Back To The Old Town
Released in 1988 by Virgin Records
Transpose
INTRO (x2)
Dm7
G
D
VERSE 1
Well he
Dm7
wakes you at
G
seven and makes
D
sure you’re dressed
And
Dm7
stoned you’ll be
G
up by
D
eight
And then he
Dm7
leaves you to
G
wait in some
D
cold vile street
With the
F
other little
G
Princes of
D
Wales
CHORUS
Go
Dm7
back to the
G
old town
D
Go
Dm7
back to the
G
old town
D
You can
Dm7
die if you
G
want to
D
F
I won’t
G
stop you
D
VERSE 2
Dm7
Sunday, your
G
business,
D
sniffling in bed
Too
Dm7
sick to re
G
member a
D
word
In a
Dm7
curious
G
silence much
D
older than gods
The
F
dying boy
G
makes not a
D
sound (He is blue)
CHORUS
Go
Dm7
back to the
G
old town
D
Go
Dm7
back to the
G
old town
D
You can
Dm7
die if you
G
want to
D
F
I won’t
G
stop you
D
INTERLUDE
We
A
give the poor di
G
sease and drugs
We got
Bm
mainstream life to
Am
keep us smug
G
Let the blue-faced
D
lifeless corpse be
Esus4
heard
(
E
Please)
VERSE 3
After
Dm7
sanity’s
G
ended
D
And ca
Dm7
lamity
G
beckons
D
And hu
Dm7
manity’s
G
senile
D
F
What are
G
people
D
for?
OUTRO/FADE
Go
Dm7
back to the
G
old town
D
Go
Dm7
back to the
G
old town
D
You can
Dm7
die if you
G
want to
D
You can
Dm7
die if you
G
want to
D
Go
Dm7
back to the
G
old town
D
Go
Dm7
back to the
G
old town
D
You can
Dm7
die if you
G
want to
D
Hell, you can
Dm7
die if you
G
want to
D
Go
Dm7
back to the
G
old town
D
Go
Dm7
back to the
G
old town
D
You can
Dm7
die (You can
G
die)
You can
D
die (You can die)
You can
Dm7
die
G
D
Dm7
Go
G
back
D
(Wake
up)
Dm7
Go
G
back
D
Dm7
Go
G
back
D
Little
Dm7
boy (go
G
back)
Little
D
boy, it’s time to go to
Dm7
Sandhurst (go
G
back)
D
Wake
Dm7
up (go
G
back)
Wake
D
up
You can
Dm7
die (Go
G
back) (Wake
D
up)
You can
Dm7
die (Go
G
back) (Wake
D
up)
Wake
Dm7
up (go
G
back)
Wake
D
up
Wake
Dm7
up (go
G
back)
Wake
D
up