Genius

Transpose
Year: 1985
Album: The Clock Comes Down The Stairs

VERSE 1
 
D7 
Down the  
C7 
hallway
D 
There’s a door standing  
Bb 
open
F 
The room be
Gm7 
yond 
 
it
C 
Is dark and  
Bb 
quiet
 
G 
And she knows just  
F 
what you’ve done
G 
And she also  
F 
knows who with
Am7 
She’ll make herself for
Bm 
get 
 
 
Em 
Bb 
What are you  
C/D 
feeling
 
G 
Well can you justi
F 
fy it now
G 
Why don’t you take it  
F 
to the end
Am7 
Are you scared or  
Bm 
vain 
 
 
Em 
Bb 
Go tell the  
C/D 
world 
 
how
CHORUS
 
Am 
You’re a genius,  
Bm 
you’re a  
Em 
giant
Am 
You’re a prince, you  
Bm 
are the  
Em 
Pope
 
The  
Am 
things you feel are  
Bm 
just a  
Em 
joke
 
So  
Am 
burn burn  
Bm 
bu
Em 
rn
VERSE 2
 
D7 
They filmed your  
C7 
party
D 
You were the  
Bb 
centre
F 
You had your  
Gm7 
bottle
C 
You met new  
Bb 
people
 
G 
She took you off to  
F 
see her house
G 
And her teenage  
F 
daughters 
 
there
Am7 
But after evening  
Bm 
meal 
 
 
Em 
Bb 
You started  
C/D 
dying
CHORUS
 
Am 
You’re a genius,  
Bm 
you’re a  
Em 
giant
Am 
You’re a prince, you  
Bm 
are the  
Em 
Pope
 
The  
Am 
things you feel are  
Bm 
just a  
Em 
joke
 
So  
Am 
burn burn  
Bm 
bu
Em 
rn
INTERLUDE
 
D6 
 
G6 
Then the mother and daughters cried  
E7 
“Don’t leave us”
 
But I  
Gm7 
ran anyway  
Gm7/C 
D 
So they said “Come back  
G 
 
You’re a visionary  
E 
genius
 
And a beautiful,  
Bb 
sensuous man”  
C 
VERSE 3
 
G 
The English toy-town’s  
F 
looking 
 
well
G 
William Blake fans  
F 
sipping halves of  
Am7 
ale
 
They’re so pro
Bm 
found 
 
 
Em 
Bb 
They’re all one  
C/D 
colour
 
G 
But she came from  
F 
rocks and rain
G 
Where the people  
F 
have no pride or  
Am7 
hope
 
And you’re oozing  
Bm 
both 
 
 
Em 
Bb 
Now they won’t  
C/D 
help 
 
you
CHORUS
 
Am 
You’re a genius,  
Bm 
you’re a  
Em 
giant
Am 
You’re a prince, you  
Bm 
are the  
Em 
Pope
 
The  
Am 
things you feel are  
Bm 
just a  
Em 
joke
 
So  
Am 
burn burn  
Bm 
bu
Em 
rn
CHORUS
 
Am 
You’re a genius,  
Bm 
you’re a  
Em 
giant
Am 
You’re a prince, you  
Bm 
are the  
Em 
Pope
 
The  
Am 
things you feel are  
Bm 
just a  
Em 
joke
 
So  
Am 
burn burn  
Bm 
bu
Em 
rn
OUTRO/FADE
 
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C 
 
G 
I am God
Am9 
 
C 
I bring you  
G 
an instant picnic
Am9 
 
C 
 
G 
Picnic! 
 
Picnic!
Am9 
 
C 
 
G 
Picnic!
Am9 
Picnic! 
 
 
C 
 
G 
Picnic!
Am9 
 
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Picnic! 
 
 
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Am9 
Picnic! 
 
 
C 
Picnic! Picnic!  
G 
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