Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Trains out my window
A#m
Running in lines
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Sleep squared on a knuckle, dreaming on
A#m Fm F# F#maj7
Drowning softly, clowning sadly, dying badly
[Verse 2]
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Selling flowers to a widow, the money's just fine,
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Every week's a new funeral if you time your knocking right.
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G# vision of Theresa, toothless and tears in her eyes
F#maj7 C# A#m C#
Pouring on the podium, still the river’s all bone-dry
[Chorus]
F# C#
Danny are you listening?
A#m Fm F#
The pipes, the pipes are choking
F#maj7 C#
The roses are out of season
A#m Fm F# G#
We find red in the eyes of the lionised bleeders
F# C#
Danny are you listening?
A#m Fm F#
The pipes, the pipes are choking
F#maj7 C#
The roses are out of season
A#m Fm F# G# C#
We find red in the eyes of the bleeders we lionise
[Verse 3]
C# A#m
Your skin begins to leather with the creeping of time
C# A#m
Those trains pass your window, each reminding you what's behind
F# C# A#m Fm F#
G# businessman's cathedral is sacred to any fucker who fights
F#maj7 C# A#m
You fumble around in the porch-light and foot the dog shit on the
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drive
[Chorus]
F# C#
Danny are you listening?
A#m Fm F#
The pipes, the pipes are choking
F#maj7 C#
All the roses out of season
A#m Fm F# G#
We find red in the eyes of the lionised bleeders
F# C#
Danny are you listening?
A#m Fm F#
The pipes, the pipes are choking
F#maj7 C#
The roses are out of season
A#m Fm F# G# C#
We find red in the eyes of the bleeders we lionise
[Outro]
C#
Trains out my windows
A#m
Running in lines
C#
Sleep squared on a knuckle dreaming on
A#m Fm F# F#maj7 C#
Drowning softly, clowning sadly, dying badly