F#/G# 4-x-4-3-2-x
F#6 2-4-x-3-4-2
[Intro]
G#m
(freely)
[Chorus]
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| A | B | G#m7 | C#m7 |
| A | G#m7 | F#m7 | Emaj7 | % |
[Verse]
Fm
I came across a cache of old photos
Ebm7
And invitations to teenage parties
Fm
'Dress in white' one said with quotations
Ebm7
From someone’s wife, a famous writer
Gb/Ab Ab7
In the nineteen-twenties
[Bridge]
C#
When you’re young you find inspiration
F#6
In anyone who’s ever gone
B
And opened up a closing door
G#m | G# | % |
She said we were never feeling bored
[Chorus]
A
‘Cos we were never being boring
B G#m7 C#m
We had too much time to find for ourselves
A
And we were never being boring
B G#m7 C#m
We dressed up and fought then thought "make amends"
A G#m7
And we were never holding back or worried that
F#m7 | Emaj7 | % |
Time would come to an end
[Verse]
Fm
When I went, I left from the station
Ebm7
With a haversack and some trepidation
Fm
Someone said if you’re not careful
Ebm7
You’ll have nothing left and nothing to care for
Gb/Ab Ab7
In my nineteen-seventies
[Bridge]
C#
But I sat back and looking forward
F#6
My shoes were high and I had scored
B
I’d bolted through a closing door
G#m | G# | % |
I would never find myself feeling bored
[Chorus]
A
‘Cos we were never being boring
B G#m7 C#m
We had too much time to find for ourselves
A
And we were never being boring
B G#m7 C#m
We dressed up and fought then thought "make amends"
A G#m7
And we were never holding back or worried that
F#m7 B
Time would come to an end
A G#m7
We were always hoping that, looking back
F#m7 Emaj7
You could always rely on a friend
[Interlude]
| Ebm7 | Emaj7 | Ebm7 | Emaj7 |
| Eb | % |
[Verse]
Fm
Now I sit with different faces
Ebm7
In rented rooms and foreign places
Fm
All the people I was kissing
Ebm7
Some are here and some are missing
Gb/Ab Ab7
In the nineteen-nineties
[Bridge]
C#
I never dreamt that I would get to be
F#6
The creature I always meant to be
B
But I thought in spite of dreams
G#m | G# | % |
You’d be sitting somewhere her with me
[Chorus]
A
‘Cos we were never being boring
B G#m7 C#m
We had too much time to find for ourselves
A
And we were never being boring
B G#m7 C#m
We dressed up and fought then thought "make amends"
A G#m7
And we were never holding back or worried that
F#m7 B
Time would come to an end
A G#m7
We were always hoping that, looking back
F#m7 Emaj7
You could always rely on a friend
[Otro]
A
And we were never being boring
B G#m7 C#m7
We were never being bored
A
‘Cos we were never being boring
B G#m7 C#m7
We were never being bored
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(fade out)