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The following chords are used in this song: 320003 X32020 X13331 002210 X68886 XX0231 G C Bb Am D# Dm
G
G
It wouldn't take a long time
To explain what lies between us
C
And it wouldn't take a genius
G
To work out what the scene is
It might just take a pilot
To give you a natural high
C
But you're sending off those bottle tops
G
For your free piece of mind
Bb Am
And are you just waving or drowning?
Bb D#
It's so hard to tell when you're so far away
F Bb
Oh innocence has passed you by
Dm C
A long long time ago
F Bb
I was the fly upon your wall
Dm C
And I saw what you know
F Bb Dm C
Your pornographic priestess left you for another guy
F Bb Dm Am
You frighten little children and you'll always wonder why
Dm C G
Always wonder why (yah!)
G
The mercury is rising
And it's not all that surprising
C
In the land of milk and honey
G
Where you make big money
And it always keeps the rain off
And it always keeps you dry
C
But back home the people hate you
G
And you never did know why
Bb Am
But I think I'm going to tell you
Bb D#
Just give me fifty thousand lire for my thoughts
C Bb
Oh innocence has passed you by
Dm C
A long long time ago
F Bb
I was the fly upon your wall
Dm C
And I saw what you know
F Bb
The supermarket checkout girl
Dm C
Once smacked you in the eye
F Bb
When you eat noone else does
Dm Am
But you always wonder why
Dm C
Always wonder why
Bb
It would take a gunshot
Just to clear your head awhile
C
And after all this time
How can you stand there
Look at me and smile?
F Bb Dm C (x3) F Bb Dm Am G
Bb Am
Now are you just waving or drowning?
Bb D#
It's so hard to tell with you so far away
F Bb
Oh innocence has passed you by
Dm C
A long long time ago
F Bb
I was the fly upon your wall
Dm Am
And I saw what you know
F Bb Dm C
Degeneration suits you, now I'm going home to cry
F Bb
You won't be seeing me again
Dm C
But you'll always wonder why
Dm C G
Always wonder why
[Transcribed by John Meranda]
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