31 Best Arctic Monkeys Songs (list with chords & lyrics)
If you are looking for the greatest Arctic Monkeys tracks ever made, you are on the right page. Here’s our picks for the top Arctic Monkeys tracks that you have to listen to right now.
We’ve included our top tracks with words plus guitar chords – so you can sing & play along with these absolute classics too!
Table of Contents
R U Mine
VERSE 1
F#m D Bm
I'm a puppet on a string, Tracy Island, time-traveling diamond
F#m D Bm
cutter shaped heartaches, that come to find ya, four in some velvet morning
F#m D Bm
Years too late, she's a silver lining, lone ranger riding
F#m D Bm
Through an open space, in my mind when she's not right there beside me
CHORUS
F#m D Bm
I go crazy 'cause here isn't where I wanna be
F#m D Bm
And satisfaction feels like a distant memory
F#m D Bm F#m D Bm
And I can't help myself, all I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine?"
F#m D Bm
Are you mine?
F#m D Bm
Are you mine?
F#m D Bm
Are you mine? (Oh ah)
INSTRUMENTAL
F#m D Bm
VERSE 2
F#m D Bm
I guess what I'm trying to say is I need the deep end, keep imagining meeting,
F#m D Bm
Wished away entire lifetimes, unfair we're not somewhere
F#m D Bm
Misbehaving for days, great escape
F#m D Bm
Lost track of time and space, she's a silver lining climbing on my desire and
CHORUS
F#m D Bm
I go crazy 'cause here isn't where I wanna be
F#m D Bm
And satisfaction feels like a distant memory
F#m D Bm F#m D Bm
And I can't help myself, all I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine?"
F#m D Bm
Are you mine? (Are you mine tomorrow?)
F#m D Bm
Are you mine? (Or just mine tonight?)
F#m D Bm
Are you mine? (Are you mine, mine?)
INSTRUMENTAL
F#m D Bm
BRIDGE
Bm D F#m
And the thrill of the chase moves in mysterious ways
A
So in case I'm mistaken,
Bm D C# Bm
I just wanna hear you say you got me baby
Am F#m
Are you mine?
SOLO
VERSE
N.C.
She's a silver lining lone ranger riding through an open space
N.C.
In my mind when she's not right there beside me
CHORUS
F#m D Bm
I go crazy 'cause here isn't where I wanna be
F#m D Bm
And satisfaction feels like a distant memory
F#m D Bm F#m D Bm
And I can't help myself, all I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine?"
F#m D Bm
Are you mine? (Are you mine tomorrow?)
F#m D Bm
Are you mine? (Or just mine tonight?)
F#m D Bm
Are you mine? (Are you mine tomorrow, or just mine tonight?)Fake Tales Of San Francisco
INTRO
Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A
VERSE
Bm A Bm
Fake Tales of San Francisco
A Bm A Bm A
Echo through the room
Bm A Bm
More point to a wedding disco
A Bm A Bm A
Without a bride or groom
Bm A
There's a super cool band yeah
Bm A Bm A Bm A
With their trilbies and their glasses of white wine
Bm A Bm
And all the weekend rock stars in the toilets
A Bm A Bm A
Practicing their lines
CHORUS
Bm
I don't want to hear you
N.C.
(Kick me out, kick me out)
Bm
I don't want to hear you, no
N.C.
(Kick me out, kick me out)
Bm
I don't want to hear you
N.C.
(Kick me out, kick me out)
Bm
I don't want to hear you
N.C.
I don't want to hear you
VERSE
Bm A Bm
Fake Tales of San Francisco
A Bm A Bm A
Echo through the air
Bm A Bm
And there's a few bored faces in the back
A Bm A Bm A
All wishing they weren't there
Bm A
And as the microphone squeaks
Bm A
A young girl's telephone beeps
Bm A
Yeah, she's dashing for the exit
Bm A Bm
Oh, she's running to the streets outside
A Bm A
"Oh, you've saved me," she screams down the line
Bm A
"The band were fucking wank
Bm A
And I'm not having a nice time"
CHORUS
Bm
I don't want to hear you
N.C.
(Kick me out, kick me out)
Bm
I don't want to hear you, no
N.C.
(Kick me out, kick me out)
Bm
Yeah, but his bird said it's amazing, though
N.C.
So all that's left
N.C.
Is the proof that love's not only blind but deaf
BRIDGE
B G E B D5 D#5 E5
[C-Part]
B G
He talks of San Francisco, he's from Hunter's Bar
E
I don't quite know the distance, but I'm sure that's far
B D5 D#5 E5
Yeah, I'm sure it's pretty far
B G
And yeah, I'd love to tell you all my problem
E
You're not from New York City, you're from Rotherham
B
So get off the bandwagon, and put down the handbook
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
B
Get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook
G
Get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook
E
Get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook
G
Get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook, yeah
OUTRO
Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A
Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A BmOne Point Perspective
VERSE 1
Eb G+
Dancing in my underpants, I'm gonna run for government
Cm Eb7
I'm gonna form a covers band an' all
Ab Abm
Back there by the baby grand, did Mr. Winter Wonderland
Gm G Cm
Say "Come 'ere, kid, we really need to talk"?
Ab Abm Gm Gm
Bear with me, man, I lost my train of thought
VERSE 2
Eb G+
I fantasise, I call it quits, I swim with the economists
Cm Eb7
And I get to the bottom of it for good
Ab Abm
By the time reality hits, the chimes of freedom fell to bits
Gm G Cm
The shining city on the fritz
Ab Abm Gm Gm
They come out of the cracks, thirsty for blood
BRIDGE
Cm Gm Fm
Oh, just as the apocalypse finally gets prioritised
Bb
And you cry some of the
Cm
hottest tears you ever cried
Gm Fm
Multiplied by five
Emaj7
I suppose a singer must die
[Solo Chords]
Eb G Cm Eb7 Ab Abm Gm Cm
[Solo Tab]
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VERSE 3
Eb
"Singsong 'round the money tree"
G+ Cm Eb7
This stunning documentary that no one else unfortunately saw
Ab Abm
Such beautiful photography, it's worth it for the opening scene
Gm G Cm
I've been driving 'round listening to the score
Ab Abm
Or maybe, I just imagined it all
Gm Cm
I've played to quiet rooms like this before
Ab Abm
Bear with me, man, I lost my train of thought
Gm G Cm Ab Abm
Gm G Cm Ab AbmWhyd You Only Call Me When You’re High
Verse 1:
F#m D Bm Em F#m
The mirror's image tells me it's home time
F#m D Bm Em
But I'm not finished 'cause you're not by my side
F#m D Bm Em F#m
And as I arrived I thought I saw you leaving, carrying your shoes
F#m D Bm Em F#m
Decided that once again I was just dreaming of bumping into you
Pre- Chorus:
F#m D Bm
Now it's three in the morning
Em F#m
And I'm trying to change your mind
F#m D Bm
Left you multiple missed calls
Bm Em F#m
And to my message, you reply
CHORUS
F#m D Bm Em
Why'd you only call me when you're high?
F#m D Bm Em
High, why'd you only call me when you're high?
Verse 2:
F#m D Bm Em
Somewhere darker, talking the same shite
F#m D Bm Em
I need a partner, well are you out tonight?
F#m D Bm Em F#m
It's harder and harder to get you to listen, more I get through the gears
F#m D Bm Em F#m
Incapable of making alright decisions and having bad ideas
Pre- Chorus:
F#m D Bm
Now it's three in the morning
Em F#m
And I'm trying to change your mind
F#m D Bm
Left you multiple missed calls
Bm Em F#m
And to my message, you reply
CHORUS
F#m D Bm Em
Why'd you only call me when you're high?
F#m D Bm Em
High, why'd you only call me when you're high?
