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Robyn Hitchcock : Misc: Solo

  1. Hurry For The Sky
  2. I Often Dream Of Trains
  3. I Pray When I'm Drunk
  4. I Used To Love You
  5. Sayonara Judge
  6. Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl
  7. Sounds Great When You're Dead

Hurry For The Sky
2009

From the album Goodnight Oslo.
Bm
G
Knock yourself out yesterday
Bm
Tomorrow will be fine
G
It's all for the best you say
D
Somewhere down the line
G
D
Everything is fine
Bm
Everything is mine Pharaoh's tomb is empty now You can come right in Bandage up your grin Bandage up your sins
A
Bm
G
Oh I am in a hurry for the sky
A
Bm
G
Oh I am in a hurry for the sky, yeah You can easily confuse money with success Success is always relative, money is acute Money's absolute, money in your dress Oh, I am in a hurry for the sky Yes, I am in a hurry for the sky
E
Number two said to number one You fix this up or you're finished, son Number three said to number two I wish I could trade boots with you
A
Number four said to number five
E
How does it feel to be eaten alive?
Bm
Number 5 said Oh, I, I'm not an integrated guy Oh, I am in a hurry for the sky Hurry for the sky

I Often Dream Of Trains
1984

From the album I Often Dream Of Trains.
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I often dream of trains when I'm alone I ride on them into another zone
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I dream of them constantly, heading for paradise
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Or Basingstoke, or Reading I often dream of trains when I'm awake They ride along beside a frozen lake And there in the buffet car, I wait for eternity Or Basingstoke, or Reading I often dream of trains till it gets light The summer turns to winter overnight The leaves fall so suddenly, the sun sets at four o'clock Exactly what I'm dreading I often dream of trains when I'm with you I wonder if you dream about them too Maybe we'll meet one night, out in the corridor I'm waiting for you baby
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Baby, baby, baby, baby

I Pray When I'm Drunk
2017

From the album Robyn Hitchcock.
G
I pray when I'm drunk, I pray for guidance
D
To get me from the sewer where I am
D
Yeah, I don't know who to, I pray to someone
G
To get me on my way and give a damn
G
Yeah, I pray when I'm drunk, pray when I'm sober
C
I'm grateful for the man than I've become
C
G
Yeah, I swarm with the bees and I booze with the mackerel
D
G
And I think about you every time I strum
C
Some things can change
G
D
Some things you cannot change
Am
All things are strange I pray when I'm drunk, I feel the hammer Of judgement as it smashes on my soul Yeah, I'm glad that I'm drunk, I feel more open To spiritual leanings that I hold Yeah, I'm glad when I'm drunk, glad when I'm sober I'm grateful for the hangover that's gone And I'm grateful to you, and all the pickings From the carcass of the life that I came from From the carcass of the life that I came from

I Used To Love You
2000

From the album A Star For Bram.
I used to love you, I used to walk the line I used to love you, though you were in decline But then I left you to be with someone else Oh I left you to be with myself I used to love you, 'cause you were where it's at I used to love you, and I would be your cat I wore your hairstyle, I tried to look like you But then I left you, because I'd learned from you I'm going to Cambridge, I'll take that narrow train I'm going to Cambridge, then I'll come down again The police station is still on Parker's Piece It hasn't shifted, nor have the police They do their job, and I do mine I used to love you, I loved your liquid voice I used to love you, because I had no choice But now you're crazy, and I myself am straight And every child must avoid its parents' fate

Sayonara Judge
2017

Capo:
II
From the album Robyn Hitchcock.
C
Em
G
Losing my face, losing my friends, losing my temper
F
C
G
Losing my place on the map, losing my home
F
/f#
Gsus4
G
Losing my January to December
Am
F
But I'm twirling my cane, out on my own
C
G
F
C
G
Sayonara, I'm a loser, but I'm walking on air
C
Em
G
Losing my case, losing my form, losing my tether
F
C
G
Losing my neighborhood, my self-esteem
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/f#
Gsus4
G
Losing my mind, I can't keep it together
Am
F
But together is not all that it seems
C
G
F
C
G
Sayonara, I'm a loser, but I'm walking on air, uh-huh
C
Em
G
Losing your trust, losing your love, losing your number
F
C
G
Losing your praise, your rubber stamp, losing your smile
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/f#
Gsus4
G
I never danced, not even a Rumba
Am
F
But if I did I'd be dancing in style
C
G
F
C
G
Sayonara, I'm a loser, but I'm walking on air uh-huh
F
C
Goodbye Judge, I won't wait for the sentence
G
Am
I know what you always wanted to do
F
G
Goodbye Judge, auf wiedersehen jury
C
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F/g
I'm not sticking around for any of you
C
G
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C
G
Sayonara, I'm a loser, But I'm walking on air, uh-huh
F
C
G
Walking on air, yes sir
F
C
G
Walking on air, uh huh (Air, uh huh) Goodbye, Teddy Bear (Air, uh huh) (Air, uh huh)

Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl
1984

From the album I Often Dream Of Trains.
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D
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E
Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl So I could (oop) myself in the shower Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl So I could (oop) myself in the shower
D
Dsus2
Been on my own so long
Cmaj7
I can't tell left from wrong
D
E
Bloody red bats, squelching offal
Gm6
D
E
Foaming mutilations in the kiss of death
D
E
Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl So I could (oop) myself in the shower Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl So I could (oop) myself in the shower
D
Dsus2
Been on my own all night
Cmaj7
I can't tell left from light
D
E
Baby come back, gimme fever
Gm6
D
E
Cauterize this passion with a blood-red kiss
D
E
Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl So I could (oop) myself in the shower Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl So I could (oop) myself in the shower Sometimes I wish I was a So I could
D
E

Sounds Great When You're Dead
1984

From the album I Often Dream Of Trains.
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 Your mother is a journalist, your father is a creep They make it in your bedroom when they think you're fast asleep The scenes that they're enacting now beside your little bed Are never in your consciousness but always in your head
G#m
E
G#m
A
Baby, it might sound dodgy now
E
A
B
A
But it sounds great when you're dead
E
A
It sounds great when you're Your sister is a butterfly, your brother is a drunk You gaze at him reclining in formaldehyde a trunk He lives and breathes on systems that nobody can supply And you're immune to everything except the butterfly, yeah Baby, it might sound dodgy now But it sounds great when you're dead
E
A
B
A
It sounds great when you're dead
E
Baby, you're incredible, I think that you're the most I've searched around for everything like you from coast to coast Your name engraved in diamonds written in my heart We're at our most together when we're at our most apart Baby, it might sound dodgy now But it sounds great when you're dead
G#m
E
G#m
A
Baby, it might sound dodgy now
G#m
E
B
F#
But baby let me assure you
A
E
B
It sounds great when you're dead