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