Straying Away
Released in 1996 by Kitchenware Records
Transpose
INTRO (x2)
C
G
Dm
F9
VERSE 1
They
C
come to
G
toast a
Dm
birth
F9
From
C
fenced-off
G
squares of
Dm
earth
F9
Un
C
blushing, flab-faced
Em
thieves
Greased
F9
palm to spongy
Gsus4
palm
“What
C
history?
G
Ah, what
Dm
harm!”
F9
A/C#
I was raised be
F#sus4
side them as a
Bm
scruffy
also-
Gsus2
ran
A/C#
A prisoner of
F#sus4
selfish fear and
Bm
hobbled
reason
D7/C
Hide all feeli
Am
ngs
Em
Straying
a
Am
way
In only
Em
mouth and
Am
mind
Em
Straying
a
Am
way
VERSE 2
I
C
fled for
G
all my
Dm
worth
F9
The
C
Long Acre
G
did its
Dm
worst
F9
I’d say,
C
“Lover, friend, give
Em
way
So the
F9
wounds can breathe and
Gsus4
play
From
C
dusk to
G
stillborn
Dm
day”
F9
A/C#
And they’ve often
F#sus4
seen me as I’ve
Bm
shambled through their
Gsus2
town
A/C#
They hail me when I’m
F#sus4
up but when I’m
Bm
down care not to
There
D7/C
goes that fool wh
Am
o
Went
Em
straying
a
Am
way
Em
From this life so
Am
good
Em
Straying
a
Am
way
INTERLUDE
E6
Straying away from meaning and calm
Some
C#m7
treacly alchohol to drown the alarm
And the
G9
trusting who cling in the warmth of the night
Can be
F#sus4
spurned and told lies in the noon’s angry light
And those
E6
seeds which once fell, full of passion and zest
Turn
C#m7
caskets of pain, wishing only for death
But
G9
able to stomach only one pour at a
F#sus4
time
C
G
Dm
F9
C
G
Dm
F9
OUTRO
You can e
A/C#
vade their tags ’til one
F#sus4
day you’ve been
Bm
staked on well-marked
Gsus2
ground
A/C#
Any fool can
F#sus4
hate his past but how
Bm
harshly dare you
D7/C
judge the prese
Am
nt
Em
Straying
a
Am
way
Em
When you’re named and
Am
nailed
Em
Straying
a
Am
way
FADE
Am7
D/A