[Intro]
Main Riff
[Verse 1]
G# C#sus2
I forgot to tell you, I have smart new shoes on
G#/C G# D#
Bought with the money they gave me after the London bombs
G# C#sus2
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]
A#m
And i forgot to tell you,
G# D#
I have your thick woolen socks on,
A#m
So it feels like my feet are still touching your feet
G# D#
Though you're gone, though you're gone
[Verse 2]
G# C#sus2
I forgot to tell you, a girl at the office lost her husband
G#/C G# D#
You met him at the barbecue, I've chipped in for flowers
G# C#sus2
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]
A#m G# D#
And i realised she was looking to me
A#m G# D#
For some king of solidarity
A#m G# D#
I could read her thoughts, a widow and a widower
A#m G# D#
But i have nothing, I have nothing to offer
[Chorus 1]
C# G#
Today, today we stop standing around
Fm7
Today we're not standing our ground
D#
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
C# Fm
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# C#sus2
I forgot to tell you, the whole estate is talking
G#/C G# D#
The police came down last night and took some boys away
G# C#sus2
Nobody rushed to judgement in the face of their machine guns
G#/C G#
We know our history is better than the liars on TV
D#
But we don't know what to say
[Bridge 3]
A#m G# D#
We just hold on to our anger
A#m G# D#
We won't let it evaporate
A#m G# D#
Hold on, we won't let our anger fade
[Chorus 2]
C# G#
Today, today we stop standing around
Fm7
Today we're not standing our ground
D#
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
C# Fm
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