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Strange Tourist

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Chords:
BmAdd6 F/C Asus4 Asus2b6 Fm# Dsus2
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Intro
Em   AmBmAdd6 Am  
Em Am G G
Em   AmBmAdd6 Am  
EmVersAmeG  G  G  
It was Emall falling down and a Amlong way from cheap
So tell me Emwhy did we live where Amwe lived?
Above the Emold fish shop where they served up Amslop
And all the Galley cats talked in their sleep
I spent a Emyear there with B after I Amquit the Mitsubishi,
Dragged my Emmattress up some stairs by the Amsea
Then watched the Emold van rust in the gusts of the cAmoast
Ending its Gknightly expeditions for beer
B went Empsychotic in the navy and he Amwouldn't mend
EmSomething about a sunk junk and Amspeed
Well he Emcouldn't shake the illness or eAmndure the cure
And there was Gno point switching treatments in the Timor Sea
I have Emnever known someone who needed to Amtalk so much
Or even Emfool himself disguising a Amguess
Well EmI just steered his bullshit through its Amnext diversion
Never Gbothering with reality checks
Chorus
I'm saying EmBowerbird, you'd turn a Ambirdbath black
What the Emhell could be the matter with Amyou?
Where did Emyou come from and why'd you Amgo collecting
AnyGthing that turns the colour blue?F/C  
Am   Asus4   GAsus2b6 Asus2b6
Fm# Em   Am   Dsus2Asus2b6 Asus2b6 Asus4  
Em   AmBmAdd6 Am  
EmVerseAm  G  G  
He Emtook his refuge in the open where it Amstings
You think you'd Emseen him but he's gone in a Amblink
Once those EmStilnox hit their target don't trust Amnothing,
No one and don't go Gbelieving anything that you think
He'd say, "I'm Emhalf way through but I don't Amknow what I'm doing
I ain't Emfeeling much of nothing at Amall
But it's my Emfirst time too, if that's a Amvalid excuse
I'm going to Gwait here for the engines to stall
I've seen the Emtracks of some giant, the Amsmoke of some fire
Fuse like Emhot sands in a bottleneck Am  
Does all of Embeauty lie in being dead and Amgone
Or is all Ghistory made of chickens and their unhatched eggs
I've seen the Emspectre of a frigate on a Amdry rock face
A Emstone axe held together with an Amold bootlace
AnyEmthing betraying the drift of Amdead headway
You can Gshake it but it won't let go
All that so Emmen can live like girls to keep their Ammight pert
Digging Emmusic made by millionaires for Amcar adverts
Save the Emwhales, invade Iraq and have a Amhamburger
I can't Gdistinguish between the nightmare and the joke
I was in EmTokyo once without any Amcash
And Koda EmKumi sang a coda pink as Amsarin gas
I took a Emtrip to Nagasaki in a Amrented Mitsubishi
Then went Gcamping in the Jukai under Mount Fuji"
Chorus
I'm saying EmBowerbird, you'd turn a Ambirdbath black
What the Emhell could be the matter with Amyou?
Where did Emyou come from and why'd you Amgo collecting
AnyGthing that turns the colour blue?F/C  
Am   Asus4   GAsus2b6 Asus2b6
Fm# Em   Am   Dsus2Asus2b6 Asus2b6 Asus4  
Em   AmBmAdd6 Am  
EmVerseAm  G  G  
But when his Empension got suspended, well Amthat spelled the end
And I Emjoined his life of leisure in Amflight
It's too Emhard to row a boat using a Amperiscope
Sometimes you Ggotta do wrong to do right
He got in Emtrouble years back, I haven't Amseen him since
In a Emmen's room in a night club in AmMadrid
He sold some Emdexedrine or something to a Amplain clothes D
Then raised a Gstink so bad they ended up deporting him
Then Emlast I heard he was as Amfree as a bird
And into EmScientologyAm  
Or into EmHeaven's Gate or Sharon Tate or Amin the Legionnaires
Or gone to GGeorgia with the Mujahideen
And someone Emelse was walking eggshells in his Ambirdcage
Someone Emelse shared his unending lease on Amhamstrung rage
He was Emsomeone else's problem, and that Ammade me glad
They can Gindulge him 'till he's ironclad
Chorus
I'm saying EmBowerbird, you'd turn a Ambirdbath black
What the Emhell could be the matter with Amyou?
Where did Emyou come from and why'd you Amgo collecting
AnyGthing that turns the colour blue?F/C  
Am   Asus4   GAsus2b6 Asus2b6
Fm# Em   Am   Dsus2Asus2b6 Asus2b6 Asus4  
Em   AmBmAdd6 Am  
EmVerseAm  G  G  
Well I Emwound up working in a Amhospital
Renting EmTV's to the bored and the Amblind
Seems the EmDSS got sick of Ammy BS
And had my Gunemployment privatised
They made a Emdate with me, some Amagency
And I went Emdown there like a fool in Amlove
They made a Emfew phone calls, found a Amreal cure-all
Like I Gwasn't miserable enough
EmI was working night shift when he Amgot there
The first Emtime I'd seen a coma on the Amward
The Emsister said he won't be needing AmTV now
Probably Gwon't be needing nothing at all
He was in EmTokyo for a while until he Amstabilised
They flew him Emback here and the story unAmfolded
They found him Emfrozen in a hollow in AmAokigahara forest
Where those Gharakiri weirdoes go
He Emdied a little later, and was Amwheeled away
I'd blame his Emmorbid fascination for it Amall
And his Emdoubtless, groundless faith in his Amoutdoorsmanship
He didn't Gkill himself, he didn't have the balls
Yeah but Emhope dies last in a Amhospital
But has a Emhabit of doing it next to Amyou
While you Emshit kick around with your Ameyes to the ground
Like a Gbowerbird appropriating anything
The colour Amblue
Asus4 G
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