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Pete Doherty : Grace/Wastelands
2009


  1. Arcady
  2. Last Of The English Roses
  3. 1939 Returning
  4. A Little Death Around The Eyes
  5. Salome
  6. I Am The Rain

  7. Sweet By And By
  8. Palace Of Bone
  9. Sheepskin Tearaway
  10. Broken Love Song
  11. New Love Grows On Trees
  12. Lady Don't Fall Backwards

Arcady

G
C
G
In Arcady, your life trips along
G
C
G
Pure and simple as the shepherd's song
D7
Seraphic pipes along the way in Arcady
G
C
G
In Arcady, in Arcady
Never saw I such a scene Such maids upon such remote a green They employ their holiday with dance and game And things I may never name In Arcady, in Arcady
G7
C
Well, you said he was your teacher
G
Taught you true and wise
G7
C
But now you know more than your teacher
D7
I see nothing but cool self-regard in your eyes
G
C
G
In Arcady
So you see how twisted it becomes See how quickly twisted it becomes When the cat gut binds my ankles to your bedstead That ain't love, no that ain't love Said he was your teacher Taught you so true and so wise Now you know more than your teacher I see nothing but cool self-regard in your eyes In Arcady, in Arcady In Arcady, your life trips along Pure and simple as the shepherd's song A few seraphic pipes along the way in Arcady In Arcady, in Arcady In Arcady, in Arcady


Last Of The English Roses

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E
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x2
C#m
A
C#m
My, you did look dapper in your mother's old green scarf
A
C#m
With your famous Aunty Arthur's trousers on
A
C#m
Got slapped by that slapper and we all laughed
A
E
But she laughed the loudest in '93 (Could charm the bee's knees off the bee)
"Cheeky" you'd say and we all fell around Rolling round the playground "Saucy" you'd say and we all fell about Rolling around the playground in '94 (We all sang, skipping and dancing, hand in hand)
D
E
Yeah it was all the boys together
D
E
And all the girls together
A
E
D
A
She's the last of the English roses
A
E
D
A
E
She's the last of the English roses
She knows her Rodneys from her Stanleys and her Kappas from her Reeboks And her tit from her tat and her Winstons from her Enochs (It's fine, take the band, coming out, coming alive) And round the snooker table she danced the Frutti-Tutti And she almost spilled her lager toasting girls of great beauty (2009, coming of age, coming alive) All the boys together And all the girls together She's the last of the English roses She's the last of the English roses She's the last of the English roses She's the last of the English roses


1939 Returning

Capo:
I
A#m
Am
B7
Captured clandestine
Em
Bm
Crawled into the lights
C
G
F
He knew he was in for a shoeing
Dm
E
Just wasn't to be his night
Am
B7
Dragged out of the frozen Rhine
Em
Bm
For the Motherland and the Third Reich
C
G
F
A toeing's as good as a shoeing
Dm
E
When it's not to be your night
Am
Tread carefully, so carefully
Ab
On the drifting ice
Dbmaj7
Eb
Caught behind enemy lines
E
Am
In 1939
For Germany He sacrificed his life Caught behind enemy lines There in 1939
Abm
Am
B7
Kids knee-deep in rubble
Em
Bm
London urchins grey with dust
C
A
F
Packed off ours in evacuations
Dm
Em
To farmers' wives, green and pleasant lives, far from the doodlebugs
Am
B7
Nana Doll, she still remembers
Em
Bm
Leaving town in worn-out shoes
C
G
F
Now she's back out west in sheltered accommodations
Dm
Em
Homes for the old where pills aren't the only blues
Tread carefully, so carefully Upon the drifting ice Staring blank into the TV guide In 2009 How it's hurting me I've only seen her twice Since you went west for the second time Since 1939
Abm


A Little Death Around The Eyes

D7
Gm
Cm
Gm
Cm
A little death around the eyes
Em
A7
Your boyfriend's name was Dave
Em
A7
I was bold and brave
D7
And now you're mine
Gm
You'll cook and clean and sew when I tell you to
Cm
Gm
Cm
When I ask you to, if I ask you to, then I want you to
Gm
You don't need telling twice with me, no you don't need telling twice
Cm
You know who wears the trousers, no one wears the trousers
Gm
Cm
(In a nutshell) to break free
Yeah well, you'll never break free of me
Em
A7
Your boyfriend's name was Dave
Em
A7
I was bold and brave
D7
And now you're mine
Gm
You'll cook and clean and sew when I tell you to
Cm
And you'll dance and screw when I want you to
Gm
In the hotel room you take your medicine
Cm
On all fours that's your medicine
Gm
Cm
You feeling better, son?
Gm
(Filling in the cracks)
Cm
Feeling any better, son?
Gm
Cm
(In a nutshell I'll wish upon a star)
Gm
Some vague idea of a man you used to be
Cm
Of the man you used to be to me
Gm
(Filling in the cracks)
Fee-fi-fo-fum, smell the blood of an Englishman
Cm
Be he alive or be he dead
Gm
Cm
(Filling in the cracks)
(Wish upon a star)
Gm
A little death around the eyes


