Idea
Released in 1984 by Rough Trade
Transpose
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