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