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Robyn Hitchcock - Invisible Hitchcock - The Abandoned Brain
[Key of Eb, capo 3]
 Cfade in
CI'm sitting here in the aAmbandoned brain 
FWaiting for take-off Dmin it 
They Csay it's never gonna Amwork again 
But FI can spare a few Dmminutes 
Been Chere before in the aAmbandoned brain 
There's Fflowers on all the conDmtrols 
The Gtape keeps telling me aAmgain and aFgain 
That DmI am the keeper of Fsouls 
C Am F Dm
The Cwind blows hard on the aAmbandoned brain 
But there's Fnobody thinking at Dmall 
The Chypothalamus is Amopen to the rain 
And the Fleaves sweep into the Bbhall
There's Gno one else in the aAmbandoned brain 
But Fthat's not necessarily Dmbad 
It Gfeeds on itself but it's Amnot inFsane 
This Dmbrain’s too old to go Fmad 
C Am F Bb
CRoses bloom in the aAmbandoned brain 
And Fthoughts run wild on the Dmfloor 
Like a Cheadless corpse, a deAmrailed train 
Who could Fask for anything Bbmore? 
I'm Gsitting here in the aAmbandoned brain 
FWaiting for take-off Dmin it 
They Gsay it's never going to Amwork aFgain 
But DmI can spare a few FminutesC  

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The Abandoned Brain

by Robyn Hitchcock

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

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Robyn Hitchcock - Invisible Hitchcock - The Abandoned Brain

[Key of Eb, capo 3]

fade in

C Am

I'm sitting here in the abandoned brain

F Dm

Waiting for take-off in it

C Am

They say it's never gonna work again

F Dm

But I can spare a few minutes

C Am

Been here before in the abandoned brain

F Dm

There's flowers on all the controls

G Am F

The tape keeps telling me again and again

Dm F

That I am the keeper of souls

C Am F Dm

C Am

The wind blows hard on the abandoned brain

F Dm

But there's nobody thinking at all

C Am

The hypothalamus is open to the rain

F Bb

And the leaves sweep into the hall

G Am

There's no one else in the abandoned brain

F Dm

But that's not necessarily bad

G Am F

It feeds on itself but it's not insane

Dm F

This brain’s too old to go mad

C Am F Bb

C Am

Roses bloom in the abandoned brain

F Dm

And thoughts run wild on the floor

C Am

Like a headless corpse, a derailed train

F Bb

Who could ask for anything more?

G Am

I'm sitting here in the abandoned brain

F Dm

Waiting for take-off in it

G Am F

They say it's never going to work again

Dm F C

But I can spare a few minutes

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