Lyrics
Wire
Pink Flag
Reuters
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D|-2!-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
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G|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
D|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|
E|----------------|-------------------|
Our own correspondent is sorry to tell
Of an uneasy time that all is not well
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B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2---|
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On the borders there's movement
In the hills there is trouble
Food is short, crime is double
Prices have risen since the government fell
Casualties increase as the enemy shell
The climate's unhealthy, flies and rats thrive
And sooner or later the end will arrive
This is your correspondent, running out of tape
Gunfire's increasing, looting, burning, rape
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Field Day for the Sundays
[tabulated by qwerty@cmu.edu]
I wanna be a [A5] field day for the [C5] Sundays so they can [G5] fuck up my [A5] life
[A5] Embarrass my [C5] wife, [G5] and leave a bad [A5] taste
[A5] That striped toothpaste can't [C5] remove on Monday [E5] mornings
[E5] I wanna be a target for the dailies so they can show
Pictures of me with a nude on page three, so lacking in taste
[A5] Touched up near the waist, [C5] looking as limp as Monday [G5 A5] morning
Three Girl Rhumba
[tabulated by qwerty@cmu.edu]
[B5]
[A5 B5]
Think of a number, divide it by two, something is nothing, nothing is nothing. Open a box, tear off the lid, then think of a number, don't think of an answer. Open your eyes, think of a number, don't get swept under, a number's a number
[E5] A chance [F#5] encounter you want to [A5] avoid, [B5 A5 B5] the inevitable, [E5] so you [F#5] do, oh yes you [A5] do [B5] the impossible
Now you ain't got a number, you just want to rhumba, and there ain't no way you're gonna go under
[E5 F#5 G5 A5 B5] Go under
Ex-Lion Tamer
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[D A E G]
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B|-7-7-7-7----|
G|-7-7-7-7----|
D|-7-7-7-7----|
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There's great danger
For the [A5] loneliest [E5] ranger of [G5] all
No silver bullets
Tonto's [A5] split [E5] the [G5] scene
Next week will solve your problems
But now, fish fingers all in a line
The milk bottles stand empty
Stay glued to your T. V. set
There's great danger
At hand most caped crusader of all
No cloak of justice
Robin's flown the nest
Lowdown
[tabulated by qwerty@cmu.edu]
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G|-10---7--------|
D|-10---7--------|
A|-8----5--0-3-0-|
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The time is too short but never too long to reach ahead, to project the image, which will in time become a concrete dream. Another cigarette, another day, from A to B, again avoiding C, D, and E, 'cos E is where you play the blues. Avoiding a death is to win the game, to avoid relegation, the big E.
[A5] Drowning in the big swim, [B5] rising to the [C5] surface
[F5 D5]
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D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-5-5---5-|-7--------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-3-|-5--------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|----------|
The smell of you
That's the lowdown
Start to Move
[tabulated by qwerty@cmu.edu]
Start to move, [G5 A5] time at hand, [F#5 B5 G5 A5] bird in hand [F#5 B5]
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G|-3/4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D|-3/4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-1/2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
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No bush but trees thicken, which now, rooster or chicken
Leave the past, feel the wrench, smell the stench
Was good, but flesh soon rots, emotions, we all got sports
Please believe me, I still do care, please believe me, I'm just not there
Brazil
[tabulated by qwerty@cmu.edu]
[C5 G5 F5 G5]
[G5 B5]
It's true darling, I'll walk you home, I'll be your date forever
I love you girl, I love you, until they split the atom
[D5] So many times there's nothing left, there's nothing left at all [A5 B5 C5]
[D5] I know I'm right, 'cause when you're gone, there's nothing left at all
[D5] Left, right, salute
It's so Obvious
[tabulated by qwerty@cmu.edu]
[A5 E5 G5 A5 E5 G5 A5]
It's so obvious, it's here, it's there
It's not just the colour, it must be more
[E5 G5 A5] At least 17+3 score
This is '77, nearly heaven
It's black, white, and pink, just think
[E5 G5 A5] There's more to come
Hum hum hum hum
It's so obvious
[A5] Well it's alright, just listen, can't [B5] wait for '78
[C5] God those RPM, can't [D5] wait for them, don't just watch
[E5] Hours happen, get in there kid and [F5] snap them
Surgeon's Girl
[tabulated by qwerty@cmu.edu]
[A] Sitting in a surgeon's world, as surgeons will, a surgeon's girl [G] with me
Standing on a river bed, where weeds can be, I'm on my knee to you
[E] I've seen you in glossy mags, I've seen you and you see me
Said you weren't a tuna fish, put in a tin, they're very big, ha ha
Pink Flag
[tabulated by cngrannell@yahoo.com]
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[E5] I was sold up the river to the red slave trade
The stores were gathered, the plans were laid
Synchronized watches at 18:05
[C5] How many dead or alive in 1955?
