League Of Lousy Liars - You Say How Long
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: EmCapotraste: Sem capotraste
You Say, How Long?
[Dennis Cope]
[Verse 1]
Am G
So I went to my producer,
D C
And asked him to do my next song.
Am G
He said He would, but the game has changed,
D E
Now a song can only be so long.
[Verse 2]
Am C
I went silent for a moment.
D F
Then shook my head and said, “So what”.
Am C
“Four twenty becomes three minutes and some change,”
D E
“I suppose I can live with that.”
[Verse 3]
F Am
“Oh no,” He exclaimed, quite sheepishly.
E Am
“I’m afraid it’s much worse than that”
F Am
“According to the listeners surveyed,
E Am
Two Minutes are the latest stat.”
[Verse 4]
Dm F
“What! Two whole minutes?
E Am
This must be some kind of sick joke.
Dm F
Why that's just a prelude for an eighteen-minute song,
E Am
Crackin’ some beer and doing a toke.”
[Verse 5]
G D
“And while floating out on that hemisphere
F C
You come across a lonesome thought,
G D
Melding slowly with another out there,
F E
Alas, a structure is easily taught.”
[Verse 6]
Am Dm
“And the songs, they are my thoughts.
E Am
And some thoughts require more time
F Am
To lay out the different scenarios
Dm E
Floating around inside my mind”
[Verse 7]
Dm
“That might be quite true
F
But polls are usually right."
G Am
So don’t give us one of your epics.
C G D
Keep it bouncy and please keep it light.”
[Verse 8]
E G
“Well I have very little bounce inside me today
D C
And I certainly don’t feel too light.
E G
And I definitely don’t feel like supportin’ a thing
D E
That doesn’t exactly feel quite right.”
[Chorus 1]
A E
“Two minutes or seventeen twelve
G F
It doesn’t matter that it takes that long.
A E
Turning common words into poetry,
G E
To stand erect and stand so strong.”
[Chorus 2]
A C
“Now you’re tellin’ me to cut it right back,
D A
Fiddlin’ round with the perfection I’ve found.
F Am
So long to labored and lamenting prose,
E Am
Cast out like lepers on the funeral mound.”
[Verse 9]
E G
“Now I’ve got no time ‘to groove to that thang’
D C
They’ve already started to play the next song.
E G
How can you keep you’re head into that,
D E
It just starts up and then it’s gone”
[Verse 10] (Psychedelic Rock)
G D
“Now with mine, you really start to relax.
F C
You let your mind begin to take control.
G D
Just listen to the introduction
F E
As it digs into your soul.”
[Verse 12]
Am Dm
“And OH that heavenly guitar solo.”
E Am
“Excuse me, I forgot to tell you about that.
F Am
“To stay inside the time restraints
Dm E
We’ve had to do away with extras like that.”
[Verse 13]
Am C
“Oh man, you’re messin’ round with my uniqueness.
D F
You stole an artist's right to be free.
Am C
You’ve gone and pumped the life right out of my songs
D E
Yet I’m to smile and look so bloody happy...HA!!!”
[Chorus 3]
A E
“Two minutes or seventeen twelve
G F
It doesn’t matter that it takes that long.
A E
Turning common words into poetry,
G E
To stand erect and stand so strong.”
[Chorus 4]
A C
“Now you’re tellin’ me to cut it right back,
D A
Fiddlin’ round with the perfection I’ve found.
F Am
So long to labored and lamenting prose,
E Am
Cast out like lepers on the funeral mound.”
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