Intro: D#m0 G#m1 F#2 C#3 F#4 A#m75 D#m6 G#m7 F#8 C#9 G#10 C#11 0 D#m12 Bmaj713 1Well grey clouds wraped round the town like elastic C#14 F#15 A#m716 2Cars stood like toys made of Taiwanese plastic D#m17 3The boy laughed at the spastic Bmaj718 C#19 G#20 C#21 4dancing around in the rain D#m22 Bmaj723 5While laundrettes cleaned clothes, high heals rub toes C#24 F#25 A#m726 6Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows D#m27 7Dressed in their suits and their Bmaj728 C#29 G#30 C#31 8boots well they all look the same 9 10 B32 C#33 11I took myself down to the cafe to find all the F#34 A#m735 D#m36 C#37 12boys lost in books and crackling vinyl B38 C#39 F#40 F#741 13And carved out a poem above the urinal that read B42 14Don't you cry for the lost C#43 15Smile for the living F#44 A#m745 D#m46 C#47 16Get what you need and give what you're given B48 C#49 17Life's for the living so live it D#m50 18Or you're better off dead 19 20 Interlude: G#m51 F#52 C#53 F#54 A#m755 D#m56 G#m57 F#58 C#59 G#60 C#61 21 22 D#m62 Bmaj763 23While the evening pulled the moon out of it's packet C#64 F#65 A#m766 24Stars shone like buttons on an old man's jacket D#m67 Bmaj768 25We needed a nail but we tacked it 'til C#69 G#70 C#71 26it fell of the wall D#m72 Bmaj773 27While pigeon's pecked trains, sparks flew like planes C#74 F#75 A#m776 28The rain showed the rainbows in the oil stains D#m77 29And we all had new iPhones but Bmaj778 C#79 G#80 C#81 30no one had no one to call 31 32 B82 C#83 33And I stumbled down to the stomach of the town F#84 A#m785 D#m86 C#87 34Where the widow takes memories to slowly drown B88 C#89 F#90 F#791 35With a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye she said B92 36Don't you cry for the lost C#93 37Smile for the living F#94 A#m795 D#m96 C#97 38Get what you need and give what you're given B98 C#99 39Life's for the living so live it D#m100 40Or you're better off dead 41 42 Interlude: A#m101 B102 F#103 A#m7104 D#m105 A#m106 C#107 G#108 C#109 43 44 D#m110 Bmaj7111 45Well I'm sick of this town, this blind man's forage C#112 F#113 A#m7114 46They take your dreams down and stick them in storage D#m115 47You can have them back son when you've Bmaj7116 C#117 G#118 C#119 48paid off your mortgage and loans D#m120 Bmaj7121 49Oh hell with this place, I'll go it my own way C#122 F#123 A#m7124 50I'll stick out my thumb and I trudge down the highway D#m125 Bmaj7126 C#127 G#128 C#129 51Someday someone must be going my way home 52 53 B130 C#131 54Till then I'll make my bed from a disused car F#132 A#m7133 D#m134 C#135 55With a mattress of leaves and a blanket of stars B136 C#137 F#138 F#7139 56And I'll stitch the words into my heart with a needle and thread B140 57Don't you cry for the lost C#141 58Smile for the living F#142 A#m7143 D#m144 C#145 59Get what you need and give what you're given B146 C#147 60You know life's for the living so live it F#148 F#7149 61Or you're better off dead 62 63 B150 64Don't you cry for the lost C#151 65Smile for the living F#152 A#m7153 D#m154 C#155 66Get what you need and give what you're given B156 C#157 67Life's for the living so live it 68 69Or you're better off dead