And I can't see you here, wondering where I might
It sorta feels like I'm running out of time
I haven't found what I was hoping to find
You said you gotta be up in the morning, gonna have an early night
And you're starting to bore me, baby, why'd you only call me when you're high?
Why'd you only ever phone me when you're high?
Why'd you only ever phone me when you're high?
Why'd you only ever phone me when you're high?
Why'd you only ever phone me when you're
High?Cornerstone
INTRO
A
VERSE 1
A
I thought I saw you in the Battleship
D Bm
but it was only a look-a-like
A
She was nothing but a vision trick
D Bm
Under the warning light
F#m A F#m
She was close, close enough to be your ghost
A
But my chances turned to toast
D Bm A F#m A F#m
When I asked her if I could call her your name
VERSE 2
A
I thought I saw you in the Rusty Hook
D Bm
Huddled up in a wicker chair
A
I wandered over for a closer look
D Bm
And kissed whoever was sitting there
F#m A F#m
She was close, and she held me very tightly
A D
'Til I asked awfully politely, please
Bm A F#m A F#m E
Can I call you her name
CHORUS
D Bm
And I elongated my lift home,
F#m D
Yeah, I let him go the long way 'round
Bm
I smelt your scent on the seatbelt
E
And kept my shortcuts to myself
INSTRUMENTAL
A D E
VERSE 3
A
I thought I saw you in the Parrot's Beak,
D Bm
Messing with the smoke alarm,
A
It was too loud for me to hear her speak,
D Bm
And she had a broken arm,
F#m A F#m
It was close, so close that the walls were wet
A D
And she wrote it out in letra-set
Bm C#m
No, you can't call me her name
BRIDGE
A C#m
Tell me where's your hiding place
A C#m
I'm worried I'll forget your face
F#m
And I've asked everyone
Bm E E6 optional here
I'm beginning to think I imagined you all along
CHORUS
D Bm
And I elongated my lift home,
F#m D
Yeah, I let him go the long way 'round
Bm
I smelt your scent on the seatbelt
Dm
And kept my shortcuts to myself
SOLO
A D Bm
A D Bm
F#m Bm
D E
VERSE 4
A
I saw your sister in the Cornerstone
D Bm
On the phone to the middle man
A
When I saw that she was on her own
D Bm
I thought she might understand
F#m A F#m
She was close, well you couldn't get much closer
A D
She said I'm really not supposed to but yes,
Bm A
You can call me anything you wantSecret Door
Capo:3rd fret
INTRO
G Gmaj7 x2
G Cm Em
Fools on parade cavort and carry on
Bm
For waiting eyes
Am Bm
Ones you would rather be beside than in front of
Am Bm
But she's never been the kind to be hollowed by the stares
INSTRUMENTAL
Em Bm G D x4
VERSE
Em Bm G D
She swam out of tonight's phantasm
Em Bm G D Em Bm
Grabbed my hand and made it very clear
G D Em Bm G D
There's absolutely nothing for us here
Em Bm
It's a magnolia celebration
G D
To be attended on a Wednesday night
Em Bm
It's better that than get a reputation
G D
As a miserable little tyke
Em Bm
At least that's the conclusion
G D Em Bm G
She came to in this overture
Em G Bm
CHORUS
Bm Em
The secret door swings behind us
Am
She's saying nothing
G Bm
She's just giggling along
VERSE
Em Bm G D
Her arms were folded most indignant
Em Bm G D Em Bm
Not looking like she was soon to leave
G D Em Bm G D
I had to squint in order to believe
Em Bm
And then like a butler pushing on a bookshelf
G D
And unveiling the unexpected
Em Bm G D
I who was earlier reluctant was suddenly embarrassed and corrected.
Em Bm G D Em Bm G
How could such a creature survive in such a habitat?
Em G Bm
CHORUS
Bm Em
The secret door swings behind us
Am
She's saying nothing
Em
She's just giggling along
Bm Em
Even if they were to find us
Am Bm D
I wouldn't notice, I'm completely occupied
OUTRO
G Cm
At all the fools on parade
Em Bm
Cavort and carry on for waiting eyes
Am Bm
Ones you would rather be beside than in front of
Am
But she's never been the kind
D
To be hollowed by the stares
G Cm Em
Fools on parade frolic and fuck about
Bm Am Bm
To make a gaze turn to a scribble on a page by a picture
Am
That holds her absence
D
But you're daft to think she'd care
G Cm Em Bm
Fools on parade
Am Bm Am D
Fools on parade
G Cm
Fools on parade
Em Bm Am Bm Am D
Conduct a sing-alongDo Me A Favour
INTRO F#m
VERSE 1
F#m
Well the morning was complete.
F#m
There was tears on the steering wheel dripping on the seat,
F#m
Several hours or several weeks,
F#m
I'd have the cheek to say they're equally as bleak!
F#m C#m C#m* Bm* A* x4 / F#m C#m Bm x4
F#m C#m Bm
It's the beginning of the end, the car went up the hill,
F#m C#m Bm
And disappeared around the bend, ask anyone they'll tell you that.
F#m C#m Bm
It's these times that it tends, the start to breaking up,
F#m C#m Bm
to start to fall apart. Oh! hold on to your heart.
CHORUS
D F#m C#m D
Do me a favour, break my nose!
D F#m C#m D
Do me a favour, tell me to go away!
D F#m C#m D
Do me a favour, stop asking questions!
D C#m Bm
F#m C#m* Bm* A*
F#m C#m* Bm* A*
VERSE 2
F#m E
She walked away while her shoes were untied,
D C#m
And the eyes were all red, you could see that we've cried,
Bm A
And I watched and I waited, 'till she was inside,
D C#m
forcing a smile and waving goodbye.
F#m C#m Bm
Curiousity becomes a heavy load,
F#m C#m Bm
Too heavy to hold, too heavy to hold.
F#m C#m Bm
Curiousity becomes a heavy load,
F#m C#m Bm
Too heavy to hold, will force you to be cold.
D D F#m C#m x4
D F#m C#m
And do me a favour, and ask if you need some help!
D F#m C#m
She said, do me a favour and stop flattering yourself!
D F#m C#m
How to tear apart the ties that bind, perhaps fuck off, might be too kind,
D C#m Bm
Perhaps fuck off, might be too kind
F#mShe Looks Like Fun
INTRO
G
CHORUS
Bb G
She looks like fun
Bb G
She looks like fun
Bb G
She looks like fun
Bb G
She looks like
VERSE 1
Dm G
Smile like you've got a straw in something tropical
C A G
I've got the party plugged right into my skull
F G
Wayne Manor, what a memorable N.Y.E
CHORUS
Bb G
(She looks like fun)
G
Good morning
Bb G
(She looks like fun)
G
Cheeseburger
Bb G
(She looks like fun)
G
Snowboarding
Bb G
(She looks like fun)
VERSE 2
Dm G
Finally, I can share with you through cloudy skies
C A G
Every whimsical thought that enters my mind
F G
Oh, there ain't no limit to the length of the dickheads we can be
CHORUS
Bb G
(She looks like fun)
G
Bukowski
Bb G
(She looks like fun)
G
Dogsitting
Bb G
(She looks like fun)
G
Screwballing
Bb G
(She looks like)
VERSE 3
Dm G
Finally, there's a place where you can wag your tongue
C A G
Baby, but why can't we all just get along?
