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