The Lobster’s Dream
Released in 2021 by Dimple Discs
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INTRO
Am
G
C
G7/F
Ddim
Ddim/F
Am
VERSE 1
Am
Detox
G
on a
C
charted
G7/F
Boeing
Am/E
Mayor
G/D
must
ab
Am
scond
Am
Zurich
G
credit
C
confir
G7/F
mation
Hel
Am/E
lo
Se
G/D
vasto
Am
pol
Let’s
C
contemplate his
Abdim7
fat
wristwatch
Am
Not his pink-grey
Em
skin
Am
Lobster
G
crossing
C
seven
G7/F
deserts
Ddim
Where the
Ddim/F
hell you’ve
Am
been?
VERSE 2
Am
Trawler
G
boarded,
C
ski masks
G7/F
fastened
Am/E
Stabbing
G/D
motions
Am
calm
Am
Once
a
G
shore they’ll
C
strafe each
G7/F
cafe
On
Am/E
Petain
G/D
Boule
Am
vard
A
C
data stream from a
Abdim7
distant
land
Pro
Am
claims the A-O
Em
K
Am
Lobster
G
crossing
C
seven
F
deserts
Dm/F
Dressed in
Bm7b5
hat and
E7
tails
A
One more strolling
C
play
D
er
A
Cameras close be
Gm7
hind
CHORUS 1
F7
Dream for the dimming mind
Or for
F7
monkey and monkey-kind
Cinder-baked
Ebm
day
Til night-light sets
Fmaj7
dunes
ablaze
A
F7
bulletin in every hour
The
F7
future is lobster-powered
Embassy
Ebm
dregs pump the oil and
Amaj7
grind out
Cmaj7
meds
From
Amaj7
lobster
Cmaj7
legs
Gm7
Am7
Gm7
Dm
VERSE 3
Am
Now they
G
dredge up
C
her love
G7/F
letters
Am/E
Inno
G/D
cent as
Am
charged
Am
All she
G
did was
C
hush up
G7/F
murder
Am
By the
G/D
eavesdrop
Am
star
Of
C
back-lit screen and
Abdim
truncheon’s
gleam
His
Am
gaze levied a
Em
tax
Am
Lobster
G
scaling
C
Crystal
F
Palace
With an
Dm/F
alehouse
Bm7b5
carpark
E7
axe
We’re
A
off to Sigmar
C
in
D
gen
To
A
air the halls and
Gm7
shrines
CHORUS 2
So
F7
dream for the shrinking mind
Of the
F7
monarchs of monkey-kind
Eloquence,
Ebm
guile ‘neath mouldy care home
Fmaj7
ceiling
tiles
The
F7
Ode to Joy jumps and distorts
You’re now
F7
leaving the Age of Remorse
Floodwater
Ebm
seeps
Our
Ebm
lobster, desti
Amaj7
nation
Cmaj7
reached
Amaj7
Will now
Cmaj7
speak
FADE
Amaj7
Cmaj7