Salome

Capo:
-II
Am
C
F
C
F
In the cold, the coldest of nights
C
E7
F
The fire I light to warm my bones
E
Am
I've had enough of the dreadful cold
Dm
Am
And from the flames appears Salome
Dm
Am
I stand before her, amazed
G
As she dances and demands
E7
Am
The head of John the Baptist on a plate
C
F
C
F
In the morning, shaken and disturbed
C
E7
From under soft white fur
F
E7
Am
I see the dust in the morning bright sets the room alight
Dm
Am
And by the telly appears Salome
Dm
Am
I stand before her, amazed
G
As she dances and demands
E7
Am
F
The head of Isadora Duncan on a plate
Dm
Am
F
Oh, Salome
Dm
Am
F
Am
Oh, Salome
C
F
C
F
In the cold, coldest of nights
C
E7
F
The fire I light to warm my bones
E7
Am
I've had enough of the dreadful cold
Dm
Am
And from the flames appears Salome
Dm
Am
I stand before her, amazed
G
As she dances and demands
E7
Am
The head of any bastard on a plate


I Am The Rain

Dm
Cadd9
Dm
Cadd9
D
Cadd9
G7
A
Dm
Cadd9
Dm
Cadd9
I am the rain, held in disdain
Dm
Cadd9
G7
A
Lotions and potions just add to my fame
Dm
Cadd9
Dm
Cadd9
When I'm not in Spain, I fall on the plain
Dm
Cadd9
G7
A
The truth is I'm ruthless, I can't be contained
Dm
Cadd9
I'm the rain
Dm
Cadd9
Dm
Cadd9
My friend the wind, with breath he is twinned
Dm
Cadd9
G7
A
Blow high or low high tornadoes to spin
Dm
Cadd9
Dm
Cadd9
My mother the cloud, in widow's black shroud
Dm
Cadd9
G7
A
Gives birth to the earth before fields can be ploughed
Dm
A
Dm
A
Up in the sky we've demand to supply
B
F
C
I am necessity, base of the recipe
Dm
Cadd9
I'm the rain
Dm
Cadd9
Dm
Cadd9
My cousin the snow lays blankets below
Dm
Cadd9
G7
A
States that her flakes are just threads to be sewn
Dm
Cadd9
Dm
Cadd9
My rival the sun, it ripens the plum
Dm
Cadd9
G7
A
Is feared and revealed it gives sight to the gun
Dm
A
Dm
A
Up in the sky we've demands to supply
B
F
C
I am necessity, base of the recipe
Dm
A
Dm
A
Up in the sky we've demands to supply
B
F
C
I am necessity, base of the recipe
Dm
Cadd9
Dm
Cadd9
I, I'm the rain, I'm the rain
Dm
Cadd9
Dm
Cadd9
Dm
Cadd9
G7
A
Oh, oh, oh, oh...
Dm
Cadd9
Dm
Cadd9
I am the rain, who's held in disdain
Dm
Cadd9
G7
A
The truth is I'm ruthless I can't be contained


Sweet By And By

G7
F#7
Was it so long ago?
G7
E7
When we first hit the road?
C
Cm
G
D7
I remember those earlier shows
When we used to go |
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| Ba ba da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
G7
F#7
Was it so long ago?
G7
E7
When you said you loved me so?
C
Cm
G
And with kisses untold, your love would unfold
D7
G
Oh my where did you go
D
Oh I don't know, you didn't say goodbye
D7
Where did you go? oh you lie And you left me wandering, wondering
B7
E
If love's just a lie
C#7
C7
Left me wondering if you've found some other guy
G
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F#
)
E
Well all I do is hang my head and cry
C
D
G7
Sometimes I moan, sometimes I moan
Where did you go? Oh I don't know, you didn't say goodbye Where did you go, I don't know, left me wondering If loves just a lie Everywhere I go people say "Who's that funny guy? All he does is hang his head and cries" Sometimes he moans, sometimes he moans Oh, oh why? When we used to go Ba ba da da...


Palace Of Bone

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Riff
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I'm going to build me a palace of bone
Am
C
/b
Am
C
/b
We've been a long time together Time together on a snakey road There ain't no time spent together Like time spent together on a snakey road
Am
C
/b
Am
C
/b
Winding on through the hills together Winding on that snakey road Winding on forever
Am
C
/b
Am
Winding on that snakey road
F
What's that they're telling you?
E
That's your future, I'm telling you!
Am
C
/b
They're gonna pick your pocket too
Am
C
/b
We've been a long time together Time together on a snakey road There ain't no time spent together Like time spent together on a snakey road
Am
C
/b
Am
C
/b
Winding on through the hills together Winding on that snakey road Winding on forever
Am
C
/b
Am
Winding on that snakey road
F
What's that they're selling you?
E
Lotions, potions, selling you
They're gonna pick your pocket or two
Am
And in the clearing...
Am*
Riff
I'm going to build me a palace of bone
Dm
E
With wide open walls and an ebony throne
Am
And all the broken children
Dm
E
From every broken home
Am*
Riff
Can all come and live in the palace of bone
Am
C
/b
Am*
Riff
I'm going to build me a palace of bone
Dm
E
With wide open walls and an ebony throne
Am
There ain't no blackened heart
Dm
E
No innocent soul
Am*
Riff
Who can't come and live in the palace of bone?
Am
C
/b


