Tom: D
Gmaj7 3-x-0-0-3-2
G6 3-x-2-0-3-3
[Intro]
D G Gmaj7
[Verse 1]
D G G6
I've been told to be a seer one must be ruthless
D G G6
So I've eaten the yellowed text of Paul and Brutus.
D G G6
The soothsayers came and went now I believe
D G G6
to be reborn we first must cultivate a seed
D G G6
Spit it out release that precious piece of pebbled ash from your mouth,
D Dmaj9 G G6
That's a working class jewel spinning round your hopeless head.
D G G6
It ain't for chewing on it's for looking through instead.
D Dmaj9
You prefer the common stone to the pearls,
G G6
Under the plexiglass with the factory girl
D Dmaj9
who told her sister all about you, hanging bed sheets on
G G6
A clothesline in the sun.
D Dmaj9
She keep you warm she keep you fed
G G6
now you've gone and lost your bed
D Dmaj9 G G6
On the doorstep of the sick and indignant society
Em Em9 A
And as Christmas comes send word to all the ones
D G Gmaj7 D G Gmaj7
who watch night disown day.
[Verse 2]
D G G6
Thirty five days after defection now I am sat in the cheapest of rooms.
D Dmaj9 G G6
There's an oil lamp defiantly snapping at the shadows.
D Dmaj9
I've had notions to start playing chess,
G G6
but the mice they have stolen the pieces
D Dmaj9 G G6
I have told them to start paying rent or they must leave.
D Dmaj9 G G6
I am writing my letters, I am anchored in an armchair.
D Dmaj9 G G6
I intend on shooting the postman when he passes at Dawn.
D Dmaj9
I haven't eaten for thirteen days.
G G6
I've taken the form of a Bosnian beggar.
D Dmaj9
I'm the reason the preachers are screaming and shouting.
G
Tell the mother I'm home, tell the mother I'm home.
Em A
And as Christmas comes send word to all the ones
Em Em9
Who would love to be remembered
A D G
by the ghosts of november on St. Stephens's Day
D G
In some miniscule way
[Chorus]
D Dmaj9 G G6
Across the city they're sending postcards to Catalonia.
D Dmaj9 G G6
Across my city they're sending postcards to Catalonia
D Dmaj9 G G6
Across the city they're sending postcards to Catalonia
D G
I can't get out now so here's a postcard from Catalonia.
