F D#
We are the 8 0 1
A# F
We are the central shaft - And we are
D# A#
here to let you take advantage
F D#
Of our lack of craft
A# F
Certain streets have certain corners
D# A#
Sooner or later, we'll turn yours
F D#
We are the 8 0 1
A# F
We are the central shaft - And thus through-
D# A#
-out two years we've crossed the ocean
F D#
in our little craft (Row! Row! Row!)
A# F
Now we're on the telephone
D# A#
Making final arrangements (Ding! Ding!)
F D#
We are the 8 0 1
A# F
We are the central shaft
D# A# A#
F D#
Looking for a certain ratio
A# A#
Someone must have left it underneath the carpet
F D#
Looking up and down the radio
A# A#
Oh-oh, nothing there this time
F D#
Looking for a certain ratio
A# A#
Someone said they saw it parking in a car-lot
F D#
Looking up and down the radio
A# A#
Oh-oh, nothing there this time
F D#
Going back down to the radio
A# A#
Oh, oh - oh, oh - oh, oh - here we go!
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D# |-----------------------|-----------------------|
A# |-----------------------|-----------------------|
F# |-----------------------|-----------------------|
C# |--9-9b10------7-----9--|--9-9b10------7-----9--|
G# |-----------------------|-----------------------|
D# |-----------------------|-----------------------|
Either keep that up for the last part, or switch to chords.
I like F#, C#, E, A# when alone, or F, C#, B, F# if there is G# bass.
F
We are the table, the captain's table
C
Let's get it understood, let's get it understood
D#
We are the losers, we are the bruisers
A#
Let's get it understood, let's get it understood
F
We are the diners, the final diners
C
Let's get it understood, let's get it understood
D#
Most of us tinkers, some of us tailors,
A#
And we've got candlesticks, and lots of cocktail sticks
F
We saw the lovers, the modern lovers
C
And they looked very good, they looked as if they could
D#
We are the neighbours, the nosy neighbours
A#
We think just like we would, we think just like we should.
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