F F
Dance as if somebody's watching, because they are
SOLO
Dm G C A F E
BRIDGE
E F
No one's on the streets
Dm
We moved it all online
G E
As of March
F
I'm so full of shite
Dm G B
I need to spend less time stood around in bars
C F
Waffling on to strangers all about martial arts
D G G#m
And how much I respect them
CHORUS
Am C
(She looks like fun)
C
Key changes
Am C
(She looks like fun)
C
Re-thinking
Am C
(She looks like fun)
C
New order
Am C
(She looks like fun)The View From The Afternoon
Am F E
Anticipation has a habit to set you up
Am F E
For disappointment in evening entertainment but
Am F E
Tonight there’ll be some love
Am F E
Tonight there'll be a ruckus yeah, regardless of what's gone before
Am F E
I want to see all of the things that we've already seen
Am F E
The lairy girls hung out the window of the limousine
Am F E
And of course its fancy dress
Am
And they're all looking quite full on
F E
In bunny ears and devil horns in hell
Am G E
Anticipation has a habit to set you up
For disappointment in evening entertainment but
Tonight there’ll be some love
Tonight there'll be a ruckus yeah, regardless of what's gone before
I want to see all of the things that we've already seen
I want to see you take the jackpot out the fruit machine
And put it all back in
You've got to understand it you can never beat the bandit, no
F
And she won't be surprised and she won't be shocked
Dm
When she's pressed the star after she's pressed unlock
F
And there's verse and chapter sat in her inbox
Dm
And all that it says is that you've drank a lot
F
You should bear that in mind tonight (bear that in mind)
Dm
yeah you should bear that in mind tonight (bear that in mind)
F
You can pour your heart out but her reasoning will block
Dm
Ought you send her after nine o'clock
Am G E
Anticipation has a habit to set you up
For disappointment in evening entertainment but
Tonight there’ll be some love
Tonight there'll be a ruckus yeah, regardless of what's gone before
And she won’t be surprised and she won't be shocked
When she’s pressed the star after she's pressed unlock
And there’s verse and chapter sat in her inbox
And all that it says is that you've drank a lot
You should bear that in mind tonight (bear that in mind)
yeah you should bear that in mind tonight (bear that in mind)
You can pour your heart out around 3 o clock
When the 2 for 1's undone the writers block.
Amaj7Love Is A Laserquest
INTRO
B
B G#m
Do you still feel younger than you thought you would by now?
C#m F#
Or darling have you started feeling old yet?
B G#m C#m
Don't worry, I'm sure that you're still breaking hearts, with the efficiency
F#
that only youth can harness
B G#m
And do you still think love is a laserquest?
C#m F#
Or do you take it all more seriously?
B G#m
I've tried to ask you this, in some daydreams that I've had
C#m F# F#
But you were always busy, being make believe
E F#
And do you look into the mirror, to remind yourself, you're there?
B E
Or has somebodies goodnight kisses got that covered?
E F# E B
Well I'm not being honest, I'll pretend that you were just some lover
B G#m
Now I can't think of air, without thinking of you
C#m F#
I doubt that comes as a surprise
B G#m
And I can't think of anything to dream about
C#m F# F#
I can't find anywhere to hide
E F#
And when I'm hanging on, by the rings around my eyes
B E
And I convince myself I need another
E F# E B
For a minute it gets easier to pretend that you were just some lover.
B G#m C#m F#
E F#
When I'm pipe and slippers and rocking chair
B E
Singing dreadful songs about summer.
E F# E G#m
Well I've found a better method of pretending you were just some lover
E F# E B
Well I've found a better method of pretending you were just some loverA Certain Romance
VERSE 1
B
Well, oh they might wear classic Reeboks
B
Or knackered Converse
B
Or tracky bottoms tucked in socks
E
But all of that's what the point is not
Em
The point's that there ain't no romance around there
B
And there's the truth that they can't see
B
They'd probably like to throw a punch at me
B E
And if you could only see them, then you would agree
Em
Agree that there ain't no romance around there
CHORUS
G#m F#m7
You know, oh it's a funny thing you know
E
We'll tell 'em if you like
Em
We'll tell 'em all tonight
B
They'll never listen
G#m
Because their minds are made up
C#m F# B
And course it's all okay to carry on that way
VERSE 2
B
'Cause over there there's broken bones
B
There's only music, so that there's new ringtones
E
And it don't take no Sherlock Holmes
Em
To see it's a little different around here
B
Don't get me wrong, oh there's boys in bands
B
And kids who like to scrap with pool cues in their hands
E
And just cause he's had a coupla cans
Em
He thinks it's alright to act like a dickhead
CHORUS
G#m F#m7
Don't you know, oh it's a funny thing you know
E
We'll tell 'em if you like
Em
We'll tell 'em all tonight
B
They'll never listen
G#m
Because their minds are made up
C#m F#
And course it's all okay to carry on that way
G#m
But I said no
F#m7
Oh no!
E Em
Well you won't get me to go!
B G#m
Not anywhere, not anywhere
C#m F#
No, I won't go
B
Oh no no!
VERSE 3
B
Well, over there there's friends of mine
B
What can I say, I've known 'em for a long long time
E
And yeah, they might overstep the line
Em B
But I just cannot get angry in the same way
B
No, not in the same way
E
Said in the same way
Em
Oh no, oh no noCrying Lightning
VERSE
Am F Am F
Outside the cafe by the cracker factory
Am F C E
You were practicing a magic trick
Am F Am F
And my thoughts got rude, as you talked and chewed
Am F C E
On the last of your pick and mix
Am F Am F
Said your mistaken if your thinking that I haven't been caught cold before
Am F C E
As you bit into your strawberry lace
Am F Am F
And then a flip in your attention in the form of a gobstopper
Am F C E
Is all you have left and it was going to waste
CHORUS
Am
Your past-times, consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I love that little game you had called
Crying lightning
And how you like to aggravate the ice-cream man on rainy afternoons
VERSE
Am F
The next time that I caught my own reflection
Am F
It was on it's way to meet you
Am F C E
Thinking of excuses to postpone
Am F
You never look like yourself from the side
Am F
But your profile did not hide
Am F C E
The fact you knew I was approaching your throne
Am F Am F
With folded arms you occupy the bench like toothache
Am F C E
Saw them, puff your chest out like you never lost a war
Am F Am F
And though I try so not to suffer the indignity of a reaction
Am F C E
There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw
CHORUS
F Dm
And your past-times, consisted of the strange
Am
And twisted and deranged
Am
And I hate that little game you had called
F Dm
Crying lightning
Am
And how you like to aggravate the icky man on rainy afternoons
F Dm
Uninviting
Am
But not half as impossible as everyone assumes
F Dm Am
You are crying lightning
Your past-times, consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game you had called
F Dm
Crying lightning
Am
Crying lightning
F Dm
Crying lightning
Am
Crying lightning
F Dm
Your past-times, consisted of the strange
Am
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game you had called
F Dm
CryingWhen The Sun Goes Down
VERSE
B D#7
So who's that girl there?
Emaj7
I wonder what went wrong
D#m
So that she had to roam the streets
Emaj7
She don't do major credit cards
D#m
I doubt she does receipts
C#m C#m F# E D#m C#m D#m
It's all not quite legitimate
B D#7
And what a scummy man
Emaj7
Just give him half a chance
D#m
I bet he'll rob you if he can
Emaj7
Can see it in his eyes, yeah
D#m
That he's got a driving ban
C#m C#m F# E D#m C#m D#m
Amongst some other offences
BRIDGE
G#m D#m
And I've seen him with girls of the night
G#m D#m
And he told Roxanne to put on her red light
G#m D#m
They're all infected but he'll be alright
C#m D#m E F#
Cause he's a scumbag, don't you know
Bm
I said he's a scumbag, don't you know!
