[Intro]
Main Riff
[Verse 1]
C Fsus2
I forgot to tell you, I have smart new shoes on
C/E C G
Bought with the money they gave me after the London bombs
C Fsus2
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]
Dm
And i forgot to tell you,
C G
I have your thick woolen socks on,
Dm
So it feels like my feet are still touching your feet
C G
Though you're gone, though you're gone
[Verse 2]
C Fsus2
I forgot to tell you, a girl at the office lost her husband
C/E C G
You met him at the barbecue, I've chipped in for flowers
C Fsus2
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]
Dm C G
And i realised she was looking to me
Dm C G
For some king of solidarity
Dm C G
I could read her thoughts, a widow and a widower
Dm C G
But i have nothing, I have nothing to offer
[Chorus 1]
F C
Today, today we stop standing around
Am7
Today we're not standing our ground
G
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
F Am
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 Fsus2
I forgot to tell you, the whole estate is talking
C/E C G
The police came down last night and took some boys away
C Fsus2
Nobody rushed to judgement in the face of their machine guns
C/E C
We know our history is better than the liars on TV
G
But we don't know what to say
[Bridge 3]
Dm C G
We just hold on to our anger
Dm C G
We won't let it evaporate
Dm C G
Hold on, we won't let our anger fade
[Chorus 2]
F C
Today, today we stop standing around
Am7
Today we're not standing our ground
G
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
F Am
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