[Intro]
Main Riff
[Verse 1]
G Csus2
I forgot to tell you, I have smart new shoes on
G/B G D
Bought with the money they gave me after the London bombs
G Csus2
And I forgot to tell you, I've pulled myself together
G/B-G D
Gave next door the TV, stopped trying to belong
[Bridge 1]
Am
And i forgot to tell you,
G D
I have your thick woolen socks on,
Am
So it feels like my feet are still touching your feet
G D
Though you're gone, though you're gone
[Verse 2]
G Csus2
I forgot to tell you, a girl at the office lost her husband
G/B G D
You met him at the barbecue, I've chipped in for flowers
G Csus2
And the waiting, the waiting really hurt her
G/B-G D
They put it on the news, but didn't phone her for eleven hours
[Bridge 2]
Am G D
And i realised she was looking to me
Am G D
For some king of solidarity
Am G D
I could read her thoughts, a widow and a widower
Am G D
But i have nothing, I have nothing to offer
[Chorus 1]
C G
Today, today we stop standing around
Em7
Today we're not standing our ground
D
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
C Em
Today, today we start running away
G
And we'll always be running away
D
Or the box might aswell be a grave
[Verse 3]
G Csus2
I forgot to tell you, the whole estate is talking
G/B G D
The police came down last night and took some boys away
G Csus2
Nobody rushed to judgement in the face of their machine guns
G/B G
We know our history is better than the liars on TV
D
But we don't know what to say
[Bridge 3]
Am G D
We just hold on to our anger
Am G D
We won't let it evaporate
Am G D
Hold on, we won't let our anger fade
[Chorus 2]
C G
Today, today we stop standing around
Em7
Today we're not standing our ground
D
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
C Em
Today, today we start running away
G
And we'll always be running away
D
Or the box might aswell be a grave
Enjoy
Dan Ludlam