Intro
E5EGCFFGCGAmFGFAmFG
Verse 1
CFG
At the record company meeting,
CFG
On their hands: a dead star.
AmFG
And ooh, the plans that they weave,
FAmFGE*
And ooh, the sickening greed.
Verse 2
ADE
At the record company party
ADE
On their hands: a dead star.
F#mDE
The sycophantic slags all say:
DADE
"I knew him first, and I knew him well."
ADE
Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package!
ADE
Re-evaluate the songs,
F#mDE
Double pack with a photograph,
DADEG
Extra track (and a tacky badge.)
Verse 3
CF
A-list, playlist,
G
"Please them, please them, please them!"
CFG
(Sadly, this was your life)
AmFG
But you could have said no, if you'd wanted to,
FAmFG
You could have said no, if you'd wanted to.
Verse 4
CF
BPI, MTV, BBC,
G
"Please them. please them!"
CFG
(Sadly, this was your life)
AmFG
But you could have said no, if you'd wanted to,
FAmFGE*
You could have walked away, couldn't you?
Verse 5
ADE
I touched you at the soundcheck,
ADE
You had no real way of knowing.
F#mDED
In my heart I begged, "Take me with you.
F#mDE
I don't care where you're going."
Verse 6
AD
But to you I was faceless,
E
I was fawning, I was boring.
ADE
A child from those ugly new houses,
F#mDE
Who could never begin to know,
DF#mDEG
Who could never really know.
Back up guitar chords for solo
CFFGC |FAmFGFAmFGFFGCFGAmFGFAmFGEGuitar Solo
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B|------7-8h7---------10/12-10-8p7--------------10-8-10-8-10-12-12-10-10---|
G|7-7-9-------7-7-9-9--------------7-7-9-9-9/11----------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|e|10-10--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------7-8p7-------------12-10----12-10-------------------------14-14p12--|
G|------------9-9----------------------------------------9/12--------------|
D|------------------------------12-------11h12-12--17/12------14-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------10h11---11h12-12--|
G|12p11----------------------14-12-14-12-14-16-16-14-14--------------------|
D|------12-12-14-14----14h16-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 7
ADE
Best of! Most of! Satiate the need,
ADE
Slip them into different sleeves!
F#mDED
Buy both, and feel deceived,
F#mDE
Climber, new entry re-entry.
Verse 8
AD
World tour!("Media whore!")
EA
"Please the press in Belgium!"
DE
(This was your life...)
F#mDED
And when it fails to recoup? Well, maybe:
F#mDEG
You just haven't earned it yet, baby.
Verse 9
CFG
I walked a pace behind you at the souundcheck.
CFG
You're just the same as I am.
AmFG
What makes most people feel happy
FAmFG
Leads us headlong into harm.
CF
So, in my bedroom in those ugly new houses,
GCFG
I dance my legs down to the knees.
AmFGFAmGE*
But me and my true love will never meet again...
Verse 10
ADE
At the record company meeting,
ADE
On their hands, at last, a dead star!
F#mDE
But they can never taint you in my eyes,
DF#mDE
They can never touch you now.
ADE
No, they cannot hurt you my darling,
ADE
They cannot touch you now,
F#mDEDF#mE
But me and my true love will never meet again.
Outro: G7 G7 G7 G7