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[Intro]
FKnees knocking and
BbBlood flowing, so
FI want you to know.Dm..Bb  
   F     Bb     F   Dm   Bbx2
[Verse 1]
FYou say you are an old cassette tBbhat has gone and spilt its spool
You're fFar more like a wet cardboard tube on tDmhis nightclub toBbilet floor
FAs I describe my lonBbely, you listen very clear:
The laFst set of goalposts taken down, suDmmmer of oBbdd numbered year
F   Bb   F   Dm Bb
[Verse 2]
FShe says "if you're unhapBbpy, then you gotta find the cure"
FI prescribe me one more beer, beDmyond that I Bbam unsure
May nFot be be all and end aBbll, in my defense she is the hole
FI've thrown my goalkeeper forward, sDmhe's catenaBbccio
[Pre-Chorus]
AmFlotsam, Jetsam and Spindrift: all the girls I have loved
DmDumped to earth by a spendthrift, gilt angels from above
FAnd I saw God in the bathroom, I baptised him in sick
AmEmbraced him around his cistern "c'est la mort!, enough of this"
[Chorus]
GKnees knocking and
BbBlood flowing so
GI want you to know    Dm     Bbthat I want to
[Verse 3]
And laFter she said something that stBbuck hard in my mind:
"we aFre their Capel Celyn, they gotta kDmeep their slippers dBbry
To empFathise with Tory's to inBbvite upon disease
A saFfer bet's to pack your bags, go hoDmliday in EBbyam"
[Pre-Chorus]
AmI will take you where the sun shines, cast shadows on your face
DmCrawl into their deepest recess, 'til I freeze or dehydrate
FWe'll live and breathe it in real time, montage is for the dead
AmAnd my heart's still doing Fosburys nowhere near finished yet
[Chorus]
GKnees knocking and
BbBlood flowing so
GI want you to know    Dm     Bbthat I want to
[Outro]
FKnees knocking and
BbBlood flowing so
FI want you to know    Dm     Bbthat I want to
FKnees knocking and
BbBlood flowing so
FI want you to know    Dm     Bbthat I want to
FI want you to know    Dm     Bbthat I want to
FI want you to know    Dm     Bbthat I want toF  

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For Flotsam

by Los Campesinos!

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Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Knees knocking and

Blood flowing, so

F Dm Bb

I want you to know...

F Bb F Dm Bb

[Verse 1]

F Bb

You say you are an old cassette that has gone and spilt its spool

F Dm Bb

You're far more like a wet cardboard tube on this nightclub toilet floor

F Bb

As I describe my lonely, you listen very clear:

F Dm Bb

The last set of goalposts taken down, summer of odd numbered year

F Bb F Dm Bb

[Verse 2]

F Bb

She says "if you're unhappy, then you gotta find the cure"

F Dm Bb

I prescribe me one more beer, beyond that I am unsure

F Bb

May not be be all and end all, in my defense she is the hole

F Dm Bb

I've thrown my goalkeeper forward, she's catenaccio

[Pre-Chorus]

Flotsam, Jetsam and Spindrift: all the girls I have loved

Dumped to earth by a spendthrift, gilt angels from above

And I saw God in the bathroom, I baptised him in sick

Embraced him around his cistern "c'est la mort!, enough of this"

[Chorus]

Knees knocking and

Blood flowing so

G Dm Bb

I want you to know that I want to

[Verse 3]

F Bb

And later she said something that stuck hard in my mind:

F Dm Bb

"we are their Capel Celyn, they gotta keep their slippers dry

F Bb

To empathise with Tory's to invite upon disease

F Dm Bb

A safer bet's to pack your bags, go holiday in Eyam"

[Pre-Chorus]

I will take you where the sun shines, cast shadows on your face

Crawl into their deepest recess, 'til I freeze or dehydrate

We'll live and breathe it in real time, montage is for the dead

And my heart's still doing Fosburys nowhere near finished yet

[Chorus]

Knees knocking and

Blood flowing so

G Dm Bb

I want you to know that I want to

[Outro]

Knees knocking and

Blood flowing so

F Dm Bb

I want you to know that I want to

Knees knocking and

Blood flowing so

F Dm Bb

I want you to know that I want to

F Dm Bb

I want you to know that I want to

F Dm Bb F

I want you to know that I want to

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