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