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