Intro
N.C.
[Verse 1]
N.C.
I can think of nowhere
I would rather be
Reading morning papers
Drinking morning tea
F
She clutches the tray
C
And then we talk just like a kitchen sink play
Ab D#
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
F
Living so close to danger
C
Even your friends are strangers
Ab D#
Don't count upon their company
[Verse 2]
N.C.
This is for the fingers
This is for the nails
Hidden in the kitchen
Right behind the scales
F
What do I care
C
I'm wasting fingers like I had them to spare
Ab D#
Plugging holes in the Zuiderzee
F
Punishing Paul for Peter
C
Don't ever trust those meters
Ab D#
What you believe is what you see
[Link]
F C A# (x4)
[Bridge]
F C A#
In my town, there is a raincoat under a tree
F C A#
In the sky, there is a cloud containing the sea
F C A#
In the sea, there is a whale without any eyes
F C A#
In the whale, there is a man without his raincoat
[Bridge 2]
N.C.
In another country
With another name
Maybe things are different
Maybe they're the same
[Instrumental]
F C Ab D# F C Ab D#
[Verse 3]
F
Back on the trail
C
The seven soldiers read the papers and mail
Ab D#
But the news, it doesn't change
F
Swinging about through creepers
C
Parachutes caught on steeples
Ab D#
Heroes are born, but heroes die
F
Just a few days
C
little practice and some holiday pay
Ab D#
We're all sure you'll make the grade
F
Mother of God, if you care
C
We're on a train to nowhere
Ab D#
Please put a cross upon our eyes
[Outro]
F
Take me
C
I'm nearly ready, you can take me
Ab D#
To the raincoat in the sky
F
Take me
C
My little pastry mother take me
Ab D#
There's a pie shop in the sky
F C Ab F