Intro
B G#m B G#m
[Verse 1]
B
Trains out my window
G#m
Running in lines
B
Sleep squared on a knuckle, dreaming on
G#m D#m E Emaj7
Drowning softly, clowning sadly, dying badly
[Verse 2]
B G#m
Selling flowers to a widow, the money's just fine,
B G#m
Every week's a new funeral if you time your knocking right.
E B G#m D#m E
F# vision of Theresa, toothless and tears in her eyes
Emaj7 B G#m B
Pouring on the podium, still the river’s all bone-dry
[Chorus]
E B
Danny are you listening?
G#m D#m E
The pipes, the pipes are choking
Emaj7 B
The roses are out of season
G#m D#m E F#
We find red in the eyes of the lionised bleeders
E B
Danny are you listening?
G#m D#m E
The pipes, the pipes are choking
Emaj7 B
The roses are out of season
G#m D#m E F# B
We find red in the eyes of the bleeders we lionise
[Verse 3]
B G#m
Your skin begins to leather with the creeping of time
B G#m
Those trains pass your window, each reminding you what's behind
E B G#m D#m E
F# businessman's cathedral is sacred to any fucker who fights
Emaj7 B G#m
You fumble around in the porch-light and foot the dog shit on the
B
drive
[Chorus]
E B
Danny are you listening?
G#m D#m E
The pipes, the pipes are choking
Emaj7 B
All the roses out of season
G#m D#m E F#
We find red in the eyes of the lionised bleeders
E B
Danny are you listening?
G#m D#m E
The pipes, the pipes are choking
Emaj7 B
The roses are out of season
G#m D#m E F# B
We find red in the eyes of the bleeders we lionise
[Outro]
B
Trains out my windows
G#m
Running in lines
B
Sleep squared on a knuckle dreaming on
G#m D#m E Emaj7 B
Drowning softly, clowning sadly, dying badly