Intro
C#m E B A C#m B x2
[Verse 1]
C#m
The snow on the screen
E B
We're going light speed tonight
A
Like Bonnie and Clyde
C#m B
Except we don't die tonight
C#m
And the blister packs, coats
E B
And crumpled up notes appear
A
It's a break from the swill
C#m B
The piss they distill around here
[Pre-Chorus]
A
It's a break from the swill
C#m B
The piss they distill around here
[Chorus 1]
C#m7
Lift off of this
A
Metropolis
E
When this town comes down
B A
I wish, I wish
C#m7
My first degree
A
Emergency
E
Is kettled by your cavalry
B A
I wish, I wish
[Verse 2]
C#m
The cash machine queens
E B
When ambulance teams arrive
A
In their skeletal jeans
C#m B
They take refugees for wives
C#m
When their collars get felt
E B
Their glorified belts won't keep you warm
A
We'll run up the strand
C#m
Your wrist in my hand,
B C#m E
we know we're born
[Pre-Chorus]
B C#m E
Yeah I know I'm born
B C#m E
Yeah I know I'm born
[Chorus 1]
C#m7
Lift off of this
A
Metropolis
E
When this town comes down
B A
I wish, I wish
C#m7
My first degree
A
Emergency
E
Is kettled by your cavalry
B A
I wish, I wish
[Interlude]
C#m E A A |
C#m B E A | x6
C#m E A
[Bridge]
A
When all of your friends are my enemies
B C#m E
Wishing me gone as I'm running away
A
And my only defence is the worst of me
B C#m E
Out in the open for all to survey
A
When you settle for less than I promised you
B C#m E
Knowing that all of our barrels are scraped
A
If it seems like it's harder to say to you
B C#m7
It's cause some things are just harder to say
[Outro]
(Bm7) A E B A
Ooooohho Ohooooooo Ohhohhooo Ohohooooo
C#m7
Lift off of this
A
Metropolis
E
When this town comes down
B A A
I wish, I wish