INSTRUMENTAL
(repeat a few times (only really play bottom 2 strings))
G F# (v2) Bm
[Riff]
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------| repeat how many needed
D|--------------0-2-4-|
A|-----------2-2------|
E|--3-3-2-2-2---------|
last one goes like this:
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------4-2-0-|
A|-----------2-2------|
E|--3-3-2-2-2---------|
G F# (v2) Bm
VERSE
(no guitar, bass only)
Although you're trying not to listen
I bet your eyes are staring at the ground
She makes a subtle proposition
Sorry love I'll have to turn you down
G F# Bm
And oh he must be up to summat
G F# Bm
Want half a chance to show he's more than likely
G F# Bm
I've got a feeling in my stomach
G F# Bm
I start to wonder what his story might be
G F# Bm
What his story might be
CHORUS
Em F#m Bm
They said it changes when the sun goes down
Em F#m Bm
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Em F#m Bm
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Em F#m Bm
Around here
A F#
Around
VERSE
(Riff (guitar 1))
G F# (v2) Bm
And look here comes a Ford Mondeo
G F# (v2) Bm
Isn't he Mister Inconspicuous
G F# (v2) Bm
And he don't have to say 'owt
G F# (v2) Bm
She understands she's here to get picked up
G F# (v2) Bm
And she's delighted when she sees him
G F# (v2) Bm
Pulling in and giving her the eye
G F# (v2) Bm
Because she must be fucking freezing
G F# (v2) Bm
Scantily clad beneath the clear night sky
G F# (v2) Bm
She don't stop in the winter, no and...
CHORUS
Em F#m Bm
They said it changes when the sun goes down
Em F#m Bm
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Em F#m Bm
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Em F#m Bm
Around here
Em F#m Bm
They said it changes when the sun goes down
Em F#m Bm
Over the river, going out of town
Em F#m Bm
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Em F#m Bm
Around here
A F#
Around ... here
OUTRO
B D#7
What a scummy man
Emaj7
Just give him half a chance
D#m
I bet he'll rob you if he can
Emaj7 D#m
Can see it in his eyes that he's got a nasty plan
C#m D#m E F#
I hope you're not involved at all
e|-10-10-10-10--9-----|
B|-11-11-11-11--11----|
G|-11-11-11-11--11----|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
BI Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
INTRO
F#5
C#5 B5 A5 F#5 ( x 4 )
VERSE
C#5 B5 A5 F#5 C#5 B5 A5 F#5
Stop making the eyes at me, I'll stop making the eyes at you
C#5 B5 A5 F#5 C#5 B5 A5 F#5
And what it is that suprises me, is that I don't really want you to
C#5 B5 A5 F#5
And your shoulders are frozen (cold as the night)
C#5 B5 A5 F#5
Oh but you're an explosion (you're dynamite)
C#5 B5 A5 F#5 C#5 B5 A5 F#5
Your name isn't Rio, but I don't care for sand
C#5 B5 A5 F#5 C#5 B5 A5 F#5
Lighting the fuse might result in a bang, with a bang-go!
CHORUS
F#5 A5
I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
E5
I don't know if your looking for romance or...
F#5
I don't know what ya looking for
F#5 A5
Well I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
E5 C#5
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984 ... from 1984!
VERSE
C#5 B5 A5 F#5 C#5 B5 A5 F#5
I wish you'd stop ignoring me, because you're sending me to despair
C#5 B5 A5 F#5 C#5 B5 A5 F#5
Without a sound yeah you're calling me, and I don't think it's very fair
C#5 B5 A5 F#5
That your shoulders are frozen (cold as the night)
C#5 B5 A5 F#5
Oh but you're an explosion (you're dynamite)
C#5 B5 A5 F#5 C#5 B5 A5 F#5
Your name isn't Rio, but I don't care for sand
C#5 B5 A5 F#5 C#5 B5 A5 F#5
Lighting the fuse might result in a bang, with a bang-go!
CHORUS
F#5 A5
I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
E5
I don't know if your looking for romance or...
F#5
I don't know what you're looking for
F#5 A5
Well I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
E5 C#5
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984 ... from 1984!
BRIDGE
A5 E5 F#5
Oh there ain't no love no, Montagues or Capulets
A5
Just banging tunes 'n' DJ sets 'n'
E5 F#5
Dirty dancefloors and dreams of naughtiness!
CHORUS
F#5 A5
I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
E5
I don't know if your looking for romance or...
F#5
I don't know what you're looking for
F#5 A5
Well I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
E5 C#5
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984 ... from 1984!Arabella
INTRO
Em Am G x4
VERSE 1
Em Am
Arabella's got some interstellar-gator skin boots
G Em Am G
And a helter skelter 'round her little finger and I ride it endlessly
Em Am
She's got a Barbarella silver swimsuit
G Em Am G
And when she needs to shelter from reality she takes a dip in my daydreams
PRE CHORUS
Em Am G
My days end best when this sunset gets itself
Em Am G Em
Behind that little lady sitting on the passenger side
Am G Em
It's much less picturesque without her catching the light
N.C.
The horizon tries but it's just not as kind on the eyes
CHORUS
Em G Em Am Em G Em Bm
As Arabella
Em G Em Am Em G Em Bm
As Arabella
Em G Em Am Em G Em Bm
Just might have tapped into your mind and soul
Em G Em Am Em G Em Bm
You can---t be sure
INSTRUMENTAL
Em Am G x2
VERSE 2
Em Am
Arabella's got a seventies head
G
But she's a modern lover
Em Am G
It's an exploration, she's made of outer space
Em Am
And her lips are like the galaxy's edge
G Em Am G
And her kiss the colour of a constellation falling into place
PRE CHORUS
Em Am G
My days end best when this sunset gets itself
Em Am G Em
Behind that little lady sitting on the passenger side
Am G Em
It's much less picturesque without her catching the light
N.C.
The horizon tries but it's just not as kind on the eyes
CHORUS
Em G Em Am Em G Em Bm
As Arabella
Em G Em Am Em G Em Bm
As Arabella
Em G Em Am Em G Em Bm
Just might have tapped into your mind and soul
Em G Em Am Em G Em Am Bm
You can---t be sure
BRIDGE
C A
That's magic in a cheetah print coat
Em
Just a slip underneath it I hope
G
Asking if I can have one of those
C
Organic cigarettes that she smokes
A
Wraps her lips round the Mexican coke
C
Makes you wish that you were the bottle
D D#
Takes a sip of your soul and it sounds like…
OUTRO
Em G Em Am Em G Em Bm
Just might have tapped into your mind and soul
Em G Em Am Em G Em Bm Em
You can---t be sureSuck It And See
VERSE
E C#m
Your love is like a studded leather headlock
F#m B
Your kiss it could put creases in the rain
E C#m
You're rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock
F#m B E E
And those other girls are just post mix lemonade
CHORUS
E
Suck it and see
A B
You never know
E
Sit next to me
A B
Before I go
F#m B C#m
Jigsaw women with horror movie shoes
F#m A B E E
Be cruel to me, coz I'm a fool for you
VERSE
I poured my aching heart into a pop song
I couldn't get the hang of poetry
That's not a skirt girl, that's a sawn off shotgun
And I can only hope, you've got it aimed at me
CHORUS
E
Suck it and see
A B
You never know
E
Sit next to me
A B
Before I go
F#m B C#m
Jigsaw women with horror movie shoes
F#m A B
Be cruel to me, coz I'm a fool for
[C Part]
C#m B C#m B
A
Blue
F#m C#m
Moon girls from once upon a Shangri-La
G# C#m B
How I often wonder where you are
A
You
F#m
have got that face that just says
C#m B A
"Baby, I was made to break your heart"
INTERLUDE
E A x4
e|-------|------------|---------|-----------|-------|-----------|
B|-5-----|------------|---------|-----------|-------|-----------|
G|-----4-|2---2-2-4-2-|2-1----1-|2--2-2-4-2-|1----1-|2--2-2-4-2-|
D|-------|------------|---------|-----------|-------|-----------|
A|-------|------------|---------|-----------|-------|-----------|
E|-------|------------|---------|-----------|-------|-----------|
e|--------|------------|----------|
B|--------|------------|----------|
G|-2------|------------|----------|
D|---6---6\4---4-4-6-4-|2---------|
A|--------|------------|----------|
E|--------|------------|----------|
CHORUS
E A
Suck it and see
E A
You never know
E A
Sit next to me
E A
Before I go
E A E A E A E A
go, go, go, go
E A E A
Jigsaw women with horror movie shoes
F#m A B E
Be cruel to me, coz I'm a fool for youThats Where You’re Wrong
INFO:
They repeat throughout the song, Alex usually mutes the first string (e) while playing,
but you can play it if you like. I added chords for the verses too, just in case you want
to play it acoustically (Alex doesn't play chords in the verses in the album version).
