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Tune down half-step
hold Gon, he's Bmcoming
Emthrough the whCeels of the sDtar machCineD  
hold Gon, he's Bmcoming
Emthrough the teCars of your shit Dstained drCeamD  
Gin an anthem for the world
Clet him waltz you dDown the river
Glet him feel like boy or girl
Cwith his sci-fi lDullaby
let the Glight of the bomb sChine from him tDomorrow
yes this wGorld needs a fathCer for the sorrDow
so let's have onDme more, Gfor the lCoversAm  
and oDmne more, Gfor the fCriendsC7  
'cos dFrink to Fmyou is aCll i caAmn do
as lFife slips down, Fmdown the dD7rain
hold on, he's coming
with the screen kissed spine of the past
hold on, he's coming
with the style of the wormwood star
sing an anthem for the world
sing a farewell for the river
if you feel like boy or girl
sing a sci-fi lullaby
let the light of the bomb shine from him tomorrow
yes this world needs a father for the sorrow
so let's have one more, for the lovers
and one more, for the friends
for drink to you is all i can do
as life slips down, down the drain
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This World Needs A Father

by Suede

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Tune down half-step

G Bm

hold on, he's coming

Em C D C D

through the wheels of the star machine

G Bm

hold on, he's coming

Em C D C D

through the tears of your shit stained dream

in an anthem for the world

C D

let him waltz you down the river

let him feel like boy or girl

C D

with his sci-fi lullaby

G C D

let the light of the bomb shine from him tomorrow

G C D

yes this world needs a father for the sorrow

Dm G C Am

so let's have one more, for the lovers

Dm G C C7

and one more, for the friends

F Fm C Am

'cos drink to you is all i can do

F Fm D7

as life slips down, down the drain

hold on, he's coming

with the screen kissed spine of the past

hold on, he's coming

with the style of the wormwood star

sing an anthem for the world

sing a farewell for the river

if you feel like boy or girl

sing a sci-fi lullaby

let the light of the bomb shine from him tomorrow

yes this world needs a father for the sorrow

so let's have one more, for the lovers

and one more, for the friends

for drink to you is all i can do

as life slips down, down the drain

---14------------14--14-14-15-17-15----------21--14--14-14-15-17...-|

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12-12-12-12-13-12-10-12-10-8---8-8---10h12p10-----|

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12-12-12-12-13-12-10-12-10-8---8-8---10h12-------|

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12-12-12-12-13-12-10-12-10-8---8-8---10h12p10-----|

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12-12-12-12-13-12-10-12-10-8---8-8---10h12-------| play final triplet x4

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13--15---- play x 3 end on -----------------|

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