The Day I Lost Everything

Fatima Mansions' Against Nature album

Released in 1989 by Kitchenware Records

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INTRO
 
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Uh, I’m here on a mission to tell you exactly what can go wrong if you’re not careful. You see, it’s like this: you’re running down the staircase at random; you take one step, you take two steps, you take seven steps, 10 steps, two steps, 15 steps, 19 steps. You’re lying in a heap at the bottom of the staircase; blood – bones, powder, that sort of thing – and you’re wondering, how did I get here? And then you look up and you see … it’s a man in a cowl. It’s a man in a cowl. He opens his face to you – it’s Jimmy Tarbuck. He is saying, “Kiss the ring … Kiss the ring.” And he says, “Yes, there is a Santa Claus, and anybody who blasphemes against Santa or any of his helpers shall die.” What do you do? What do you do?

VERSE 1
 
You  
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whimper thanks to the heavenly sky, its grey is getting lighter  
A7 
 
No  
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peace of mind or sleep for you, you  
E 
haven’t earned it yet  
A7 
(And you won’t by dusk, I bet)
 
Un
G 
til you learn what  
D 
futures you’ve de
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stroyed (yeah! oh!)
 
We  
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mustn’t see you  
D 
sulk or get an
Asus4 
noyed … no
CHORUS 1
 
C 
On the  
C7 
day I lost  
F 
everything
 
They  
C 
couldn’t 
 
 
C7 
help 
 
e
F 
nough
 
They  
C 
shot my  
C7 
veins full of  
F 
gelatine
 
I said,  
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”Thank you very  
F 
much, you’re too kind!”
VERSE 2
 
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While they lived in luxury, I made do with money  
A7 
(Sweet 
 
money)
 
And  
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now I’m going to measure the rain, and you can sit and watch me (A7) (Look! Look! Oh!)
 
Don’t even  
G 
think about not  
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answering your  
E 
phone
 
It  
G 
might be me and I  
D 
know you’re always  
Asus4 
home
CHORUS 2
 
C 
On the  
C7 
day I lost  
F 
everything
 
They  
C 
couldn’t 
 
 
C7 
help 
 
e
F 
nough
 
They  
C 
stopped my  
C7 
clock and they  
F 
folded my wings
 
I said, “
G 
Thank you very  
F 
much 
 
for…”
INTERLUDE
 
E 
Everything it means
E 
I’m gonna destroy you (with my slings and my bullets)
CHORUS 3
 
C 
On the  
C7 
day I lost  
F 
everything
 
The  
C 
sky was  
C7 
purest 
 
 
F 
white
 
And the  
C 
clocks had  
C7 
stopped so I  
F 
started to sing
 
The  
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magpie sleeps to
F 
night
OUTRO
 
C 
On the  
C7 
day I lost  
F 
everything
C 
Aw 
 
 
C7 
aw 
 
 
F 
aw
C 
Ooh 
 
 
C7 
ohh 
 
 
F 
ooh
C 
 
C7 
Yes 
 
 
F 
 
C 
 
C7 
 
F