If you want to play it acoustically: for the verses you can either strum the chord just
once and let it ring OR you can strum very lightly (double time of 4/4) and in slower
tempo with your thumb and index, sounds better. And as for the chorus, the strumming is
double time of 4/4, just a little bit stronger, just feel the song you will figure the
rest out.
VERSE
E
Pussyfooting, setting sun
A
Make a wish that weighs a tonne
E
There are no handles for you to hold
A
And no understanding where it goes
E A
E
Jealousy in technicolour
A
Fear by name, love by numbers
E
Street lamp amber, wanderlust
A
Powder in a blunderbuss
CHORUS
E
She looks as if she's blowing a kiss at me
And suddenly the sky is a scissor
A
Sitting on the floor with a tambourine
Crushing up a bundle of love
E
Don't take it so personally
You're not the only one
A
That time has got it in for, honey
That's where you're wrong
E A
VERSE
E
All the old flames fastened on
A
Make a wish that weighs a tonne
E
There are no handles you can hold
A
And no understanding where it goes
SOLO
E A
CHORUS
E
She looks as if she's blowing a kiss at me
And suddenly the sky is a scissor
A
Sitting on the floor with a tambourine
Crushing up a bundle of love
E
Don't take it so personally
You're not the only one
A
That time has got it in for, honey
That's where you're wrong
E A
That's where you're wrong
E
That's where you're wrong
A E A E (Strum once to end)
OoohhFour Out Of Five
INTRO
Guitar 1 (Electric)
e|--------------------------------------------------------| x2
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------9-7---5-7-------------------5-3--------|
A|----------3---7-------------------------3---------------|
E|--5--3-5----5--------------------5-3-5----5-3-----------|
Guitar 2 (Acoustic)
e|-0-0-0------0--0-0----0-0-0------1--------------------------------------| x2
B|-1-1-1------1--1-1----1-1-1------1--------------------------------------|
G|-2-0-2----0-2--0-2----2-0-2----0-2--------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2---2--2--2-2----2-2-2---2--3--------------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0--0---0--0-0----0-0-0--0---3--------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------1--------------------------------------|
Bass
G|-------------4-2-----------------------------------------| x2
D|-----------2-------5-7~----------------5-3------3-3------|
A|-------2-3---------------------------3------5-3----------|
E|-5--3-5-------------------5-3-5--5-3---------------------|
Am Am7 Am Am Am7 Am F
Am Am7 Am Am Am7 Am F
VERSE 1
Am
Advertise in imaginative ways
Am
Start your free trial today
F Am
Come on in the waters, lovely
Am
Look you could meet someone you like during the meteor strike
F
It is that easy
PRE CHORUS
Am
Lunar surface on a saturday day night
Am
Dressed up in silver and white with
F
Coloured old grey whistle test lights
CHORUS
Em Am
Take it easy for a little while
F
Come and stay with us
G
It's such an easy flight
Em Am
Cute new places keep on popping up
F G
Since the exodus it's all getting gentrified
Em Am Fmaj7
I put a taqueria on the roof it was well reviewed
G Em F Am Am7 Am Am7 Am F
Four stars out of fiveee and thats unheard of
VERSE 2
Am
Bridge and tunnel on the starlight express
Am F
The hero of special effects in my mind's eye
Am
Hokey cokey with the opposite sex
Am
The things you try to forget
F
Doesn't time fly
Am Am
I'm in no position to give advice, I don't want to be nice
F
And you know that,
CHORUS 2
Em Am
Take it easy for a little while
F
Come and stay with us
G
It's such an easy flight
Em Am
Cute new places keep on popping up
F G
Around Clavius it's all getting gentrified
Em Am F
The information action ratio is the place to go
G Em Am F G
And you will not recognise the old headquarters
BRIDGE
Cm Cdim7
All the nights that never happened and the days that don't exist
G Ddim7 Cm Adim
At the information action ratio
C#m C#dim7
The only time that we stop laughing is to breathe or steal a kiss
B Cdim7 C#m A#dim
I can get you on the list for all the clubs
B Cdim7 C#m A#dim G/D
I can lift you up another semitone
CHORUS
C F C
Dm
Take it easy for a little while
C
Come and stay with us
F C Dm
It's such an easy flight
Dm C
Cute new places keep on popping up (Cute new places keep on popping up)
C F C Dm
Since the exodus it's all getting gentrified
Dm C
The information action ratio is the place to go
F C Dm
Four stars out of five
Dm C
Take it easy for a little while (Take it easy for a little while)
C
Come and stay with us
F C Dm
Now, it’s such an easy flight
Dm C
Cute new places keep on popping up (Cute new places keep on popping up)
C F C Dm
Around Clavius, it’s all getting gentrified
Dm C
I put a taqueria on the moon (The information action ratio)
C
It got rave reviews
F C Dm
Four stars out of five
OUTRO
Dm C
Take it easy for a little while (Take it easy for a little while)
C Cmaj7
Come and stay with us
F C Dm
Four stars out of five
Dm C
Take it easy for a little while (Take it easy for a little while)
C Cmaj7
Come and stay with us
F C Dm
Four stars out of five
Dm C
Take it easy for a little while (Take it easy for a little while)
C Cmaj7
Come and stay with us
F C Dm
Four stars out of five
Dm C
F
Four stars out of five
Am (Riff)Pretty Visitors
INTRO
This is a tab of the riff in the beginning;
(you can also use this for the chorus)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------| x2
A|-----------------------------4--5------5-------5---------------|
E|2-------2-------2-------2--5-------------------------3b(4)-----|
Or you could just play F#m Bm G#m* x2
F#m D F#m
Trudging through the morning, the tramp with the trampoline
F#m D F#m
under his arm, shifts past your whiskers so
Bm F#m Bm F#m
stark is the charm but the barking alarm waits
F#m D F#m
coiled till the corner is turned
F#m D F#m
And the bicycle wheels all struggle to move round
F#m D F#m
in your muddy mind blatantly caked and
Bm F#m Bm F#m
unwilling to wind uncooperative time so he
F#m D F#m
sits on the springs till the muck goes dry
BREAK
F#m A F#m Bm x2
F#m Bm G#m*
All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms and
F#m Bm G#m* x2
cast the shadow of a snake pit on the wall
F#m D F#m
What came first the chicken or the dickhead?
F#m D F#m
Split sleep reaps rewards from ill fitting
Bm F#m Bm F#m
thoughts and twilight forced you to go on a walk,
F#m D F#m
your legs start running and your leg gets caught
F#m D F#m
Canopy 19 is perfectly placed for the
F#m D F#m
reasonably frightening fall from the aftertaste
Bm F#m Bm F#m
You'll have to slip away, I'm unhappy to say,
F#m N.C.
behold as the crook in the hammock plays
F#m Bm G#m*
All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms and
F#m Bm G#m* x2
cast the shadow of a snake pit on the wall
BREAK
F#m F#m F#m F#m
F#m Bm F#m D x7
F#m Bm F#m D F#m
Behold as a crook in the hammock plays cruelly with the base of the scales
Bm
And fiddles with the feet on a balancing act
F#m
Gagged, bound and crafting a tale
Bm N.C.
