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