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22nd February 2001, 9.12pm
heliocentric@breathe.com presents
THE STORY OF SOMEONE'S SHOE by THE STYLE COUNCIL
Words and Music by Paul Weller
From the LP 'Confessions Of A Pop Group' (Polydor, 1988)
Chords used:
(Capo on first fret)
Dsus2: xx0230 F#/A#: x1432x Em9: 022002 Em7: 022030 Gm6: 353353
Bm9: x20222 Gmaj7: 3x0002 D6: xx0202 G/B: x20033 D: xx0232
Gmaj7: 3x0002 Dmaj7: xx0222 Bm: x24432 F#m/A: x04222
G/A: 5x5433 F#m7dim5: 2x221x Bm/A: x04432 A#aug: xx4332
A: x02220 F#m7: 2x2222 A6: x02222 F#7/A#: x1232x
It's either something in their eyes,
Or something in the drink
But whatever it is they both stop and think
There's no going back and nothing above
Gmaj7 A F#/A#
It's lust and loneliness but never love.
She takes a breath as he takes his keys
F#m7dim5 Gmaj7 F#m7
First name terms is the extent of it
There's no getting out as they're going in
Gmaj7 A F#/A#
But by tomorrow they both will begin
To regret and renege on a bond they have struck
Gmaj7 A F#/A#
A small price to pay and casual luck
Some lose nothing, some lose a lot
But whatever we have is all we have got.
He takes her hand and leads to the room
In half light and silence for their clothes to remove
There's doubt in her mind but hope in her heart
Gmaj7 A F#/A#
That this last one of many may be the start.
So they wriggle and writhe for an hour or two
F#m7dim5 Gmaj7 F#m7
But time has no place when two are consumed.
They moan and they gasp but they don't really speak
Gmaj7 A F#/A#
As no conversation could fit this scene.
Gmaj7 Dmaj7 F#m7dim5 Gmaj7 F#m7 Em7
(vocal scat)
Dmaj7 Em7 G/B F#m/A A#aug G/A
And tomorrow as always, always comes
As she slips away, He still dumb
He felt the urge just as she felt the need
Gmaj7 A F#/A#
Now the need to get out, still carrying his seed,
Which trickles down her leg and onto her shoe
F#m7dim5 Gmaj7 F#m7
Onto the pavement and then out of view
Into the gutter and down into a drain
Gmaj7 A6 F#7/A#
Joining a river and there to remain
There's no going back and there's nothing above
Gmaj7 A6 F#7/A#
It's lust or loneliness that drives us alone
Bm Bm/A Gmaj7 A F#/A#
It's lust and loneliness, but it's seldom love.
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