B B/A#
Relax, trembling peacock...
B/G# B/F#
No, I wasn't born to rock...
E B
Oh, I was just plain born...
E B
And then I kind of grew and then, well...
C#m F#
Vancouver made me, I guess it's true...
B B/A#
Sired to the House of Lords
B/G# B/F#
(these days they call them 'Co-Op Boards'),
E B
and now it's in my royal blood
E B
to vote and vote and vote and vote
E B
on things that never change...
C#m F#
Gods give and gods give our gifts away...
Interlude
B B/A# B/G# B/F# E B E B C#m F#
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B B/A#
Settle down, trembling peacock...
B/G# B/F#
No, I wasn't sent to rock you...
E B
Oh, I just kind of came...
E B
And then I withdrew and then, well...
C#m F#
I guess the rest of you already knew...
B B/A#
Sired to the House of Lords
B/G# B/F#
on the day they declared it bankrupt and
E B E B
now conquered lands pay tribute to the shifts of your skirt,
E B
children at play get hurt,
C#m
and wars are won from a foxhole...
Interlude with solo (again)
And! intermittent babababababa's
B B/A# B/G# B/F#
The inner world of a dove is complex, I'm telling you...
E B
Lovers of the air, beware...
B B/A#
But for us it's real simple...
B/G# B/F# E B
Look - shot through with arrows,
E B
a chest full of sparrows,
E B
gonna show you the way to my heart...