Buzzcocks – I Believe (Guitar)

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Note that guitars on original studio recording were tuned slightly sharp: Live version from 2013 in standard tuning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEsDAsJ_Tdo [Verse]
         E                         B                   A
In these times of contention, it's not my intention to make things plain

     E                         B                         A
I'm looking through mirrors to catch the reflection that can't be mine

    E                        B                        A
I'm losing control now, I'll just have to slow down a thought or two

  E                             B                           A
I can't feel the future and I'm not even certain that there is a past
[Chorus]
E
I believe in the worker's revolution

    D
And I believe in the final solution

A
I believe in, I believe in

E
I believe in the shape of things to come

    D
And I believe, I'm not the only one

A
Yes, I believe in, I believe in
[Verse]
       E                   B                            A
When I poison my system, I take thoughts and twist them into shapes

    E                       B                  A
I'm reachin' my nadir and I haven't an idea of what to do

    E                       B                          A
I'm painting by numbers but can't find the colors that fill you in

    E                       B                      A
I'm not even knowing if I'm coming or going, if to end or begin
[Chorus]
E
I believe in the immaculate conception

    D
And I believe in the resurrection

A
And I believe in, I believe in

E
I believe in the elixir of youth

    D
And I believe in the absolute truth

    A
Yes I believe in, I believe in
[Refrain]
      E             C             A
There is no love in this world anymore

      E             C             A
There is no love in this world anymore
[Verse]
     E                       B               A
I've fallen from favor while tryin' to savor experience

    E                         B                   A
I'm seein' things clearly but it has quite nearly blown my mind

         E                   B                       A
It's the aim of existence to offer resistance to the flow of time

E                 B                  A
Everything is and that is why, it is will be the line
[Chorus]
E
I believe in perpetual motion

    D
And I believe in perfect devotion

A
I believe in, I believe in

E
I believe in the things I've never had

    D
And I believe in my mum and my dad

    A
And I believe in, I believe in
[Refrain]
      E             C             A
There is no love in this world anymore

      E             C             A
There is no love in this world anymore
[Verse]
    E                       B                            A
I'm skippin' the pages of a book that takes ages for the foreword to end

   E             B                  A
Triangular cover concealing another aspect from view

   E                  B                     A
My relative motion is just an illusion from stopping too fast

    E                      B                            A
The essence of being these feelings I'm feeling, I just want them to last
[Chorus]
E
I believe in original sin

    D
And I believe what I believe in

    A
Yes I believe in, I believe in

E
I believe in the web of fate

    D
And I believe, I'm goin' to be late

   A
So I'll be leavin', what I believe in
[Outro]
      E             C             A
There is no love in this world anymore (repeat and fade)