Trailing wrapped in a gasp
F#m
Cruelly with the base and the scales
Bm
And fucking fiddles with the feet on a balancing act
F#m
She was gagged, bound and crafting a tale
F#m D F#m G#m*
Trailing wrapped in a gasp
F#m Bm G#m*
All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms and
F#m Bm G#m*
cast the shadow of a snake pit on the wall
F#m Bm G#m*
All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms and
F#m Bm F#m
cast the shadow of a snake pit on the wallOnly Ones Who Know
INTRO
F A7 Dm F Bb Gm
F A7 Dm F Bb Gm F
VERSE 1
F A7 Dm
In a foreign place, the saving grace was the feeling
Cm Bb
And that it was a heart that he was stealing
Gm F
Oh, he was ready to impress and the fierce excitement
A7 Dm
The eyes are bright he couldn't wait to get away
Cm Bb
I bet the Juliet was just the icing on the cake
Am Gm
Make no mistake, no
CHORUS
Bb Bbm Am
And even if somehow we could have shown you the place you wanted
D7 Gm Bbm
Well, I'm sure you could have made it that bit better on your own
VERSE 2
F A7 Dm
And I bet she told a million people that she'd stay in touch
Cm Bb
Well, all the little promises they don't mean much
Gm
When there's memories to be made
F A7 Dm
And I hope you're holding hands by New Year's Eve
Cm Bb
They made it far too easy to believe
Am Gm
That true romance can't be achieved these days
CHORUS
Bb Bbm Am
And even if somehow we could have shown you the place you wanted
D7 Gm
Well, I'm sure you could have made it that bit better on your own
Bbm
You are the only ones who know
OUTRO
F A7 Dm Cm Bb Am
Gm Gm Gm FBigger Boys And Stolen Sweethearts
INTRO
A F#m F A F#m F
A F#m F A F#m F N.C.
VERSE 1
A F#m F
There's always somebody taller with more of a wit
A F#m F A
And he's equipped to enthral her and her friends think he's fit
F#m F A
And you just can't measure up no, you don't have a prayer
F#m F
Wishing that you'd made the most of her when she was there
PRE CHORUS
E F#
They've got engaged, there's no intention of a wedding
D F
He's pinched your bird and he'd probably kick your head in
CHORUS
A D
Bigger boys and stolen sweethearts
A D
Oh, you're better off without her anyway
A D
You said you wasn't sad to see her go
A D
Yeah, but I know you were, though
VERSE 2
A F#m F
Now you don't know what she's up to you can only assume
A F#m F
If she's not in the front of the shops then they've gone to his room
A F#m F
Bet she's gone 'round in her school stuff, bet that's what he likes
A F#m F
I know you thought she were different and you thought she were nice
PRE CHORUS
E F#
But she's not nice, she's pretty fucking far from nice
D F
She's looking at you funny, rarely looking at you twice
CHORUS
A D
Bigger boys and stolen sweethearts
A D
Oh, you're better off without her anyway
A D
You said you wasn't sad to see her go
A D
Yeah, but it's so clear you were, though
INTERLUDE
A F#m F A F#m N.C.
A F#m F A F#m F
A F#m F A F#m F
VERSE 3
A F#m F A
Have you heard what she's been doing? Never did it for me
F#m F
He picks her up at the school gate at twenty past three
A F#m F A
She's been with all of the boys but never went very far
F#m F
And she wagged English and Science just to go in his car
PRE CHORUS
E F#
They've got engaged, there's no intention of a wedding
D F
He's pinched me bird and he'd probably kick my head in, oh
E F#
Oh, now the girls have grown
D Dm/F
Yeah, but I'm sure that they still carry on in similar ways
CHORUS
A D
Bigger boys and stolen sweethearts
A D
Oh, I'm better off without her anyway
A D
I said I wasn't sad to see her go
A D A
Yeah, but I'm only pretending, you know
D A
Yeah, I'm only pretending, you know
D A
I was only pretending, you know
D A D A
I was only pretending, you knowStar Treatment
INTRO
Gm Gb Eb
Bbmaj7 Bb7
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7
(Oooh) (Yeah)
Cm7 F7 Bbmaj7 Bb7
(Oooh) (Oooh)
VERSE 1
Cm7 F7
I just wanted to be one of The Strokes
Cm7
Now look at the mess you made me make
F7 Cm7
Hitchhiking with a monogrammed suitcase
F7 Bbmaj7 Bb7
Miles away from any half-useful imaginary highway
Cm7 F7
I'm a big name in deep space, ask your mates
Cm7 F7
But golden boy's in bad shape
Cm7
I found out the hard way that
F7 Bbmaj7
Here ain't no place for dolls like you and me
Bb7
Everybody's on a barge
Cm7 F7
Floating down the endless stream of great TV
Cm7 F7
1984, 2019
PRE CHORUS 1
Cm7 F7
Maybe I was a little too wild in the '70s
Cm7 F7
Rocket-ship grease down the cracks of my knuckles
Cm7 F7
Karate bandana, warp speed chic
Cm7 F7
Hair down to there, impressive moustache
Cm7 F7
Love came in a bottle with a twist-off cap
Bbmaj7 Bb7
Let's all have a swig and do a hot lap
CHORUS
Gm F7
So who you gonna call?
Gm Bbmaj7 Bb7 Eb Gb Eb
The martini police?
Bbmaj7 Bb7 Cm7 F7
Baby, that isn't how they look tonight, oh no
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7 Bbmaj7 Bb7
It took the light forever to get to your eyes
VERSE 2
Cm7 F7
I just wanted to be one of those ghosts
Cm7 F7
You thought that you could forget
Cm7 F7
And then I haunt you via the rear view mirror
Bbmaj7 B7
On a long drive from the back seat
Cm7 F7
But it's alright, 'cause you love me
Cm7 F7
And you recognise that it's ain't how it should be
Cm7 F7
Your eyes are heavy and the weather's getting ugly
Bbmaj7 Bb7
So pull over, I know the place
Cm7 F7
Don't you know an apparition is a cheap date?
Cm7 F7
What exactly is it you've been drinking these days?
Cm7 F7
Jukebox in the corner, long, hot summer
Cm7 F7
They've got a film up on the wall and it's dark enough to dance
Cm7
What do you mean you've never seen Blade Runner?
Cm7 F7
PRE CHORUS 2
Cm7 F7
Oh, maybe I was a little too wild in the '70s
Bbmaj7 Bb7
Back down to earth with a lounge singer shimmer
Cm7 F7 Cm7
Elevator down to my make believe residency
F7
From the honeymoon suite
Cm7 F7
Two shows a day, four nights a week
Bbmaj7 Bb7
Easy money
CHORUS
Gm F7
So who you gonna call?
Gm Bbmaj7 Bb7 Eb Gb Eb
The martini police?
Bbmaj7 B7
Ooooh
Gm F7
So who you gonna call?
Gm Bbmaj7 Bb7 Eb Gb Eb
The martini police?
Bbmaj7 Bb7 Cm7 F7
Oh, baby, that isn't how they look tonight
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7
It took the light absolutely forever to get to your eyes
OUTRO
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7
And as we gaze skyward, ain't it dark early?
Cm7 F7 Bbmaj7 B7
It's the star treatment, yeah
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7
And as we gaze skyward, ain't it dark early?
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7
It's the star treatment
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7
It's the star treatment
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7
The star treatment
OUTRO
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7
Cm7 F7Evil Twin
intro
F# A E
F# A E
You've never met before
But still she greets you like a long lost rock and roll
She's definitely one of those
But you'll go wherever she goes
F# A E
Oh when my body and my mind
Both start talking at the exact same time
Try'na think of ways to make her mine
But they're difficult to find
D A B
It's not what I need
No, your love's not what I need
So don't give it to me
D A B
And she said: "Oh, well I know this will sound cold
But I really have to go
Oh it's not that I'm not free
There's nowhere I need to be
It's just your love's not what I need
So don't give it to me"
F# A E
D A B
It's not what I need
No, your love's not what I need
So don't give it to me
C#m B
She said: Baby, how can I believe you?
