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