[Intro]
Main Riff
[Verse 1]
C# F#sus2
I forgot to tell you, I have smart new shoes on
C#/F C# G#
Bought with the money they gave me after the London bombs
C# F#sus2
And I forgot to tell you, I've pulled myself together
C#/B-G G#
Gave next door the TV, stopped trying to belong
[Bridge 1]
D#m
And i forgot to tell you,
C# G#
I have your thick woolen socks on,
D#m
So it feels like my feet are still touching your feet
C# G#
Though you're gone, though you're gone
[Verse 2]
C# F#sus2
I forgot to tell you, a girl at the office lost her husband
C#/F C# G#
You met him at the barbecue, I've chipped in for flowers
C# F#sus2
And the waiting, the waiting really hurt her
C#/B-G G#
They put it on the news, but didn't phone her for eleven hours
[Bridge 2]
D#m C# G#
And i realised she was looking to me
D#m C# G#
For some king of solidarity
D#m C# G#
I could read her thoughts, a widow and a widower
D#m C# G#
But i have nothing, I have nothing to offer
[Chorus 1]
F# C#
Today, today we stop standing around
A#m7
Today we're not standing our ground
G#
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
F# A#m
Today, today we start running away
C#
And we'll always be running away
G#
Or the box might aswell be a grave
[Verse 3]
C# F#sus2
I forgot to tell you, the whole estate is talking
C#/F C# G#
The police came down last night and took some boys away
C# F#sus2
Nobody rushed to judgement in the face of their machine guns
C#/F C#
We know our history is better than the liars on TV
G#
But we don't know what to say
[Bridge 3]
D#m C# G#
We just hold on to our anger
D#m C# G#
We won't let it evaporate
D#m C# G#
Hold on, we won't let our anger fade
[Chorus 2]
F# C#
Today, today we stop standing around
A#m7
Today we're not standing our ground
G#
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
F# A#m
Today, today we start running away
C#
And we'll always be running away
G#
Or the box might aswell be a grave
Enjoy
Dan Ludlam