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