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