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the British IBM
Chords & Lyrics from the album ‘the British IBM’
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All Songs Written by Adrian Killens
God’s Front Porch
Capo 2nd Fret
Verse 1
C Em
I’m the loneliest man in the world right now
Dm F C
Maybe I’m not, maybe I’m just down
C Em
For the next three days I’ll call this home
Dm F C
Watching all the ground beneath us fall
C Em
Life with you never felt like this
Dm F C
Never been one for the simple things
Chorus
Em Dm
Standing on the corner of God’s front porch
G Am
Watching all the ground beneath us fall
Em Dm
Loneliness and solitude
G Am
Seldom get the two confused
Verse 2
C Em
Quit your job and walk away
Dm F C
Didn’t like it that much anyway
C Em
Sell your house and start again
Dm F C
Burn your past and make new friends
C Em
Cos you can check out any time you want
Dm F C
Already been a tad too long
Chorus
Em Dm
Standing on the corner of God’s front porch
G Am
Watching all the ground beneath us fall
Em Dm
Loneliness and solitude
G Am
Seldom get the two confused
Middle
Dm
But if I tried and if I missed
C G
Would you leave me alone like this?
Dm
For all the things I’ve ever done
C G
Would you let my life go on
Outro / Verse 3
C Em
I’m the loneliest man in the world right now
Dm F C
Maybe I’m not, maybe I’m just down
Cannibal
Intro
F#m, E, A, E
F#m, E, D, A
Verse 1
F#m A E
I’m a dirty little Cannibal
F#m D A
Eating all my friends
F#m A E
Under the illusion
F#m D A
That the fun will never end
Pre­Chorus
E
Scheming in the basement, making my equations
F#m
Gotta get the numbers right
E
All my fiends and material dreams
F#m
Gonna come along tonight
Chorus
D
But I love you but I hate you
Bm F#m
And I don’t anticipate you coming back
F#m, E, A, E
F#m, E, D, A
Verse 2
F#m A E
All that I can do today
F#m D A
Is sit around and wait
F#m A E
For a man like you to come along
F#m D A
To come and take my place
Pre­Chorus
E
But what do you do, when your face turns blue?
F#m
And your heels are kicking on the floor
E
And you’re looking at me with a sense of glee
F#m
That I’ve never ever seen before
Chorus
D
Cos I love you but I hate you
Bm F#m
And I don’t anticipate you coming back
Middle
E
And all my situations are black
F#m
She said how could it be?
E
As I walked thru the back room to run
F#m
She said I’ll never see
Chorus
D
But I love you but I hate
Bm
Yeah I love you but I hate you
D
Yeah I love you but I hate you
Bm F#m
And I don’t anticipate you coming back
F#m, E, A, E
F#m, E, D, A
Sugar Water
Capo 3rd Fret
Intro
D, Dmaj7 x4 (Listen to dong to get this strumming pattern, it’s the same for both verses)
Verse 1
D, Dmaj7
I’m sorry, for all those little things I said
I pushed you so hard, too hard
I watched you from in my head
G D
I want you to know that without you it won’t be said
G D
You can’t spend it all from the graveyard floor when you’re dead
Chorus x2
A G
Do you wanna sell sugar water?
D
Or do you wanna change the world?
Verse 2
D, Dmaj7
I missed you, and all those little things I did
I pushed you so hard, too hard
I watched you from in my head
G D
As your loyalty strayed my integrity stayed and I wept
G D
And it’s insanely great how it’s you I replaced my friend
(Play verse and chorus instrumentally)
Chorus x 2
A G
Do you wanna sell sugar water?
D
Or do you wanna change the world?
the British IBM
Intro
G#maddE, G#m x2
Verse 1
G#maddE
Standing in an alley way
Between two bars, blood on my face
G#m
You’re looking at me and I’m looking at you
G#maddE
Remember when we were both still friends
None of this would have happened then
G#m
But everything I learnt, I learnt from you
Chorus
E C#m
If we’d have kept it all together
G#m
Maybe we’d still be friends
E C#m
If we’d have finished what we started
G#m
We’d be the British IBM
Verse 2
G#maddE, G#m
G#maddE
Could’ve been another way
Left your dreams for another day
G#m
But I could never be the one, to talk you down
G#maddE
I saw it all on a TV screen
Under a ton and you flicker green
G#m
But I could never be the one, to watch you fall
Chorus
E C#m
If we’d have kept it all together
G#m
Maybe we’d still be friends
E C#m
If we’d have finished what we started
G#m
We’d be the British IBM
Middle
C#m, G#m x2
Verse 3
G#maddE
Now we’re both in the history books
A little world that we both once shook
G#m
Never understood, what’s a heaven for?
G#maddE
Knew you then as I know you now
Watched it all come crashing down
G#m
Watch a little time, as time goes by
Chorus
E C#m
If we’d have kept it all together
G#m
Maybe we’d still be friends
E C#m
If we’d have finished what we started
G#m
We’d be the British IBM
E C#m
If we’d have kept it all together
G#m
Maybe we’d still be friends
E C#m
If we’d have finished what we started
G#m
We’d be the British IBM
E, C#m, G#m
Good Afternoon
Gm
Good afternoon sir
What do you want from me today?