The pink flag was screaming, bugle boys sucked and blew
No time for confessions, orders given
Books were cooked on the 4th of the 3rd
How many seen or heard on the 12th of the 3rd?
How many dead or alive?
The Commercial
[tabulated by qwerty@cmu.edu]
[instrumental]
[A]
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[A G F# E]
Straight Line
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D|-7--9--9--X-X-7/9--9-----|
A|-5--7--7--X-X-5/7--7-----|
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[A5] My mind is unwilling and your flesh is so weak [D5 E5 D5 E5]
Do my movements betray the secrets I think?
I always stand by walls and try to humour fools
Am I moving in a straight line?
[D5]Oh it's [A5] unlust and the [E5] one dimensional [A5] boy
106 Beats That
[tabulated by qwerty@cmu.edu]
[C] If you had a [A] room, he'd paint it white, [D] survives the [G] day, [B] prefers the night, build [E] sight
[E] Got a head for [B] figures
No time for bicker(er)s
(Or so he says)
Prefers the company of a woman
Finds it more physical, (that's an important word,) always seen first then heard, such a rare bird
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[E] With praise he glows, with change he grows, finds that important, hates waiting, it's not stimulating, likes celebrating, I can't understand why that is so funny, that is sex
Mr. Suit
[tabulated by qwerty@cmu.edu]
[A5 G5 E5 G5 A5]
I'm tired of being told what to think
I'm tired of being told what to do
I'm tired of fucking phonies
That's right, I'm tired of you
[G] No, no, no, no, no, no, Mr. [A] Suit
You can take your fucking money and shove it up your arse
'Cause you think you understand, well it's a fucking farce
I'm tired of fucking phonies
That's right, I'm tired of you
And if you turn and walk out that door
And take your fucking money, let me tell you what it's for
I'm tired of fucking phonies
That's right, I'm tired of you
Strange
[tabulated by jperon1@umbc.edu]
[jperon1@umbc.edu tabulated the R. E. M. cover; qwerty@cmu.edu changed Esus4 to A5. Note that Esus4 is 0-7-9-9-10-X and A5 is X-0-7-9-10-X, which are similar fingerings. R. E. M. played E and A5 at the CVII position, whereas Wire used the open position.]
[G5 C5]
There's something strange going on tonight
Something going on that's not quite right
Joey's nervous and the lights are bright
[G5] There's something going on that's not quite right [E5]
[E5 A5]
There's something going down that wasn't here before
Keep your eyes glued to the floor
No one's gonna save your life
[E5] Something strange is going on tonight [G5]
[For completeness, here is the guitar solo in the R. E. M. cover.]
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B|-------3^---0----|-3^---0---5------|
G|-2p0-------------|------------4----|
D|-----0-----------|--------0--------|
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Fragile
[tabulated by qwerty@cmu.edu]
[Note that here Em is played in the open position and E5 in the CVII position.]
[D Em]
[A5] Tears fall in slivers, you [B5] broke my shades
The [A5] light's too bright, let me [B5] bury my [E5] heart
Filter emotions of green, cowardice gives blue
A restricted view, let me open my heart
[B5] I have a [E5] fleeting love, [B5] scorching when it [E5] lands
[B5 E5] Fragile [G]
[E5] Needing precious hands
[B5 E5] Fragile
You eat my energy, give me more rope
Nail in the wall, let me hang my heart
[D]
Mannequin
[tabulated by cngrannell@yahoo.com]
[E B A]
[D A G]
You're a waste of space
No natural grace
You're so bloody thin
You don't even begin
To interest me, not even curiosity
It's not animosity, it's just you don't interest me
You're an energy void
A black hole to avoid
No style no heart
You don't even start
Different to Me
[tabulated by qwerty@cmu.edu]
[E5 B5 A5 F#5]
[E] Well I wonder what's going on, same old stuff suppose
Not quite right that the stuff's the same but it seems different to me
Seems like the cancer in this city has got to be terminal
[F#] I haven't got it though, [B] incidentally where are you?
