Verse
B D#
You can huff and you can puff
G#m
But you'll never destroy that stuff
C#m F#
Finally, I see why, I suppose
C#m
Kid, you better change your feathers
E B E
Cause you'll never fly with those... things
B E
In 'These Nights,' the boys sing
B
"Hello, emptiness
E
I heard you're alright
B
I've heard you're alright
E
I've heard of you"
[Verse 2]
B D#
G# body aching, fragile, and pale
G#m
Dark valleys house its trail
E F#
Why can't you see that a life in art and a life of mimicry
C#m F#
It's the same thing?!
[Instrumental]
B E C#m F#
B E
[Verse 3]
B G#m
The room was crowded
B G#m E
And, though you couldn't care less about it, that much was true
F#
That month
E F#
Another version of this miniature Rome to set fire to
E
Why did we stop fucking around you?
F#
Girls like gazelles graze
E F# C#m F#
Boys wearing bells blaze new trails in sound
[Instrumental]
B E C#m F# x2
B E
[Verse 4]
B F#
I looked up, I looked around
E D#m
G# famous Toronto painter shot me down
G#m C#
"Oh, I've busted my ass on these streets too long," he said
E F# E
I set fire to the bed and tore his gown
[Outro]
E D#m C#m B E
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
E D#m C#m B E
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
E D#m
Felt some mercurial presence, hitherto unknown
C#m B
It was the sun, it was a stone falling through blank space
E D#m C#m B
It was that jewel-encrusted roan getting in my face
E D#m
Looked across the way to The Princess Rooms
C#m
I saw brides and their grooms
B
I heard the sound of bells ringing!
E D#m C#m B E
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
E D#m
Cinders look back fondly upon a house on fire when across
C#m
An ocean we go
B E
We row and we row and we tire
E D#m C#m B E
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
E D#m
Now, step out of the darkness and into the light
C#m B
Yeah, it's common knowledge I've been doing alright
E
No, I can't complain
D#m C#m
On the East side, midwives' lives go down the drain
B E D#m
All cause our babies are dying, oh-oh-oh!
E D#m C#m B E
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
E D#m C#m B E
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
E D#m C#m
I lifted the veil to see nature's trickery revealed as pure shit
B E D#m
From which nothing ever rose cause nothing ever could
C#m B E D#m
I swear somewhere the truth lies within this wood
C#m B E D#m
I swear, "Looters' Follies" has never sounded so good
C#m B E D#m C#m B
And, win or lose, what's the difference?
E D#m C#m B E
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
E D#m C#m B E
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
E D#m C#m B E
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
E D#m C#m B E
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
E D#m C#m B E
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
E D#m C#m B x5