Key: D
Introduction:
D
There were no riots
G7M
But I knew
A(11)
This time's different
G7M G/F#
So I hoarded black tea
Em7 D
And cat antibiotics
G7M
And I called you:
A(11)
"Is there anything
G7M G/F#
I could bring home to
Em7 C A7
Cheer you up?"
D
Unusually quiet
G7M
And the birds too
A(11)
Desert monuments
G7M G/F#
In the Black Sea
Em7 D
And ice caps in the tropics
G7M
But it's nothing new
A(11)
We're all alone next to each other
G7M G/F# Em7
And we always have been
C
Hey! Hey...
A7
Hey!!!!
Spring breakers
D
Drove back from the Baltic
G7M
And the national debt grew
A(11)
And I got some weird advice
G7M G/F# Em7 D
From our so - ber alcoholic neighbour
G7M
He was wearing my old shoes
A(11)
And he said, "It's the first warm Saturday
G7M G/F# Em7
Write to an old friend
C
Then burn the letter
Am
That'll kill the virus
N.C.
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One point five me - ter ra - di - us
F
Stay outside of a
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One point five me - ter ra - di - us
F
Stay outside of a
F F(b5) F F(b5) F F7M
One point five me - ter ra - di - us
Am(11)
Stay outside of it