[Intro]
Main Riff
[Verse 1]
D# G#sus2
I forgot to tell you, I have smart new shoes on
D#/G D# A#
Bought with the money they gave me after the London bombs
D# G#sus2
And I forgot to tell you, I've pulled myself together
D#/B-G A#
Gave next door the TV, stopped trying to belong
[Bridge 1]
Fm
And i forgot to tell you,
D# A#
I have your thick woolen socks on,
Fm
So it feels like my feet are still touching your feet
D# A#
Though you're gone, though you're gone
[Verse 2]
D# G#sus2
I forgot to tell you, a girl at the office lost her husband
D#/G D# A#
You met him at the barbecue, I've chipped in for flowers
D# G#sus2
And the waiting, the waiting really hurt her
D#/B-G A#
They put it on the news, but didn't phone her for eleven hours
[Bridge 2]
Fm D# A#
And i realised she was looking to me
Fm D# A#
For some king of solidarity
Fm D# A#
I could read her thoughts, a widow and a widower
Fm D# A#
But i have nothing, I have nothing to offer
[Chorus 1]
G# D#
Today, today we stop standing around
Cm7
Today we're not standing our ground
A#
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
G# Cm
Today, today we start running away
D#
And we'll always be running away
A#
Or the box might aswell be a grave
[Verse 3]
D# G#sus2
I forgot to tell you, the whole estate is talking
D#/G D# A#
The police came down last night and took some boys away
D# G#sus2
Nobody rushed to judgement in the face of their machine guns
D#/G D#
We know our history is better than the liars on TV
A#
But we don't know what to say
[Bridge 3]
Fm D# A#
We just hold on to our anger
Fm D# A#
We won't let it evaporate
Fm D# A#
Hold on, we won't let our anger fade
[Chorus 2]
G# D#
Today, today we stop standing around
Cm7
Today we're not standing our ground
A#
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
G# Cm
Today, today we start running away
D#
And we'll always be running away
A#
Or the box might aswell be a grave
Enjoy
Dan Ludlam