Intro
[Em] [Am] [G] [D] [G] [Bm7] [Em] [Am] [G] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
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Verse
Well grey [Em] clouds wraped round the [Cmaj7] town like elastic
[D] Cars stood like toys made of [G] Taiwanese [Bm7] plastic
The [Em] boy laughed at the spastic [Cmaj7] dancing around in the [D] rain [Dsus4] [D]
While [Em] laundrettes cleaned clothes, high [Cmaj7] heals rub toes
[D] Puddles splashed huddles of [G] bus stop [Bm7] crows
[Em] Dressed in their suits and their [Cmaj7] boots well they all look the [D] same [Dsus4] [D]
Bridge
I [C] took myself down to the [D] cafe to find
all the [G] boys lost in [Bm7] books and [Em] crackling [D] vinyl
And [C] carved out a poem [D] above the urinal that [G] read [G7]
Chorus
Don't you [C] cry for the lost
[D] Smile for the living
[G] Get what you [Bm7] need and [Em] give what you're [D] given
[C] Life's for the living so [D] live it
Or you're better off [Em] dead
[Am] [G] [D] [G] [Bm7] [Em] [Am] [G] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
Verse
While the [Em] evening pulled the moon [Cmaj7] out of it's packet
[D] Stars shone like buttons on an [G] old man's [Bm7] jacket
We n [Em] eeded a nail but we t [Cmaj7] acked it 'til it fell of the w [D] all [Dsus4] [D]
While [Em] pigeon's pecked trains, sparks [Cmaj7] flew like planes
The r [D] ain showed the rainbows in th [G] e oil st [Bm7] ains
And we [Em] all had new iPhones but [Cmaj7] no one had no one to [D] call [Dsus4] [D]
Bridge
And [C] I stumbled down to the [D] stomach of the town
Where the [G] widow takes [Bm7] memories [Em] to slowly [D] drown
With a [C] hand to the sky and a [D] mist in her eye she [G] said [G7]
Chorus
Don't you [C] cry for the lost
[D] Smile for the living
[G] Get what you [Bm7] need and [Em] give what you're [D] given
[C] Life's for the living so [D] live it
Or you're better off [Em] dead
[Bm] [C] [G] [Bm7] [Em] [Bm] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
Verse
Well I'm [Em] sick of this town, this [Cmaj7] blind man's forage
They t [D] ake your dreams down and st [G] ick them in st [Bm7] orage
You can h [Em] ave them back son when you've p [Cmaj7]
aid off your mortgage and l [D] oans [Dadd4] [D]
Oh [Em] hell with this place, I'll go [Cmaj7] it my own way
I'll [D] stick out my thumb and I [G] trudge down the [Bm7] highway
[Em] Someday someone must be [Cmaj7] going my way [D] home [Dadd4] [D]
Bridge
Till then [C] I'll make my bed from a [D] disused car
With a [G] mattress of l [Bm7] eaves and a [Em] blanket of [D] stars
And I'll [C] stitch the words into my [D] heart with a needle and [G] thread [G7]
Chorus
Don't you [C] cry for the lost
[D] Smile for the living
[G] Get what you [Bm7] need and [Em] give what you're [D] given
You know [C] life's for the living so [D] live it
Or you're better off [G] dead [G7]
Outro
Don't you [C] cry for the lost
[D] Smile for the living
[G] Get what you [Bm7] need and g [Em] ive what you're g [D] iven
[C] Life's for the living so [D] live it
Or you're better off dead
