Idea

Transpose
Year: 1984
Album: Everybody is Fantastic

VERSE 1
 
Abm7 
My 
 
 
F#maj7 
mind 
 
 
F#m7 
might take hours to  
Abm7 
change
Abm7 
Back to  
F#maj7 
normal, 
 
 
F#m7 
she smiled, she didn’t  
Abm7 
see
 
Sheer  
F#maj7 
tiredness 
 
 
F#m7 
keeps the sun in the  
Abm7 
sky
Abm7 
Loose 
 
 
F#maj7 
habit 
 
 
F#m7 
holds the moon and the  
Abm7 
tides
 
They’ll  
C#maj7 
hold me if they’re  
Abm7 
able
 
They’ll  
F#maj7 
hold me if they’re  
F#m7 
able
 
I’ll  
C#maj7 
look on this as  
Abm7 
stupid
 
I’ll  
F#maj7 
act as if I  
F#m7 
dreamt 
 
it
VERSE 2
 
Abm7 
I’ve been  
F#maj7 
living 
 
 
F#m7 
selfish, drowsy and  
Abm7 
proud
Abm7 
False 
 
 
F#maj7 
promise 
 
 
F#m7 
lives with me like a  
Abm7 
friend
Abm7 
This 
 
 
F#maj7 
servant, 
 
 
F#m7 
tired of doing it  
Abm7 
right
Abm7 
Smile, 
 
 
F#maj7 
sheepish, 
 
 
F#m7 
follows girl into  
Abm7 
room
 
They  
C#maj7 
always knew I’d  
Abm7 
do 
 
it
 
They  
F#maj7 
sensed I was a  
F#m7 
traitor
 
It  
C#maj7 
lasts until it  
Abm7 
changes
 
It  
F#maj7 
changes when you  
F#m7 
want 
 
it
INTERLUDE
 
B 
Every
Emaj7 
body 
 
 
Ebm7 
give 
 
 
C#m7 
up
B 
Don’t be  
Emaj7 
so 
 
 
Ebm7 
care
C#m7 
ful
B 
Tear your  
Emaj7 
lives to  
Ebm7 
pie
C#m7 
ces
 
And  
Abm7 
only 
 
 
F#m7 
you will  
Emaj7 
know
 
B 
Nobo
Emaj7 
dy is  
Ebm7 
wat
C#m7 
ching
B 
Come and  
Emaj7 
take me  
Ebm7 
o
C#m7 
ver
B 
Make me  
Emaj7 
stay a  
Ebm7 
li
C#m7 
ar
 
And  
Abm7 
only 
 
 
F#m7 
you will  
Emaj7 
know
 
And  
Abm7 
you won’t  
F#m7 
even 
 
 
Emaj7 
care
VERSE 3
 
I’ll  
C#maj7 
hold you if I’m  
Abm7 
able
 
I’ll  
F#maj7 
hold you if I’m  
F#m7 
able
 
And  
C#maj7 
if I am a  
Abm7 
failure
 
Then just  
F#maj7 
send me straight back  
F#m7 
to 
 
her
VERSE 4
 
Abm7 
I 
 
 
F#maj7 
like this,  
F#m7 
not being able to  
Abm7 
tell
Abm7 
What’s 
 
 
F#maj7 
useful and  
F#m7 
what’s going to put me to  
Abm7 
use
Abm7 
One 
 
 
F#maj7 
morning 
 
 
F#m7 
I will give up and  
Abm7 
go
Abm7 
Bone 
 
 
F#maj7 
lazy 
 
 
F#m7 
I will give up and  
Abm7 
go
FADE
 
C#maj7 
 
Abm7 
 
F#maj7 
 
F#m7