Intro
E B G#m B E B F# x2
Verse 1:
E
As you kissed me under
B
the influence that
G#m
night it was Christmas
B E
Eve You said to me that
B
I was the strangest
G#m
creature you had ever
F# E
seen We made love on
B G#m
dirty laundry awkwardly
B
listening to David Bowie
E B
And you closed your
G#m F# E B G#m B E B F#
eyes and I said goodbye
Verse 2:
E B
And all my life I never
heard a man that can
G#m
make a guitar sound
B
like the way you can
E
Oh I saw a cross on
B G#m
the wall Found myself
in St. Vincent's
F#
hospital Screaming
E B
"I don't want to die
G#m
in this place Or leave
B
this world in such a
E
state" I always knew
B
it was never my fate
G#m
Cause the only constant
F#
we've ever known
E
has been change
Chorus 1:
E
And our house got robbed
B G#m
again They stole Tom's
B
bike and a GPS And I'm
E B
running home again from
F#
Footscray Station And
E
don't bother stealing my
B G#m
wallet because I'm still
B
earning minimum wage
E
And don't even bother
B
stealing my phone because
G#m B
the screen is cracked anyway
E B
And everything I ever cared
G#m
for before was lost in
F#
the fire so long ago And
E B
I moved away from home
G#m F# E B G#m B E B F#
Ended up outside Franco Cozzo
Verse 3:
E
When you close the door
B
behind you it sounded
G#m
like you couldn't wait
B E
to leave Well I know I'm
B
not that stupid please
G#m F#
don't try to patronize me
E B
Now you've made your bed
G#m
Now let her fuck you up
B
in it And fuck you over
E B
in it And fuck you around
G#m F#
in it All over and over
E
and over and over again
Verse 4:
E
Now there's blood on
B
Scott Morrison's hands
G#m
There's a rally in the
B
city if you want to meet
E
there I'm running as fast
B F#
as I can to Footscray Station
E B G#m B
The sky is stained by the city
E
Yeah it's not pretty but it's
B F#
exactly what it deserves oh
E B
another The sky is stained
G#m B
by the city Yeah it's not
E B
pretty but it's exactly
F#
what it deserves
Chorus 2: Beat changes
E
And our house got
B
robbed again They
G#m
stole your phone
B
and the cigarettes
E
From our cozy little
B
nest near Footscray
F# E
Station Well the walls
B
are paper thin And the
G#m B
trucks are loud so I
E
can sing Well I want
B
to be here more than
F#
anything And then
E B G#m B
there's you And
E B F# E(hold)
lentils too