Genius
Released in 1985 by Rough Trade
Transpose
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
Am9
C
G
Am9
C
G
Am9
C
G
Am9
C
G
Am9
C
G
Am9
C
G
Am9
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
C
Picnic!
G
Am9
Picnic!
C
Picnic! Picnic!
G
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