Tonart: D minor
Verse 1
Bm
Like the contents of your handbag
G
Em
You don't know why it's there
F#
People ask you where you're
heading
Bm
You just answer "anywhere"
Verse 2
Bm
don't mean to be this vague
G
Em
It just happens that we are
F#
No- one asked us to elaborate
Bm
F#
We just shrug our shoulders and be
Bm
Verse 3
G
And like the stories that just
G
F#
No- one thought of, no- one planned
F#
we could have conquered
G
F#
Then we could have been a man
Verse 4
G
F#
We could be ex- husband
F#
G
But no- one looks at the menu
F#
G
F#
in a greasy spoon life
Verse 5
Bm
G
Em
Alone, alone
F#
Half an hour is seven hours
Bm
F#
One day is several months
Bm
G
Alone, alone
F#
A month is a calendar
Bm
F#
A year can be a decade spent
Alone
Bm
Verse 6
He knows "hello" in eighteen languages
G
Em
"I love you" in only one
F#
By the time he's got
his phrase- book
Bm
F#
The chance is usually gone
Verse 7
Bm
And we feel ourselves quite prepared
G
Em
But quite prepared for what
G
F#
We always took the lead
Bm
F#
Before we actually knew the plot
Bm
Verse 8
we've been shopping
F#
G
F#
By the bags beneath our eyes
G
F#
Make- up shoulders burden
G
F#
But the smile never lies
Verse 9
G
F#
We could be ex- husband
G
F#
We could be ex- wife
G
But no- one looks at the menu
F#
G
F#
in a greasy spoon life
Verse 10
Bm
G
Em
Alone, alone
F#
Half an hour is seven hours
Bm
F#
One day is several months
Bm
G
Em
Alone, alone
F#
A month is a calendar
Bm
F#
A year can be a decade spent
Alone
Bm
Verse 11
So empty at the airport
G
Em
You don't set off the doors
F#
We used to feel like chorus girls
Bm
F#
And now we feel like whores
Verse 12
Bm
Hearts built like reservoirs
G
Em
Words built like dams
G
F#
Thoughts built like juggernauts
Bm
F#
Our actions built like prams
Bm
Verse 13
G
F#
And when the wind blows into our face
G
F#
We should be warmer and not colder
G
Well, what price the charges
F#
G
F#
On this cargo that we shoulder
Verse 14
G
F#
We could be ex- husband
F#
G
But no- one looks at the menu
F#
G
F#
in a greasy spoon life
Verse 15
Bm
G
Em
Alone, alone
F#
Half an hour is seven hours
Bm
F#
One day is several months
Bm
G
Em
Alone, alone
F#
A month is a calendar
Bm
F#
A year can be a decade spent
Alone
Bm
Verse 16
And we only smoke when bored
G
So we do two packs a day
F#
And we've lost the difference
Bm
F#
Bm
Between bored and lonely anyway
Outro 1
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