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