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[Intro]
D C G G D C G D
[Verse 1]
DI'm imagining rippling fingers on keys,
Miming it wild on a cold stone table
DPicturing and wishing for home and jiggling my knees,
Send an urgent cable
GDickhead's done a runner and he's wondering
If anyone cares, is the landing light on?
DBack to the pebbles that mum's eggs hatched in,
Give me her perfume, give me her prayers and advice
[Verse 2]
DHands up if you've never seen the sea,
I'm from a land with an island status
AmMakes us think that everyone hates us,
Maybe darling they do, but they haven't met you
GThey only know the villains at the tiller
And they gambled the farm on a headline, Jesus
DGetting harder to see what they're doing 'til it's done
And they're never gonna make an arrest on Fleet Street
[Chorus]
CYes and I'm given to believing in lBmove
I've written the word in my Gblood
And I perch on a Dshelf of the K2
Made of the believers that
CLove, opens the fist just enough for a hGand
DTo slip into the hand
[Verse 3]
DI've been asleep in the woods with a mother to be
Planning on a static caravan in the Andes
DMaking a break with the steel magpie on the rise
Defeat in our time or do we
GMeet on the street again due to the few?
Batter it out and refresh vendetta
DBetter surely to pause, consider the path:
It's full of blood, snot and teeth and the glory of no one
[Verse 4]
DHands up if you've never seen the sea
We're from a place with an island status
AmQueuing round the corner for a pencil and paper again,
Come the virus of virii
GGod send us to a digital end
With following strangers and swiping at friends
DI'll send you a postcard
See you in Hull, in a sweater made of Atacama llama wool
[Chorus]
CYes and I'm given to believing in lBmove
I've written the word in my bGlood
And I perch on a Dshelf of the K2
Made of the believers that
CLove, opens the fist just enough for a hGand
DTo slip into the hand
CYes and I'm given to believing in lGove,
I've written the word in my blood, I've seen it make a heaven of
DBackstreet, bedsit and bomb-site living room
CLove, opens the fist just enough for a hGand
DTo slip into the hand, to slip into the hand
[Outro]
D

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[Intro]

D C G G D C G D

[Verse 1]

I'm imagining rippling fingers on keys,

Miming it wild on a cold stone table

Picturing and wishing for home and jiggling my knees,

Send an urgent cable

Dickhead's done a runner and he's wondering

If anyone cares, is the landing light on?

Back to the pebbles that mum's eggs hatched in,

Give me her perfume, give me her prayers and advice

[Verse 2]

Hands up if you've never seen the sea,

I'm from a land with an island status

Makes us think that everyone hates us,

Maybe darling they do, but they haven't met you

They only know the villains at the tiller

And they gambled the farm on a headline, Jesus

Getting harder to see what they're doing 'til it's done

And they're never gonna make an arrest on Fleet Street

[Chorus]

C Bm

Yes and I'm given to believing in love

I've written the word in my blood

And I perch on a shelf of the K2

Made of the believers that

C G

Love, opens the fist just enough for a hand

To slip into the hand

[Verse 3]

I've been asleep in the woods with a mother to be

Planning on a static caravan in the Andes

Making a break with the steel magpie on the rise

Defeat in our time or do we

Meet on the street again due to the few?

Batter it out and refresh vendetta

Better surely to pause, consider the path:

It's full of blood, snot and teeth and the glory of no one

[Verse 4]

Hands up if you've never seen the sea

We're from a place with an island status

Queuing round the corner for a pencil and paper again,

Come the virus of virii

God send us to a digital end

With following strangers and swiping at friends

I'll send you a postcard

See you in Hull, in a sweater made of Atacama llama wool

[Chorus]

C Bm

Yes and I'm given to believing in love

I've written the word in my blood

And I perch on a shelf of the K2

Made of the believers that

C G

Love, opens the fist just enough for a hand

To slip into the hand

C G

Yes and I'm given to believing in love,

I've written the word in my blood, I've seen it make a heaven of

Backstreet, bedsit and bomb-site living room

C G

Love, opens the fist just enough for a hand

To slip into the hand, to slip into the hand

[Outro]

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