
I know children...
Let's see how many...Volvos we pass
On the way to our new life in the country
...One
Jade don't do that, that's really negative
Go Fishing
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As cars go by I cast my mind's eye
Over back packs on roof racks
Beyond the horizon
Where dream makers
Working white plastic processors
Invite the unwary
SOL
To reach for the pie in the sky
DOm
Go fishing my boy!
SIsus4 SI DOdim SIsus4 SI MIm DO RE
SIsus4
We set out in the spring
RE
With a trunk full of books about everything
SIsus4
About solar devices
RE
And how nice natural childbirth is
DOdim
We cut down some trees
And we trailed our ideals
SIsus4 SI
Through the forest glade
DOdim
We dammed up the stream
And the kids cooled their heels
SIsus4 SI
In the fishing pool we'd made
MIm MIm/RE
We held hands and we exchanged bands
DO RE
And we practically lived off the land
SIsus4
You adopted a fox cub
RE
Whose mother was somebody's coat
SIsus4
You fed him by hand
And then snuggled him down
RE
In the grandfather bed while I wrote
DOdim
We grew our own maize
SIsus4
And I only occasionally went into town
DOdim
To stock up on antibiotics
SIsus4 SI
And shells for the shotgun that I kept around
MIm MIm/RE
I told the kids stories while you worked your loom
DO RE
And the sun went down sooner each day.
SOL
*Chapter six in which Eeyore has a birthday
DO
And gets two presents
RE SOL
Daddy...come on dad
Eeyore the old grey donkey stood by the side
DO
Of the stream and he looked at himself in the water
RE
"Pathetic" he said, "That's what it is"
SIsus4 SI RE
"Good morning Eeyore" said Pooh
DOdim SIsus4 SI
"Oh" said Pooh, He thought for a long time
SIsus4
Then the leaves all fell down
Our crops all turned brown
RE
It was over
SIsus4
As the first snowflakes fell
RE
I realized all was not well in the camp
DOdim
The kids caught bronchitis
SIsus4 SI
The space heater ran out of diesel
DOdim
One weekend a friend from the East,
SIsus4 SI
Rot his soul, stole your heart
MIm
I said "Fuck it then
MIm/RE
Take the kids back to town
DO RE
Maybe I'll see you around"
SOL DO RE SOL LAm7 SOL DO SOL/SI
LAm7 SOL
And so...leaving all our hopes and dreams
DO LAm7 RE
To the wind and the rain
SOL
Taking only our stash
LAm7 SOL
Left our litter and trash
DO
And set out on the road again
SOL/SI LAm7 SOL
On the road again
DO
On the road again
RE SOL MIm
On the road
Bye Bye Daddy, Bye Daddy
MIm
You can bring Pearl she's a darn nice girl
But don't bring Liza
For the First Time Today-Part 1
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LAm
For the first time today
FA SOL DO
I feel it's really over
FA REm
You were my everyday excuse
SOL SOL+
For playing deaf, dumb and blind
LAm
Who'd have ever thought
FA SOL DO
This was how it would end for you and me
FA REm
To carry my own millstone
SOL SOL+
Out of the trees
LAm
And I have to admit
I don't like it a bit
FA LAm
Being left here beside this lonesome road.
RE/FA#
Lonesome road
MI7-10
Lonesome road
Dunroamin, Duncarin, Dunlivin
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Hey kid, you looking for a lift?...Get on up here
How's it going good buddy?
DO LAm
I nailed ducks to the wall
SOL DO LAm
Kept my heart in dark ruins
SOL DO LAm
I built bungalows all over the hills
SOL DO LAm
Dunroamin, duncarin, dunlivin
SOL DO LAm
Took my girl to the country
SOL DO LAm
To sleep out under the moon
DO LAm
Next thing she's going crazy
DO
Women are like that kid
LAm
What the hell can you do?
SOL DO LAm
She waits for the real Mr. Right to come
SOL DO LAm
Gently removing her heart
FA SOL
With his promises of real communication
I saw a program about that on TV........
