Things That Stop You Dreaming

Intro: G Bm A G D A G Bm A D

            G
I've got no money in my hands or my 
coat or my pocket
Bm                       A
Wont get to space cos I haven't got 
a rocket
         G
But I've air in my lungs
Eyes in my sockets
      D
And a heart that beats
       A
Like a tap that leaks
        G
In the night when you haven't got a 
plumber who can stop it
 Bm               A
Jack in a box without a key to lock 
it
          F#m                    G
Well this boat may sink but I'm not 
gonna rock it
         A                   Bm
Cos the sea doesn't know my name
         F#m                   G
Yeah the boat may sink but I'm not 
gonna rock it
         A                   D
Cos the sea doesn't know my name

             G
Well if you can't get what you love
    D                  A
You learn to love the things you've 
got
        G
If you can't be what you want
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     D               A
You learn to be the things you're 
not
         G
If you can't get what you need
     Bm                 A         
You learn to need the things that 
                   G  Bm
stop you dreaming
         A                  
All the things that stop you 
   D
dreaming

               G
Well I've got no ones word and no 
bodies promise
 Bm                          A
Not a lot to show but this book full
 of sonnets
         G
And my liver may be fucked but my 
heart is honest
       D
And my word is true
          A
Like the sky is blue
        G
In the summer time when everybody 
gets on it
Bm                      A
Warm our skins and get sunburnt from
 it
        F#m                      G
And our eyes shine bright like a sky
 full of comets
      A                Bm
That shoot like silver trains
          F#m                    
Yeah our eyes shine bright like a 
  G
sky full of comets
      A                D
That shoot like silver trains

             G
Well if you can't get what you love
    D                  A
You learn to love the things you've 
got
        G
If you can't be what you want
     D               A
You learn to be the things you're 
not
         G
If you can't get what you need
     Bm                 A         
You learn to need the things that 
                   G  Bm
stop you dreaming
         A                  
All the things that stop you 
   D
dreaming

             G
Well if you can't get what you love
    D                  A
You learn to love the things you've 
got
        G
If you can't be what you want
     D               A
You learn to be the things you're 
not
         G
If you can't get what you need
     Bm                 A         
You learn to need the things that 
                   G  Bm
stop you dreaming
         A                  
All the things that stop you 
   D
dreaming
          A                 
All the things that stop you 
   G
dreaming