Thought you lived here, the bright lights have got you
[E] I'd rather be a sprat than a mackerel, you can slip through the net
[F#] It's set, [B] it also takes one to catch one
Champs
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D|-9---9-9---9--9--9-7-7-9p7-9---9-9---9---9-9---9-9-9--|
A|-9---9-9---9--9--9-7-7-7---7---7-7---7---7-7---7-7-7--|
E|-7---7-7---7--7--7------------------------------------|
[B5 E5]
The race of champions, the pace the pace
The speed the need, the need to seed
The chance to die
Another dead don't cry, another dead don't cry
[F#5] You've still got speed, [G5] you'll maybe bleed
[F#5] But that's next time
Less time than before, more speed than before
You're rich not poor, what are you doing it for?
Want more, want more [Bm]
Another dead don't cry, another dead don't cry
Indeed it's speed, to feed from speed
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B|-7h8-7h8-7h8-7h8-7h8-7h8-7h8-7h8-|
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Doing it all the time
[Bm D A Bm]
Feeling Called Love
[tabulated by qwerty@cmu.edu]
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A|-0--2--------|
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[E A B A]
What is this feeling called love?
What is this crazy thing I can't explain anyhow?
What is this feeling called love?
What is this crazy scene I can't work out anyhow?
[A B]
Maybe I should try it now
Or maybe I should be shy of it now
COs there's nothing you know that can explain it
And there's nothing you know that's worth the pain of it
What is this feeling called love?
What is this thing I can't work out no how?
What is this feeling called love?
What is this thing I don't understand no how?
Gimme love
12XU
[tabulated by andersom@spot.colorado.edu]
[andersom@spot.colorado.edu tabulated the Minor Threat cover; qwerty@cmu.edu lowered all chords by 1/2 step, except for the palm-muted part.]
[E5 B5 F#5]
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[P. M., alternating up- and down-strokes]
Saw you in a mag (smoking a fag), kissing a man
[C#5] I got you in a corner (cottage), got you in a corner
[E5 B5]
12XU
Dot Dash
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D|-9---2---|-9---9---|
A|-7---2---|-7---7---|
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A|-7----7----7---|
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A|-----2---|---------|
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[D5 F#5 A5 F#5]
Mist closing in, getting thicker
One drops out, becoming quicker
Lights grow dim, they glimmer
The chances smaller, the odds are slimmer
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Dot dash, dim flash, don't crash
[E5(CVII)]
Loosening my grip
Be sure to tread carefully
Steering a passage
Finding a line
Crosses on fire, crossfire
Progressive acceleration, skidding but the expression
Remains pan, radiators for all
Radial, I'm still in control, I understand, a hand, a hand moved me
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Driven by self-propulsion
Turning right across the stream
The risks increased with sustained leisure
Courting death, so ill at...
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B|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
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...ease
Options R
[tabulated by qwerty@cmu.edu]
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D|-2h4-2-2-2h4-2-2-2h4-2-2-2h4-2-2-|
A|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
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A|-0--2-2-2-----0h2-2-2-----|
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[A(CV)]
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D|-7----5----4----5----|
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[A(CV)]
If you keep on repeating, repeating the words
It becomes increasing, increasingly absurd
[E(CVII)]
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D|-------4--3-2----------|
A|---------------4-3-2---|
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It's so L-O-V-I-N-G
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D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
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I'm intending to
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Pretending
I thought I was in, but now I'm trying to get out
I'm learning the twist, ignoring the shouts
It's so A-D-O-R-I-NG
I'm enquiring
Perspiring
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My options are open and it's limiting me
Things are so trying, so trying for me
It's so T-R-Y-Y-Y-YING
I'm spying
Something
[E(CVII)]
