High And Dry
Released in 1988 by Virgin Records
Transpose
INTRO
F6
Fmaj7
F6
Fmaj7
C7sus4
VERSE 1
Dmadd9
Why’d you have to leave me for
F9
some Albanian gambler on the
Bb
Beirut train
Ebmaj9
When I’d finished
Dmadd9
laughing,
F9
I celebrated with a
Bb
glass of paint
Ebmaj9
F
You’ve got
Bb
dreams and
Dm
I’ve got
Cm
demons
Bb
I forgive you
Am
all because you’re
Gm
really into
C7sus4
what you
F
do
Cm/G
CHORUS 1
F6
High and
Fmaj7
dry
F6
Fmaj7
Not a
C7sus4
cloud in the sky
F6
Histo
Fmaj7
ry
F6
Fmaj7
Somebody
C7sus4
canonise
me
VERSE 2
Dmadd9
Mondays I go clubbing
F9
just outside of Leipzig in a
Bb
pin-striped suit
Ebmaj9
And a bunch of
Dmadd9
roses,
F9
strolling through the vestry being
Bb
beaten up
Ebmaj9
By those
F
English
Bb
beer-boys,
Dm
Soho
Cm
tea-boys
Bb
I forgive them
Am
all because they’re
Gm
really into
C7sus4
what they
F
do
Cm/G
CHORUS 2
F6
High and
Fmaj7
dry
F6
Fmaj7
Not a
C7sus4
cloud in the sky
F6
Histo
Fmaj7
ry
F6
Fmaj7
Don’t take no
C7sus4
notice of me
INTERLUDE
Gm
Am
C5
Csus2
Gm
Am
C
VERSE 3
F
Sirens
Bb
scream like
Dm
unfed
Cm
babies
Bb
Don’t you blame the
Am
viruses they’re
Gm
really into
C7sus4
what they
F
do
Cm/G
CHORUS 3/OUTRO
F6
High and
Fmaj7
dry
F6
Fmaj7
Oh what a
C7sus4
prophet am I
F6
Showbiz
Fmaj7
clown
F6
Fmaj7
Don’t have the
C7sus4
brains in this town (See you all in hell)
F6
High and
Fmaj7
dry
F6
Fmaj7
They say there’s
C7sus4
snow in July (See you in hell)
F6
Have no
Fmaj7
say
F6
Fmaj7
So you can
C7sus4
throw me away
F6
High and
Fmaj7
dry
F6
Fmaj7
Not a
C7sus4
cloud in the sky (See you all in hell)
F6
High and
Fmaj7
dry
F6
Fmaj7
Kiss the
C7sus4
logic
goodbye