[Intro]
Main Riff
[Verse 1]
B Esus2
I forgot to tell you, I have smart new shoes on
B/D# B F#
Bought with the money they gave me after the London bombs
B Esus2
And I forgot to tell you, I've pulled myself together
B/B-G F#
Gave next door the TV, stopped trying to belong
[Bridge 1]
C#m
And i forgot to tell you,
B F#
I have your thick woolen socks on,
C#m
So it feels like my feet are still touching your feet
B F#
Though you're gone, though you're gone
[Verse 2]
B Esus2
I forgot to tell you, a girl at the office lost her husband
B/D# B F#
You met him at the barbecue, I've chipped in for flowers
B Esus2
And the waiting, the waiting really hurt her
B/B-G F#
They put it on the news, but didn't phone her for eleven hours
[Bridge 2]
C#m B F#
And i realised she was looking to me
C#m B F#
For some king of solidarity
C#m B F#
I could read her thoughts, a widow and a widower
C#m B F#
But i have nothing, I have nothing to offer
[Chorus 1]
E B
Today, today we stop standing around
G#m7
Today we're not standing our ground
F#
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
E G#m
Today, today we start running away
B
And we'll always be running away
F#
Or the box might aswell be a grave
[Verse 3]
B Esus2
I forgot to tell you, the whole estate is talking
B/D# B F#
The police came down last night and took some boys away
B Esus2
Nobody rushed to judgement in the face of their machine guns
B/D# B
We know our history is better than the liars on TV
F#
But we don't know what to say
[Bridge 3]
C#m B F#
We just hold on to our anger
C#m B F#
We won't let it evaporate
C#m B F#
Hold on, we won't let our anger fade
[Chorus 2]
E B
Today, today we stop standing around
G#m7
Today we're not standing our ground
F#
find ourseves a box to hide in, for the rest of our lives
E G#m
Today, today we start running away
B
And we'll always be running away
F#
Or the box might aswell be a grave
Enjoy
Dan Ludlam