G
She clutches the tray
                            D
And then we talk just like a kitchen sink play
        Bb                 F
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
G
Living so close to danger
D
Even your friends are strangers
Bb                           F
Don't count upon their company

[Verse 2]
N.C.
This is for the fingers
                    
This is for the nails
                   
Hidden in the kitchen

Right behind the scales
G
What do I care
                           D
I'm wasting fingers like I had them to spare
         Bb                  F
Plugging holes in the Zuiderzee
G
Punishing Paul for Peter
D
Don't ever trust those meters
Bb                            F
What you believe is what you see

[Link]
G   D   C (x4)

[Bridge]
      G                D                C
In my town, there is a raincoat under a tree
       G               D                    C
In the sky, there is a cloud containing the sea
       G               D                 C
In the sea, there is a whale without any eyes
       G                 D                   C
In the whale, there is a man without his raincoat

[Bridge 2]
N.C.                   
In another country
      
With another name
                      
Maybe things are different
   
Maybe they're the same

[Instrumental]
G D Bb  F  G  D  Bb  F

[Verse 3]
G
Back on the trail
                            D
The seven soldiers read the papers and mail
        Bb                F
But the news, it doesn't change
G
Swinging about through creepers
D
Parachutes caught on steeples
Bb                           F
Heroes are born, but heroes die
G
Just a few days
                           D
little practice and some holiday pay
          Bb                    F
We're all sure you'll make the grade
G
Mother of God, if you care
D
We're on a train to nowhere
Bb                           F
Please put a cross upon our eyes

[Outro]
G
Take me
                          D
I'm nearly ready, you can take me
       Bb               F
To the raincoat in the sky
G
Take me
                        D
My little pastry mother take me
          Bb               F
There's a pie shop in the sky
G  D  Bb  F