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