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An Elegant Chaos

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Elegant Chaos, from World Shut Your Mouth.
Note: like many of my other tabs, there are some uncertainties - just use this tab 
as a guideline...
FBusy at homeC  
I was Bbhappy for a while
But the Cjoke is over
FLooking downC  
At the Bbcarefully laid out Cinfamy
Take a Fscythe, take a scythe,C  
To the Bbrotting core
Of Cman-vegetaton
FNow I sighC  
At the Bbcool cool attitude to ignorCance
The A5look in your eyes
When you G5gave this to me
Just A5put me on my G5guard
In this Felegant chaos
CI stand to one sideBb  C  
Shouting "ha"
Was I forced into this?
Or was it given to me?
It's a nice idea -
As a gift
Or as something to try for a while
70 years?
It's neither one thing or the other
My big fear
Is to dig it at last
And have it taken away
[bridge, no real chords - so I made them up]
AmIt’s not a problem of Esecrecy
I Gtake it in my Dstride
Did I Alearn to breathe to be Ekilled like this?
AmFaces to the Eglass
I see them Gtelevise my Ddeath
Oh, and Ahere comes the part
Where I Ebreak down and cry.
People I see
Just remind me of mooing
Like a cow on the grass
And that's not to say
That there's anything wrong
With being a cow anyway
But people are people
With the added advantage
Of the spoken word
We're getting on fine
But I feel more of a man
When I get with the herd.

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An Elegant Chaos

by Julian Cope

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Elegant Chaos, from World Shut Your Mouth.

Note: like many of my other tabs, there are some uncertainties - just use this tab

as a guideline...

F C

Busy at home

I was happy for a while

But the joke is over

F C

Looking down

Bb C

At the carefully laid out infamy

F C

Take a scythe, take a scythe,

To the rotting core

Of man-vegetaton

F C

Now I sigh

Bb C

At the cool cool attitude to ignorance

The look in your eyes

When you gave this to me

A5 G5

Just put me on my guard

In this elegant chaos

C Bb C

I stand to one side

Shouting "ha"

Was I forced into this?

Or was it given to me?

It's a nice idea -

As a gift

Or as something to try for a while

70 years?

It's neither one thing or the other

My big fear

Is to dig it at last

And have it taken away

[bridge, no real chords - so I made them up]

Am E

It’s not a problem of secrecy

G D

I take it in my stride

A E

Did I learn to breathe to be killed like this?

Am E

Faces to the glass

G D

I see them televise my death

Oh, and here comes the part

Where I break down and cry.

People I see

Just remind me of mooing

Like a cow on the grass

And that's not to say

That there's anything wrong

With being a cow anyway

But people are people

With the added advantage

Of the spoken word

We're getting on fine

But I feel more of a man

When I get with the herd.

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