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So It Goes
Nick Lowe and Rockpile
[Intro]
D A E
D A E A
DI C#mremeBmmbeAr the night the kid cut off his right arm
In a fit to save a bit of power
He got fifty thousand watts
In a big acoustic tower
Security's so tight tonight
Woh they're ready for a tussle
You better keep your backstage passes
'Cause the promoter had the muscle
[Chorus]
DAnC#md so Bmit Agoes and so it goes
And so it goes and so it goes
But where it’s going, no one knows
And so it goes and so it goes
And so it goes and so it goes
But where it's goin' no one knows
D A E
D A E A
DIn C#mthe BmtaAll building
sit the head of all nations
Worthy men from Spain and Siam
Al1 day discussions with the Russians
But they still went ahead
and vetoed the plan
Now up jumped the U.S. representative
He's the one with the tired eyes
747 put him in that condition
Flyin' back from a peace keepin' mission
(Chorus)
D A E
D A E A
EAnD#md in C#mthe Bair there is aftershave lotion
in the wake of a stinking Persian
On his arm there's a skin tight vision
Wonder why she ain’t mine and she’s his and……
(Chorus)

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The story behind the song

"So It Goes" marked Nick Lowe's debut as a solo artist in 1976, emerging from the challenges of his previous band's demise and record companies' disinterest. Recorded with just a drummer for a mere £45, it became the very first single released on the nascent Stiff Records. The song paints vivid, almost surreal pictures, like remembering a kid cutting off his right arm in a tall building, with the scent of aftershave lotion in the air. It captures a feeling of detached observation, as if life's strange events simply unfold and are met with a shrug.

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So It Goes

by Nick Lowe

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C#m

D#m

So It Goes

Nick Lowe and Rockpile

[Intro]

D A E

D A E A

D C#m Bm A

I remember the night the kid cut off his right arm

In a fit to save a bit of power

He got fifty thousand watts

In a big acoustic tower

Security's so tight tonight

Woh they're ready for a tussle

You better keep your backstage passes

'Cause the promoter had the muscle

[Chorus]

D C#m Bm A

And so it goes and so it goes

But where it’s going, no one knows

And so it goes and so it goes

But where it's goin' no one knows

D A E

D A E A

D C#m Bm A

In the tall building

sit the head of all nations

Worthy men from Spain and Siam

Al1 day discussions with the Russians

But they still went ahead

and vetoed the plan

Now up jumped the U.S. representative

He's the one with the tired eyes

747 put him in that condition

Flyin' back from a peace keepin' mission

(Chorus)

D A E

D A E A

E D#m C#m B

And in the air there is aftershave lotion

in the wake of a stinking Persian

On his arm there's a skin tight vision

Wonder why she ain’t mine and she’s his and……

(Chorus)

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