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