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Chords3
Chords in this song12
Song
D5* xxx23x
D5 xx023x
D5/A x0023x
Dsus2 xx423x
Dsus2/A x0423x
A5 x022xx
A5/G 3022xx
G5 3x0xxx
D5/F# 2x023x (always strum once)
G 3x0003
Intro
D5* D5 Dsus2 Dsus2/A
Verse 1
Emma tried to run away
I followed her across the city
She went out to the Easter House
Because she liked the sound of it
Verse 2
She didn't have a single pen - ny
She stuck her finger in the air
She tried to flag down an aeroplane
I suppose she needs a holi - day
Verse 3
I put my arm around her waist
She put me on the ground with Judo
She didn't recognize my face
She wasn't even looking
Verse 4
Laura's feeling just i - deal
Her horoscope was nearly perfect
She's thinking of something to do
Because she is the Birth-day Girl
Verse 5
She walked out to the edge of town
She saw me lying in the park
She took Emma by the hand
They've got a lot in common
Verse 6
I'll leave them to do what they want
I'll leave them to do what they need to
I'll go and play with words and pictures
I'll admit I'm feeling strange
Instrumental
Verse 7
I'm not as sad as Dostoevsky
I'm not as clever as Mark Twain
I'll only buy a book for the way it looks
And then I stick it on the shelf again
Verse 8
Now, I could tell you what I'm thinking
But it never seems to do you good
It's beyond me what a girl can see
I'm only lucid when I'm writing songs
Verse 9
This is just a modern rock song
This is just a sorry lament
We're four boys in our corduroys
We're not terrific but we're competent
Verse 10
Stevie's full of good intentions
Richard's into rock 'n' roll
Stuart's staying in, and he thinks it's a sin
That he has to leave the house at all
Instrumental
Outro
This is just a modern rock song
This is just a tender affair
G N.C.
I count "three, four", and then we start to slow
D N.C.
Because a song has got to stop somewhere
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