Soapbox

D C D C D False praise: as good as rope to wide-eyed youth tortured with hope C Bm C D And all the ghosts that came before all signed the walls of toilet tours C D The inkwell’s dry; the stairwell bleeds C D Your restless hand’s so hard to read C Bm C D C D C So let’s arrange a midnight meet with a howling wolf and five punk beasts D C D We are all lonely; we’re all strange C D C Bm C D I’m half in love and half deranged for everything I’ve ever thought has already been thought… C D C D Piano players paid in tips, at downtown bars they’re turning tricks C Bm A smile hid behind your lips C D C D C The city slang still makes me sick, sick, sick, sick G A D We found heaven in a blinking eye C D C D C D C D C D C D The long dole queue down Denmark Street.’s an irony not lost on me C Bm C D I’ll wear my fancy suit today just to claim my JSA C D I’ll be the hand that stills your wrist C D C Bm Fresh lipstick, lost without a kiss all painted Pepto-Bismol pink C You said I’d be fine… you’re a liar… G A D C D C D C A We found heaven in a blinking eye G A We found heaven in a blinking eye D C Bm C 6X D C Bm C And now our future sure looks bleak. D C Bm C Love’s not bespoke so let’s not speak D C Bm C I’m tired of waiting for my luck to change D C Bm C We’re still all lonely, we’re still all strange D C Bm C And you once said that all youth dies D C Bm C That all youth dies with its hands tied D C Bm C You kick in the front door as I pick the lock D C Bm C Young love’s screaming from a soapbox G Young love’s screaming D from a soapbox C G Young love’s screaming 11x D from a soapbox C G A Young love’s screaming from a soapbox G A G We found heaven in a blinking eye A G We found heaven in a blinking eye A G We found heaven in a blinking eye A We found heaven in a blinking eye D We found heaven in a blinking eye