Cate Le Bon

Magnificent Gestures

Cate Le Bon


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[Verse 1]
                     
  Truly I like to dream              romance is company
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   Permeates the concrete graft     Puts my head in a car park
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[Verse 2]

   Hold a hand, talk to me          Assume the weight of family
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  Sell the billboard gallery        She was born with no lips, drip, drip, drips
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[Chorus, in 6/4]
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 Hey now, magnificent gestures     could hold my      love,      could open windows.   But the room es-
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   capes me, the teachers  let go.    It's such a     shame, and I'm writing it down.   We will have to
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   talk, but I'm writing it down.        The room   escapes me, and I'm writing it down.     Forever be
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   C     D 
   on guard
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[Interlude]

               Forever be on guard                                Forever be on guard
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               Forever be on guard                                Forever be on guard
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[Verse 3]

  Truly I'm at your feet             Turning cards from memory
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   Pinball for the royal lip         Her heart is a skip, drip, drip, drip. Drip drip
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[Interlude]

      Drip, drip, drip, drip,   drip,  drip              Drip, drip, drip, drip,    drip
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[Verse 4]

   Time     will repeat it.          Time         will defile
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   I           can't repeat it. I was born with no lips, drip, drip, drips
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[Second chorus]
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 Hey now, magnificent gestures     could hold my      love,      could open windows.   But the room es-
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   C             D         A               C          C              D          A               C 
   capes me, the teachers  let go.    It's such a     shame, and I'm writing it down.   We will have to
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   talk,       magnificent   gestures,   and I just   feel low,   I don't know why.         The mood es-
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   capes me, and I'm writing it down.    The room es- capes me, and I'm writing it down.    She has her
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[Outro]
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   teacher's   laugh                     She has her  brother's    eyes 
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   C   D                    D                         Dm                       D
   Her eyes
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[Outro riff]


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