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The Letting Down
Turin Brakes
Outbursts
Intro:
E  Eb  E  A
Verse:
EAll of the Ebstars just  Efell out of the Asky
EThe perfect pEbainting Epeers before your Aeyes
AUseless Empty Gesture
Chorus:
ELike a broken Ebscarecrow
ELike a pawn slide that you already Aknow
AUseless empty gesture
Lay back let long rise camoflauge your skin
Take refuge in people that dont know where you’ve been
Just perfect empty blue skies
You’re a broken halo
You’re a 747 coming in too slow
Just useless empty blue skies
Just let us drift away
Just let us drift away

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The Letting Down

by Turin Brakes

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The Letting Down

Turin Brakes

Outbursts

Intro:

E Eb E A

Verse:

E Eb E A

All of the stars just fell out of the sky

E Eb E A

The perfect painting peers before your eyes

Useless Empty Gesture

Chorus:

E Eb

Like a broken scarecrow

E A

Like a pawn slide that you already know

Useless empty gesture

Lay back let long rise camoflauge your skin

Take refuge in people that dont know where you’ve been

Just perfect empty blue skies

You’re a broken halo

You’re a 747 coming in too slow

Just useless empty blue skies

Just let us drift away

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