Key: B
Introduction: Bb Db C B Bb
G F# A
there~s too many people
G Eb B Bb
planning your downfall
G F# A
when your spirit~s on trial
G Eb B Bb
these nights can be frightening
Bb Db C
sleep transports sadness
B Bb
to some other mid-brain
Bb Db
and somebody here
C B Bb
will not be here next year
G F# A
so you stand by the board
G Eb B Bb
full of fear and intention
G F#
and if you think that they~re listening
A G Eb B Bb
well...you~ve got to be joking
Bb Db
oh you understand change
C B
and you think it~s essential
Bb G F# A G Eb B
but when your profession is humiliation
Bb G F#
say the wrong words to our children
A
we~ll have you
G Eb B
oh yes, we~ll have you
Bb Db
lay a hand on our children
C B Bb
and it~s never too late to have you
Bb Db C
mucous on your collar
B Bb
a nail up through the staff chair
G F# A
a blade in your soap pan
G Eb
you cry into your pillow
B Bb G F#
to be finished would be a relief
A G Eb
to be finished would be a relief
B Bb Db
to be finished would be a relief
C B
to be finished would be a relief
Bb Db
to be finished would be a relief
C B
to be finished would be a relief
(my favourite part of the song...where it all begins to make sense)
Bb G F# A G Eb B
Bb G F# A G Eb B
Bb Db C B
Bb Db C B
Bb G F# A G Eb B
Bb G F# A G Eb B
Bb Db C B
Bb Db C B
Okay, that guitar riff (which is repeated six times) is played with the Bb,
Bb G F# A G Eb B
Bb G F# A G Eb B
Bb Db C B
Bb G F#
say the wrong words to our children
A
we~ll have you
G Eb
oh yes, we~ll have you
B Bb G F#
lay a hand on our children
A G Eb B
and it~s never too late to have you
Bb Db
to be finished would be a relief
C B
to be finished would be a relief
Bb Db
to be finished would be a relief
C B
to be finished would be a relief
Bb G F#
to be finished would be a relief
A G Eb B
to be finished would be a relief
Bb G F# A G Eb B
Bb G F# A G Eb B
Bb Db C B
Bb Db C B
The bass and everything fades and that lovely orchestra thing comes in and
everything sort of fades from there. You have to escuse my over transcribing