C#m B
How can I believe you when you can't believe your luck?
C#m A B
No point sticking to the plan when it's going slow
F# A E
It's more a hunger than a thirst
She'll break your heart the second time
Before you know about the first
Looks well-equipped to leave you in the lurch
But you'll let her do your worst
And it's not hard to tell
It's obvious the other angels faces fell
When she told them that she had to go
Swap her wings and overcoat for something colorful
D A B
It's not what I need
No, your love's not what I need
So don't give it to me
same chords goes on!
(No, your love's not what I need)
So don't give it to me
(No, your love's not what I need)
So don't give it to me
(No, your love's not what I need)
So don't give it to me
Your love's not what I needDance Little Liar
VERSE 1
C#m F#m
I heard the truth was built to bend
C#m F#m C#m
A mechanism to suspend the guilt
F#m C#m
Is what you are requiring still
F#m
You've got, to dance little liar
C#m F#m
Just like those fibbs to pop and fizz
C#m F#m
And you'll be forced to take that awful quiz
C#m
And you're bound to trip
F#m C#m
And she'll detect the fiction on
F#m
Your lips and dig a contradicion up
CHORUS
A F#m C#m
And the clean coming will hurt
E F#m
And you can never get it spotless
E G#
When theres dirt beneath the dirt
C#m
The liar takes alot less time
VERSE 2
C#m F#m
Im sure its clear and plain to me
C#m F#m C#m
Its not an alibi you need just yet#
F#m C#m
Oh no its something for those beads of sweat
F#m
Yes that will get you back to normal
C#m F#m C#m
And after you have dabbed the patch you’ll grieve
F#m C#m
And then proceed to scratch the varnish off
F#m
That newly added calmness
C#m F#m
So as not to raise any alarms too soon
CHORUS
A F#m C#m
And the clean coming will hurt
E F#m
And you can never get it spotless
E G#
When theres dirt beneath the dirt
C#m
The liar takes alot less time
BRIDGE
(faster strumming here)
F#m C#m
Time to decide on his saunter
F#m
Have you got itchy bones?
C#m
And in all your time alone
F#m C#m ( or C# )
Can you hack your mind being riddled
E G#
with the wrong memories?
INSTRUMENTAL
C#m|C#m|C#m|C#m|F#m|F#m|F#m|F#m|E|E|E|E|G# (G# Played faster and 5 times)
CHORUS
A F#m C#m
And the clean coming will hurt
E F#m
And you can never get it spotless
E G#
When theres dirt beneath the dirtOne For The Road
INTRO
Em C Am x2
VERSE 1
Em C Am Em C Am
From the bottom of your heart, the relegation zone
Em C Am
I saw this coming from the start
Em C Am
The shake rattle and roll
Em C Am Em
The cracks in blackout blinds cast patterns on the ceiling
C Am
But you're feeling fine
Em C Am
I thought it was dark outside
Em C Am
I thought it was dark outside
CHORUS
(One for the road)
Em C Am
So we all get back to yours and you sit and talk to me on the floor
Em
There's no need to show me round baby
C Am
I feel like I've been here before
Em C Am
I've been wondering whether later when you tell everybody to go
Em C Am
Will you pour me one for the road?
VERSE 2
Em C Am
I knew this would be on the cards
Em C Am
I knew you wouldn't fold
Em C Am
I saw this comin' from the start
Em C Am
The shake rattle and roll
CHORUS
(One for the road)
Em C Am
So we all get back to yours and you sit and talk to me on the floor
Em
There's no need to show me round baby
C Am
I feel like I've been here before
Em C Am
I've been wondering whether later when you tell everybody to go
Em C Am
Will you pour me one for the road?
BRIDGE
C Em
The mixture hits you hard
C
Don't get that sinking feeling
Em
Don't fall apart
C Em
Some out of tune guitar
C B7
Soundtrack to disaster
BREAKDOWN
Em C Am x4
SOLO
C Em x4
CHORUS
(One for the road)
C Em
So we all get back to yours and you sit and talk to me on the floor
C
There's no need to show me round baby
Em
I feel like I've been here before
C Em
I've been wondering whether later when you tell everybody to go
C B7
Will you pour me one for the road?Fluorescent Adolescent
[Riff]
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| x2
A|---------------2-|-4-------4---2---|---------------4-|-2-------2-2-----|
E|-0-------0-2-4---|-----------------|-2-------2---2---|-------------4-2-|
INTRO
E C#m F#m B
VERSE
E
You used to get it in your fishnets
C#m
Now you only get it in your night dress
F#m
Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness
B
Landed in a very common crisis
E
Everything's in order in a black hole
C#m
Nothing seems as pretty as the past though
F#m
The Bloody Mary's lacking her Tabasco
B
Remember when you used to be a rascal?
CHORUS
F#m
Oh the boy's a slag
B
The best you ever had
F#m
The best you ever had
B F#m
Is just a memory and those dreams
B
But as daft as they seem
F#m
As daft as they seem
A
My love when you dream them up...
VERSE
E
Flicking through a little book of sex tips
C#m
Remember when the boys were all electric?
F#m
Now when she's told she's gonna get it
B
I'm guessing that she'd rather just forget it
E
Clinging to not getting sentimental
C#m
Said she wasn't going but she went still
F#m
Likes her gentlemen not to be gentle
B
Was it a Mecca dauber or a betting pencil?
CHORUS
F#m
Oh the boy's a slag
B
The best you ever had
F#m
The best you ever had
B F#m
Is just a memory and those dreams
B
But as daft as they seem
F#m
As daft as they seem
B
My love when you dream them up
G#m C#m
Oh Flo, where did you go?
F#m
Where did you go?
G#m F#m
Where did you go? Woah.
INSTRUMENTAL
E C#m F#m B
CHORUS
E C#m
Falling about
F#m B
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
E C#m
You were just sounding it out
F#m B
You're not coming back again.
E C#m
Falling about
F#m B
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
E C#m
You were just sounding it out
F#m B
You're not coming back again.
OUTRO
E
You used to get it in your fishnets
C#m
Now you only get it in your night dress
F#m
Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness
B
Landed in a very common crisis
E
Everything's in order in a black hole
C#m
Nothing seems as pretty as the past though
F#m
That Bloody Mary's lacking in Tabasco
B C#m
Remember when he used to be a rascal?Mardy Bum
INTRO
e|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
B|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
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D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| D | F# | G F#m | Em A | x2
VERSE
D F#
Well, now then Mardy Bum
G
I've seen your frown and it's like
F#m Em
looking down the barrel of a gun
A D
And it goes off
F#
And out come all these words
G F#m
Oh, there's a very pleasant side to you
Em A
A side I much prefer, it's one that
CHORUS
G* A
Laughs and jokes around
D A
Remember cuddles in the kitchen, yeah
Bm G*
To get things off the ground and it was
A
up, up and away
D A
Oh, but it's right hard to remember that
Bm
on a day like today when you're
G* A (D)
all argumentative and you've got the face on
| D | F# | G F#m | Em A |
VERSE 2
D F#
Well, now then Mardy Bum
G F#m
Oh, I'm in trouble again
Em A D
aren't I? I thought as much.
F#
Coz you've turned over there
G F#m
Pulling that silent disappointment face
Em A
The one that I can't bear. Well, can't we
CHORUS 2
G* A
Just laugh and joke around?
D A
Remember cuddles in the kitchen, yeah
Bm G*
To get things off the ground and it was
A
up, up and away
D A
Oh, but it's right hard to remember that
Bm
on a day like today when you're
G* A (F#5)
all argumentative and you've got the face on.
