[Intro]
Main Riff
[Verse 1]
D Gsus2
I forgot to tell you, I have smart new shoes on
D/F# D A
Bought with the money they gave me after the London bombs
D Gsus2
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]
Em
And i forgot to tell you,
D A
I have your thick woolen socks on,
Em
So it feels like my feet are still touching your feet
D A
Though you're gone, though you're gone
[Verse 2]
D Gsus2
I forgot to tell you, a girl at the office lost her husband
D/F# D A
You met him at the barbecue, I've chipped in for flowers
D Gsus2
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]
Em D A
And i realised she was looking to me
Em D A
For some king of solidarity
Em D A
I could read her thoughts, a widow and a widower
Em D A
But i have nothing, I have nothing to offer
[Chorus 1]
G D
Today, today we stop standing around
Bm7
Today we're not standing our ground
A
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
G Bm
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 Gsus2
I forgot to tell you, the whole estate is talking
D/F# D A
The police came down last night and took some boys away
D Gsus2
Nobody rushed to judgement in the face of their machine guns
D/F# D
We know our history is better than the liars on TV
A
But we don't know what to say
[Bridge 3]
Em D A
We just hold on to our anger
Em D A
We won't let it evaporate
Em D A
Hold on, we won't let our anger fade
[Chorus 2]
G D
Today, today we stop standing around
Bm7
Today we're not standing our ground
A
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
G Bm
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