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