Postcards From Catalonia
David Keenan
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Gmaj7 3-x-0-0-3-2G6 3-x-2-0-3-3 [Intro]D G Gmaj7 [Verse 1]D I've been told to be a seer oneG G6 must be ruthlessD So I've eaten the yellowed text ofG G6 Paul and Brutus.D The soothsayers came and went now IG G6 believeD to be reborn we first mustG G6 cultivate a seedD Spit it out release that preciousG piece of pebbled ash from yourG6 mouth,D Dmaj9 That's a working class jewel spinning round your hopeless head.G G6D It ain't for chewing on it's forG G6 looking through instead.D You prefer the common stone to theDmaj9 pearls,G Under the plexiglass with theG6 factory girlD who told her sister all aboutDmaj9 you, hanging bed sheets onG G6 A clothesline in the sun.Continues after the adD Dmaj9 She keep you warm she keep you fedG G6 now you've gone and lost your bedD Dmaj9 On the doorstep of the sick andG G6 indignant societyEm Em9 A And as Christmas comes send word to all the onesD G who watch night disown day.Gmaj7 D G Gmaj7 [Verse 2]D Thirty five days after defectionG now I am sat in the cheapest ofG6 rooms.D There's an oil lamp defiantlyDmaj9 G snapping at the shadows.G6D Dmaj9 I've had notions to start playing chess,G but the mice they have stolen theG6 piecesD Dmaj9 I have told them to start payingG G6 rent or they must leave.D Dmaj9 I am writing my letters, I amG G6 anchored in an armchair.D Dmaj9 I intend on shooting the postmanG G6 when he passes at Dawn.D Dmaj9 I haven't eaten for thirteen days.G I've taken the form of a BosnianG6 beggar.D I'm the reason the preachers areDmaj9 screaming and shouting.G Tell the mother I'm home, tell the mother I'm home.Em A And as Christmas comes send word to all the onesEm Em9 Who would love to be rememberedA by the ghosts of november on St.D G Stephens's DayD G In some miniscule way [Chorus]D Dmaj9 Across the city they're sendingG G6 postcards to Catalonia.D Dmaj9 Across my city they're sendingG G6 postcards to CataloniaD Dmaj9 Across the city they're sendingG G6 postcards to CataloniaD I can't get out now so here's aG postcard from Catalonia.