Key: B
Bm7
F#m7
verse 1
E
Em
Electric cables
B
Bm
Beneath the Atlantic
E
Em
There's a radar
B
Bm
Beneath the black water
E
Em
Rain flecks the paint
B
Bm
Inevitably
E
Em
At the end of the telescope
B
By the pier
Pre-Chorus
Am
Em
I know you'd rather I didn't say
Am
That I want to look after you
Em
But I'd expect you to say the same
For me someday
D
A
Bm
This knowledge gives me no pleasure
D
A
Bm
You can't kill yourself before you're born
Chorus
Bm7
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Particles like Russian dolls
Bm7
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Folding items ever smaller
verse 2
E
Em
Grey wire fences
B
Bm
Section off the wilderness
E
Em
B
Bm
A lonely cluster of woodland stands apart
E
Em
Like the fingers of a hand
B
Bm
Gently browning
E
Em
Flat sections of cheap paint
B
Bm
Float by like butterflies
Pre-Chorus
Am
Em
I know you'd rather I didn't say
Am
That I want to look after you
Em
But I'd expect you to say the same
For me someday
D
A
Bm
My demeanour is made to measure
D
A
Bm
Nothing stirs beneath the farce of daily life
Chorus
Bm7
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Particles like Russian dolls
Bm7
F#m7
Folding items ever smaller
Bm7
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If life never ended we'd have no urgency
Bm7
F#m7
Connect to boredom and repetition
BRIDGE
F#m
G#m
C#m7
Bm
F#m
G#m
C#m7
F#m
G#m
C#m7
Bm
F#m
G#m
Chorus
Bm7
F#m7
Particles like Russian dolls
Bm7
F#m7
Folding items ever smaller
Bm7
F#m7
If life never ended we'd have no urgency
Bm7
F#m7
Connect to boredom and repetition