FA# FA
Who's always picking up the tab
DO
Who built a bungalow for his mum and dad
Me
FA
Who took you out to all the shows
DO
Who worked his fingers to the bone
Me
SOL
While you were asleep
It was me...I did
FA# FA
I kept you in buttons and bows
Christ all those clothes
DO
So you could encourage this creep
FA# FA
With his neat feet
DO
And his clean fingernails
FA# FA DO
With his wise but twinkling eyes
FA DO
He's a rock standing out in an ocean of doubt
FA
Get movin', get off the road ya Goddam faggot
SOL
And compromise
FA# FA DO
I'd like to go on with this bit of a song
FA DO
Describing this schmuck
FA SOL DO
I'd like to go on, but I'm going to throw up
LAm
[Not in my rig you don't boy...get the hell out of here]
The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
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Intro LA LA SOL SOL DO LAm RE RE SOL SOL
REm
An angel on a Harley
LAm
Pulls across to greet a fellow rolling stone
REm
Puts his bike up on it's stand
Leans back and then extends
LAm
A scarred and greasy hand...he said
SOL DO LAm
How ya doin bro?...where ya been?...where ya goin'?
RE
Then he takes your hand
In some strange Californian handshake
SOL
And breaks the bone
Have a nice day
REm
A housewife from Encino
Whose husband's on the golf course
LAm
With his book of rules
REm
Breaks and makes a 'U' and idles back
LAm
To take a second look at you
SOL
You flex your rod
DO LAm
Fish takes the hook
RE
Sweet vodka and tobacco in her breath
SOL
Another number in your little black book
DO MIm
These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
DO MIm
These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
RE SOL
Oh babe, I must be dreaming
REm
I'm standing on the leading edge
LAm
The Eastern seaboard spread before my eyes
REm
"Jump" says Yoko Ono
LAm
"I'm too scared and too good looking" I cried
SOL
"Go on", she says
DO LAm
"Why don't you give it a try?
RE SOL
Why prolong the agony all men must die"
REm
Do you remember Dick Tracy?
LAm
Do you remember Shane?
And mother wants you
REm
Could you see him selling tickets
LAm
Where the buzzard circles over [Shane]
The body on the plain
SOL
Did you understand the music Yoko
DO LAm
Or was it all in vain? [Shane]
RE
The bitch said something mystical "Herro"
SOL
So I stepped back on the kerb again
DO MIm
These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
DO MIm
These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
RE SOL
Oh babe, I must be dreaming again
C Em (repeat and fade)
These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
Every Strangers Eyes
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DO
Hello...you wanna cup of coffee?
REm
I'm sorry, would you like a cup of coffee?
SOL
Ok you take cream and sugar?
DO
In truck stops and hamburger joints
In Cadillac limousines
REm
In the company of has-beens
SOL
And bent-backs and sleeping forms
On pavement steps
DO
In libraries and railway stations
In books and banks
REm
In the pages of history
SOL
In suicidal cavalry attacks
DO SOL/SI LAm
I recognise...
FA SOL DO
Myself in every stranger's eyes
DO
And in wheelchairs by monuments
Under tube trains and commuter accidents
REm
In council care and county courts
SOL
At Easter fairs and sea-side resorts
DO
In drawing rooms and city morgues
In award winning photographs
Of life rafts in the China seas
REm
In transit camps, under arc lamps
On unloading ramps
SOL
In faces blurred by rubber stamps
DO SOL/SI LAm
I recognise...
FA SOL DO
Myself in every stranger's eyes
DO DO
And now from where I stand
REm SOL
Upon this hill I plundered from the pool
DO DO/MI
I look around, I search the skies
REm SOL
I shade my eyes, so nearly blind
DO DO/SI LAm
And I see signs of half remembered days
SOL FA DO/MI REm SOL
I hear bells that chime in strange familiar ways
DO DO/SI LAm
I recogn-a-a-a-a-a-ise...
FA SOL DO
The hope you kindle in your eyes
It's oh so easy now
FA SOL
As we lie here in the dark
MIm
Nothing interferes it's obvious
LAm
How to beat the tears
REm
That threaten to snuff out
SOL DO
The spark of our love
The Moment of Clarity
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DO
And the moment of clarity
LAm
Faded like charity does
Sometimes
I open one eye
FA DO
And I put out my hand just to touch your soft hair
FA DO
To make sure in the darkness that you were still there
FA
And I have to admit
DO LAm SOL FA DO
I was just a little afraid, oh yeah
LAm
But then...
FA
I had a little bit of luck
You were awake
DO
I couldn't take another moment alone.
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