[Intro]
Main Riff
[Verse 1]
F A#sus2
I forgot to tell you, I have smart new shoes on
F/A F C
Bought with the money they gave me after the London bombs
F A#sus2
And I forgot to tell you, I've pulled myself together
F/B-G C
Gave next door the TV, stopped trying to belong
[Bridge 1]
Gm
And i forgot to tell you,
F C
I have your thick woolen socks on,
Gm
So it feels like my feet are still touching your feet
F C
Though you're gone, though you're gone
[Verse 2]
F A#sus2
I forgot to tell you, a girl at the office lost her husband
F/A F C
You met him at the barbecue, I've chipped in for flowers
F A#sus2
And the waiting, the waiting really hurt her
F/B-G C
They put it on the news, but didn't phone her for eleven hours
[Bridge 2]
Gm F C
And i realised she was looking to me
Gm F C
For some king of solidarity
Gm F C
I could read her thoughts, a widow and a widower
Gm F C
But i have nothing, I have nothing to offer
[Chorus 1]
A# F
Today, today we stop standing around
Dm7
Today we're not standing our ground
C
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
A# Dm
Today, today we start running away
F
And we'll always be running away
C
Or the box might aswell be a grave
[Verse 3]
F A#sus2
I forgot to tell you, the whole estate is talking
F/A F C
The police came down last night and took some boys away
F A#sus2
Nobody rushed to judgement in the face of their machine guns
F/A F
We know our history is better than the liars on TV
C
But we don't know what to say
[Bridge 3]
Gm F C
We just hold on to our anger
Gm F C
We won't let it evaporate
Gm F C
Hold on, we won't let our anger fade
[Chorus 2]
A# F
Today, today we stop standing around
Dm7
Today we're not standing our ground
C
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
A# Dm
Today, today we start running away
F
And we'll always be running away
C
Or the box might aswell be a grave
Enjoy
Dan Ludlam