Sheepskin Tearaway

Aadd9 577657
D#m7b5 x6767x
A
Aadd9
A
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C#7
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Dmaj7
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D#m7b5
A
C#7
She opened her heart
Dmaj7
D#m7b5
A
To a tearaway, a sheepskin tearaway
A
C#7
He was covered with scars
Dmaj7
D#m7b5
And full of heroin
A
C#7
Everyone said from the start
Dmaj7
D#m7b5
Not one single thing, could ever be OK
Bm
C#m
D
E
She didn't listen anyway...
She just opened her heart Threw her cares away And they held on so tight in the dark He brushed her hair away She heard him say All my life I've been fighting And making the best of
Bm
C#m
D
E
And willing very bad luck, very bad luck
Bm
C#m
D
E
Very... very bad luck to Thee
All your fighting got you nowhere If nowhere's here with you on my skin And you can fight forever But if you killed them all you'd never win So give me your surrender There are other ways to kill the pain But things will never mend you It's like trying to dry your eyes in the pouring rain She opened her heart To tearaway, a sheepskin tearaway Was covered with scars and full of heroin Tearaway, sheepskin tearaway Sheep, sheep, sheep, sheep, sheep Sheepskin tearaway


Broken Love Song

Em
B7
Bm
A7
Em
B7
Bm
A7
Take a broken love song, keep it by your side Never be lonely, find a place to hide By the west way, inside the scrubs
Em
B7
Bm
A7
Em
How long must we wait, for they're killing us? Killing us
Bm
F#m
They are the loneliest They are the loneliest They are the loneliest They are the loneliest
Em
B7
Bm
A7
Still
Em
B7
Bm
A7
Through my cell window, hear the loft boys sing
Em
B7
Bm
A7
Come on you R's, carried on the wind
Em
B7
Every morning, I'll be singing like a caged bird who might say
Bm
A7
John, Paul, George and Ringo help pass the hours away
Em
B7
Bm
A
Free as a bird would I be, another dawn creeps up on me on me
Em
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Bm
F#m
They are the loneliest They are the loneliest They are the loneliest They are the loneliest
B7
Bm
E
G
Letters from faceless haters who'd love to see my swinging in my cell
A
B
Bm
Oh I never saw a man who looked like such a wistful eye
E
G
A
As the fear of blue prisoners call the sky
Bm
F#m
They are the loneliest They are the loneliest They are the loneliest They are the loneliest
Em
Still


New Love Grows On Trees

E
Am
D
Are you still talking to All of those dead film stars Like you used to And are you still thinking of All of those pretty rhymes And perfect crimes Like you used to love
And if you're still alive When you're twenty five Shall I kill you like you asked me to If you're still alive When you're twenty five Shall I kill you I know you told me to But I really don't want to
G
A
E
I still remember all of the things you said to me You were the man and I was Calvary And you said, ah you said New love grows on trees New love grows on trees New love grows on... new love grows on trees
E
Am
D
G#m
C#m
F#
B
C
B
That makes perfect nonsense to me But the price of being free these days it's ridiculous
E
Am
D
Are you still shaking out All the dead wood from your bed love Well times don't change and you're still thinking of All of those pretty rhymes for love divine Oh no, you really don't have to If you're still alive When you're twenty five Shall I kill you Oh I know you asked me to But I really don't want to
G
A
E
I still remember all of the things you said to me You were the man and I was Calvary And you said, ah you said New love grows on trees New love grows on trees New love grows on... new love grows on trees
E
Am
D


Lady Don't Fall Backwards

Dm6 x3434x
Bb+ xx4332
Ebm7 x11333
C#m6 xx2323
Cdim7 xx4545
Dm6
Bb+
...once upon a time...
C7
When the cold wind now blows
Fm
Bb7
And the cold wind now blows in my heart
Ebm7
It was a summer breeze
Cm
And she would meet me
Fm
Bb7
Ebm7
In Chinatown for opium and tea
Cm
And she always brought me flowers....(continue)
Ebm7
C#m6
A
I see your eyes look like two marbles in your head
D
B7
But Lady don't you fall backwards
Em
A
Come on fall into my arms.......
D
Cdim7
If darkness comes then I will sing you a song
Em
A
And I will love you forever, at least till morning comes
D
B7
Lady don't you fall backwards
Em
A
D
Cdim7
Come on and fall into my arms
Em
A
D
Come on and fall into my arms