Litter Bin
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse 1]
C
In a multi-storey carpark
F
In the middle of the night
C
There's a youngish girl just standing
F
In the artificial light
Bm7 E7 Am
With a blank pale face and stringy hair
D7 G7
By the litter bin, just standing there
C
She holds a little baby
F
It isn't very old
C
Just a little grubby bundle
F
Wrapped up against the cold
Bm7 E7 Am
And she looks around, then puts it in
G C
Puts the baby in the litter bin
[Chorus]
C
Because it's a sad world
F
What can I tell you
C
Half of the things that happen
F Fm
Don't make sense at all
Am D7
It must be a sad world
G7
I know, I know, I know, I know
C F
That puts a baby in a litter bin
C F
[Verse 2]
C
In a nice suburban high street
F
In the middle of the day
C
A small man with a rifle
F
Blasts a bank clerk's life away
Bm7 E7 Am
And while women scream, the bank clerk's eyes
D7 G7
Hold a look of mild surprise
C
They ask him why he did it
F
He only says "Because"
C
And the mother of the bank clerk
F
Keeps his bedroom as it was
Bm7 E7 Am
On his unmade bed she weeps for him
G C
And the baby in the litter bin
[Chorus]
C
Because it's a sad world
F
It shouldn't surprise you
C
If something sounds cruel and pointless
F Fm
Chances are, it's true
Am D7
But I wonder if I knew
G7
Somewhere inside, inside, inside, inside
C F
That they put babies into litter bins
C F
[Verse 3]
C
In a Bentley full of music
F
In the early afternoon
C
Some chap still drunk from lunchtime
F
Jumps the lights a bit too soon
Bm7 E7 Am
And while Callas sings, she's so superb
D7 G7
A crumpled figure hits the kerb
C
While her face is covered over
F
He blames it on his clutch
C
There's a gutter full of shopping
F
That no-one wants to touch
Bm7 E7 Am
Some broken eggs, a dented tin
G C
And a baby in a litter bin
[Chorus]
C
Because it's a sad world
F
And people do dumb things
C
And people have dumb things done to them
F Fm
And that is worse
Am D7
And whether you just curse
G7
Or cry, or cry, or cry, or cry
C F
There's still the baby in the litter bin
C F
[Outro]
C
Because it's a sad world
F
We have to have kind hearts
C
We have to light tiny bonfires
F Fm
That can pierce the dark
Am D7
Then maybe one small spark
G7
Who knows, who knows, who knows, who knows
C
Could possibly begin
C F
To warm the frozen skin
C G Fm C
Of the baby in the litter bin
How to play Litter Bin
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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