You want the same thing
That everybody’s had today
D# Gm
Why don’t you take a seat and look ahead and I’ll wait
D# Gm
Why don’t you take a seat and look ahead and you can have your say
Good afternoon sir
What do you want from me today
D#
Take a seat and look ahead
Gm
But everybody has to wait
You want the same thing that everybody’s had today
Take a seat and look ahead and you can have your say
D#
Why don’t you take a seat and look ahead
Gm
And you can have your say
D#
You want the messed up look some number two
Gm
That everybody’s had today
Feeling
Verse 1
E A E A
I’ve got this feeling, This feeling is good
E A E A
I know why you left now, you got out while you could
E A E A
And even though I said, I’d do what it takes
E A E A
That was all lies, so this is our fate
E, A x4
Verse 2
E A E A
Don’t try and push me, I’ll push you to hell
E A E A
The money’s all gone now, we don’t need your help
E A E A
Your theory’s for losers, for losers like you
E A E A
With talks of ambition, that never come true
E, A x4
Middle
F#m A E
I’ve got it all worked out, and it’s all for you
F#m A E
I’ve seen it all before, but it’s all brand new
F#m A E
You’ve got a lot to lose, but I’m here for you
F#m A E
Thru all those days, just like you wanted too
Outro
E, A x4
Animal
Capo 3rd Fret
Intro
Em, C, G, D x4
Verse 1
Em C G D
I’ve got my head screwed on
Em C G D
But when I come undone
Em C G D
I don’t need anyone
Em C G D
Till the feeling’s gone
Chorus
Am C
All I need, is a little piece of sanctuary
Am
I need a little space and time
C
To be alone in my own mind
I’m Just an animal
Verse 2
Em, C, G, D x4
Em C G D
I’m just a silhouette
Em C G D
Behind your talking head
Em C G D
I need to be alone
Em C G D
In my own sweet home
Chorus
Am C
All I need, is a little bit of sympathy
Am
A little place to call my own
C
Where I don’t have to hear you moan
Middle
Dm, Am x 2
Em, C, G, D x4
Chorus
Am C
All I know, is everything you’ve ever known
Am
Though I could never tell you that
C
You know it’s just a simple fact
I’m just an animal
Outro
Em, C, G, D x4
A
3 Years
Verse 1
G#m
You got me thinking, my heart was sinking
But now I’m reeling, and these wounds are healing
G#sus4
I got by on looks till my confidence shook
G#m
And I watched everyday as they took everything that I had
You told me fifteen they, they told me fifteen
I, I walked in three as I smiled thru my teeth
G#sus4
I’ve got gold I can’t touch, if I take it I’m fucked
G#m
And I can’t use my name I’ve got no one to blame but myself
Chorus
F# E
Oh no, I’ve seen the punches you throw
G#m
So motherfucker let’s go
Verse 2
G#m
So unreliable, cos it’s not viable
This was a field, now it’s all brick and steel
G#sus4
In a box I can’t touch, if I take it I must
G#m
I’ve got riches and gold and I’m not gonna fold, oh no
Chorus
F# E
Oh no, I’ve seen the punches you throw
G#m
So motherfucker let’s go
Middle
G#m, G#sus4
Chorus
F# E
Oh no, I’ve seen the punches you throw
G#m
So motherfucker let’s go
Vanilla Sky
Intro
B, D#m, C#m, F# x 2
Verse 1
B D#m
I saw your face last night in a dream I had
C#m F#
It didn’t seem to go so bad you pulled my shirt, and told me that you wanted me back
B D#m
Your sister who I’ve never met before
C#m F#
Walked into our room and said that nothing here, is where it’s supposed to be we’re falling
Chorus
E F#
Open your eyes
E F#
Open your eyes
Cos nothing here is real
Verse 2
B D#m
Don’t you remember once when you told me once
C#m F#
That every passing minutes just another chance, to turn it all around, I’ll find you
B D#m
In another life when we’re both cats and then
C#m F#
It doesn’t seem to matter then that nothing here, is where it’s supposed to be we’re falling
Chorus
E F#
Open your eyes
E F#
Open your eyes
Cos nothing here is real
Middle
B, D#m, C#m, F# x 2
E F#
Open your eyes
E F#
Open your eyes
Cos nothing here is real
B, D#m, C#m, F# x 2
Verse 3
B D#m
Thru blood and tears we swept it all away
C#m
And on the concrete floor I lay with broken bones
F#
Waiting for the hand of God
B D#m
But you never came and so my body waits
C#m
Hooked up to machines all day
I dream of you
F# B
Until they find a cure I’m falling
Oscar Pike
Capo 2nd Fret
Verse 1
C
Sitting in the laptop light, on your own all thru the night
Am
Never loved anyone else, or anything more
C
You’ve been here many times before, your dreams are shadows on the walls
Am
Fading into nothing once again
Pre­Chorus
Dm G
And you’re lack of inspiration, caused your miscommunication
Dm G
Waiting for your destiny to call
Chorus
F
But is it too late?
C G
Is it too late to save you?
F
Now your whole life
C G Dm
Is a dream that you’ve just woken from
F C
Now your twenties have gone
Verse 2
C
I’m here and you're still there, staring out the empty chairs
Am
Wishing all your loneliness away
C
Waiting on a curtain call, walking down the empty halls
Am
A little piece of you just died today
Pre­Chorus
Dm G
And you’re lack of inspiration, caused your miscommunication
Dm G
Waiting for your destiny to call
Chorus
F
But is it too late?
C G
Is it too late to save you?
F
Now your whole life
C G
Is a dream that you’ve just woken from
F C
Now your twenties have gone
Middle
Em Dm
And if I ever walked away, I’ll always find my way back home
Em Dm
And if I ever tried again, I’ll always wind up on my own
F, G
Chorus
F
But is it too late?
C G
Is it too late to save you?
F
Now your whole life
C G Dm
Is a dream that you’ve just woken from
F C
Now your twenties have gone