[Intro]
Main Riff
[Verse 1]
E Asus2
I forgot to tell you, I have smart new shoes on
E/G# E B
Bought with the money they gave me after the London bombs
E Asus2
And I forgot to tell you, I've pulled myself together
E/B-G B
Gave next door the TV, stopped trying to belong
[Bridge 1]
F#m
And i forgot to tell you,
E B
I have your thick woolen socks on,
F#m
So it feels like my feet are still touching your feet
E B
Though you're gone, though you're gone
[Verse 2]
E Asus2
I forgot to tell you, a girl at the office lost her husband
E/G# E B
You met him at the barbecue, I've chipped in for flowers
E Asus2
And the waiting, the waiting really hurt her
E/B-G B
They put it on the news, but didn't phone her for eleven hours
[Bridge 2]
F#m E B
And i realised she was looking to me
F#m E B
For some king of solidarity
F#m E B
I could read her thoughts, a widow and a widower
F#m E B
But i have nothing, I have nothing to offer
[Chorus 1]
A E
Today, today we stop standing around
C#m7
Today we're not standing our ground
B
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
A C#m
Today, today we start running away
E
And we'll always be running away
B
Or the box might aswell be a grave
[Verse 3]
E Asus2
I forgot to tell you, the whole estate is talking
E/G# E B
The police came down last night and took some boys away
E Asus2
Nobody rushed to judgement in the face of their machine guns
E/G# E
We know our history is better than the liars on TV
B
But we don't know what to say
[Bridge 3]
F#m E B
We just hold on to our anger
F#m E B
We won't let it evaporate
F#m E B
Hold on, we won't let our anger fade
[Chorus 2]
A E
Today, today we stop standing around
C#m7
Today we're not standing our ground
B
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
A C#m
Today, today we start running away
E
And we'll always be running away
B
Or the box might aswell be a grave
Enjoy
Dan Ludlam