Scenes From A Shit Italian Restaurant
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Intro: G Em G Em (2x)
Verse
G
I took a drive tonight,
Em
I drove past all the houses of the friends I had in school,
G Em
and it was sad, 12 years of hard learnt lessons in an hour seems so cruel,
G
It took an awful lot of courage,
Em
but I smiled on my way back,
G Em
One big housing estate, one thousand cul-de-sacs.
C
I’m not the sort of person to get impatient,
Em D
when needlessly delayed by the traffic lights.
C
On such a frosty evening, you take it steady,
Em D
Cause to go like that would just be trite,
[Refrão]G C
Faulty speakers kill the lower frequencies,
G C
Reminds me of the tape deck that we tampered with that night,
Em C G
But today the photos fade like my affinity,
Em C D
And the songs that last the longest mean the least.
Verse
G
So here’s a doll, and here’s a map,
Em
please point to where she touched you,
G Em
Point to where I touched you and then where you want to go,
G
Cause there’s petrol in the car,
Em
and I’m in that sort of mood,
G Em
It’s a chance to relearn all those stupid songs we used to know.
C
Like the one about the two old friends
Em D
who end up going off to war,
C Em
A broken hi-fi spewing tired analogies,
D
and nothing more.
[Refrão]G C
Faulty speakers kill the lower frequencies,
G C
Reminds me of the tape deck that we tampered with that night,
Em C G
But today the photos fade like my affinity,
Em C D
And the songs that last the longest mean the least.
Outro
G Em G Em
G Em
Some old song comes on the radio,
G Em
a song that’s kitsch and meaningless that everybody knows,
G Em
so between you and me this means nothing,
G Em
so between you and me this means nothing.
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