BRIDGE
F#5 G5
And yeah, I'm sorry I was late
F#5 G5
But I missed the train and then the traffic was a state
F#5 G5
And I can't be arsed to carry on in this debate that reoccurs
F#5 G5
Oh, when you say I don't care, but of course I do
A5
Yeah, I clearly do.
SOLO
| D | F# | G F#m | Em A | x2
CHORUS 3
G* A
So laugh and joke around
D A
Remember cuddles in the kitchen, yeah
Bm G*
To get things off the ground and it was
A
up, up and away
D A
Oh, but it's right hard to remember that
Bm
on a day like today when you're all (Break - wait a bar)
G* A D
argumentative and you've got the face on.Snap Out Of It
Capo:1st fret
VERSE 1
Em
What's been happening in your world? (oh)
What have you been up to?
Am
I heard that you fell in love
or near enough
B
I gotta tell you the truth yeah
CHORUS
C
I wanna grab both your shoulders and shake baby
Em G
Snap out of it (Snap out of it)
C
I get the feeling I left it too late, but baby
Em G
Snap out of it (Snap out of it)
C
If that watch don't continue to swing or the
Em G C
fat lady fancies having a sing, I'll be here
waiting ever so patiently for you to
B Am G F#m Em
Snap out of it
VERSE 2
Em
Forever isn’t for everyone
Is forever for you?
Am
It sounds like settling down
Or giving up
B
But it don’t sound much like you girl
CHORUS
C
I wanna grab both your shoulders and shake baby
Em G
Snap out of it (Snap out of it)
C
I get the feeling I left it too late, but baby
Em G
Snap out of it (Snap out of it)
C
If that watch don't continue to swing or the
Em G C
fat lady fancies having a sing, I'll be here
C
waiting ever so patiently for you to
B Am G F#m Em
Snap out of it
BRIDGE
Em
Under a spell you‘re hypnotized (oh)
Em
Darling how could you be so blind? (snap out of it)
Em
Under a spell you ‘re hypnotized (oh)
Em B
Darling how could you be so blind (snap out of it)
CHORUS
C
I wanna grab both your shoulders and shake baby
Em G
Snap out of it (Snap out of it)
C
I get the feeling I left it too late, but baby
Em G
Snap out of it (Snap out of it)
C
If that watch don't continue to swing or the
Em G C
fat lady fancies having a sing, I'll be here
waiting ever so patiently for you to
B Am G F#m Em
Snap out of itRiot Van
Dmaj7 C#m7
Up rolled the riot van
Bm7 Dmaj7 C#m7
And sparked excitement in the boys
Bm7 Dmaj7 C#m7
But the policemen look annoyed
Bm7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
Perhaps these are ones they should avoid
A C#m7 Bm7 E E6 E
They got a chase last night from men with truncheons dressed in hats
A C#m7 Bm7
They didn't do that much wrong, still ran away though for the laugh
E E6 E
just for the laugh
Dmaj7 C#m7
Please just stop talking
Bm7 Dmaj7 C#m7
Because they won't find us if you do
Bm7 Dmaj7 C#m7
Oh, those silly boys in blue
Bm7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
Well, they won't catch me and you
A C#m7 Bm7 E E6 E
Have you been drinking son, you don’t look old enough to me
A C#m7 Bm7
I’m sorry officer, is there a certain age you’re supposed to be?
E E6 E
nobody told me
Dmaj7 C#m7
Up rolled the riot van
Bm7 Dmaj7 C#m7
And these lads just wind the coppers up
Bm7 Dmaj7 C#m7
Ask why they don't catch proper crooks
Bm7 Dmaj7 C#m7
Get their address and their names took
Dmaj7
But they couldn't care less
SOLO
e|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------4/9--\---|
D|-----------------9\4-----4\2-----|-----------------4/11--------------|
A|----0-----9\4--------------------|----0-----9\4----------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Dmaj7 C#m7
Thrown in the riot van
Bm7 Dmaj7 C#m7
And all the coppers kicked him in
Bm7 Dmaj7 C#m7
And there was no way he could win
Bm7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
Just had to take it on the chinDo I Wanna Know
Capo:3rd fret
INTRO
(bass line)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------1/3--1---------------0---------------------|
A|------1-----------1---------3/5-3---1-3---3----1-3-3h5-3h5----|
E|---1-3--3------1-3------------------------------------------3-|
VERSE
Em C Am
Have you got color in your cheeks?
Am Em
Do you ever get that fear that you can't shift
The type that sticks around like something in your teeth?
C Am
Are there some aces up your sleeve?
Em
Have you no idea that you're in deep?
I dreamt about you nearly every night this week
C Am
How many secrets can you keep?
Em
'Cause there's this tune I found that makes me think of you somehow and I play it on repeat
C Am
Until I fall asleep
B
Spilling drinks on my settee
BRIDGE
C
(Do I wanna know)
Am
If this feeling flows both ways?
Em
(Sad to see you go)
Was sort of hoping that you'd stay
C
(Baby we both know)
Am Em
That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day
CHORUS
Em
Crawling back to you
C Am
Ever thought of calling when you've had a few?
Em
'Cause I always do
C Am
Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new
Em
Now I've thought it through
Em
Crawling back to you
VERSE
C Am
So have you got the guts?
Em
Been wondering if your heart's still open and if so I wanna know what time it shuts
C Am
Simmer down and pucker up
Em C Am
I'm sorry to interrupt. It's just I'm constantly on the cusp of trying to kiss you
Em
I don't know if you feel the same as I do
C Am B
But we could be together if you wanted to
BRIDGE
C
(Do I wanna know)
Am
If this feeling flows both ways?
Em
(Sad to see you go)
Was sort of hoping that you'd stay
C
(Baby we both know)
Am Em
That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day
CHORUS
Em
Crawling back to you
C Am
Ever thought of calling when you've had a few?
Em
'Cause I always do
C Am
Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new
Em
Now I've thought it through
C
Crawling back to you
(Do I wanna know?)
Am
If this feeling flows both ways?
Em
(Sad to see you go)
Was sort of hoping that you'd stay
C
(Baby we both know)
Am Em
That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day
OUTRO
C
(Do I wanna know?)
Am
Too busy being yours to fall
Em
(Sad to see you go)
C Am
Ever thought of calling darling?
Em
(Do I wanna know?)
C Am Em
Do you want me crawling back to you?505
INTRO
Dm Em Dm Em
CHORUS
Dm Em
I'm going back to 505 If it's a 7 hour flight
Dm
Or a forty-five minute drive
Em Dm
In my imagination you're waiting lying on your side
Em Dm Em
With your hands between your thighs
VERSE 1
Dm Em
Stop and wait a sec when you look at me like that
Dm Em
My darling what did you expect? I probably still adore you
Dm Em
With your hands around my neck or I did last time I checked
INSTRUMENTAL
Dm Em
VERSE 2
Dm
I'm not shy of a spark
Em Dm
The knife twists at the thought that I should fall short of the mark
Em Dm
Frightened by the bite no it's no harsher than the bark
Em Dm Em
A middle of adventure, such a perfect place to start
CHORUS
Dm Em
I'm going back to 505 If it's a 7 hour flight
Dm
Or a forty-five minute drive
Em Dm
In my imagination you're waiting lying on your side
Em Dm Em
With your hands between your thighs
INTERLUDE
Dm Em Dm Em x2
VERSE 3 (Faster strumming)
Dm*
But I crumble completely when you cry
Em* Dm*
It seems like once again you've had to greet me with goodbye
Em* Dm*
I'm always just about to go and spoil the surprise
Em* Dm* Em*
Take my hands off of your eyes too soon
CHORUS
Dm* Em*
I'm going back to 505 If it's a 7 hour flight
Dm* Em* Dm*
Or a 45 minute drive In my imagination you're waiting lying on your side
Em* Dm* Em*
With your hands between your thighs and a smile
SOLO
Dm* Em* Dm* Em* x2
OUTRO
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