Escalator In The Rain
Released in 1984 by Rough Trade
Transpose
INTRO
D
F#m
Em7
Fmaj7
Em7
D
Dsus2
Stood in the Sunday
Dmaj9
rain
Was a
G6
still
esca
D
la
A
tor
Dsus2
Leading to empty
Dmaj9
shops
Where
G6
nobody
A
looked
And his
Cmaj7
hair got wet and he
Bm7
scratched his head
He just
Cmaj7
never wanted
Bm7
half
enough
D
Oh oh
Em7
oh oh
Dmaj7
oh oh
G
oh
D
Oh oh
Em7
oh oh
Fmaj7
oh the
Em7
wor
Asus4
ld
Dsus2
Some ugly girls and
Dmaj9
boys
In the
G6
park one fine
D
mor
A
ning
Dsus2
Swore they would save the
Dmaj9
world
By the
G6
next Friday
A
night
But when
Cmaj7
Friday came they were
Bm7
in a bar
Cmaj7
Looking sad as I
Bm7
spoke to them
D
Oh oh
Em7
oh oh
Dmaj7
oh oh
G
oh
D
Oh oh
Em7
oh oh
Fmaj7
oh the
Em7
wor
Asus4
ld
G
C
G
C
Dsus2
My brain is blaring
Dmaj9
jokes
As I
G6
spoon up my
D
din
A
ner
Dsus2
Maybe the ice cream
Dmaj9
man
Will
G6
arrive when it’s
A
gone
You know
Cmaj7
all it took was a
Bm7
sneer from you
Cmaj7
Two days on, I’m ob
Bm7
sessed with you
D
Oh oh
Em7
oh oh
Dmaj7
oh oh
G
oh
D
Oh oh
Em7
oh oh
Fmaj7
oh the
Em7
wor
Asus4
ld
And we
G
all fall
C
down
And we
G
all fall
C
down
And we
G
all fall
C
down
And we
G
all fall
C
down
G
C