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