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