Robyn Hitchcock – The Authority Box (Guitar)

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-------------------------------------- Sounds best in all power chords (5ths) -------------------------------------- [Verse]

F#

And the headgrenade

Love is in the blade
[tab]A
Noone ever touches

E                 F#
Everybody watches everyone

[Verse]

F#
When the spoilt child

Hits middle age Wants to turn the page

A                      E
The page is stuck with blood

                   F#
And you know whose blood it is

A
'That will do nicely'

E
Step this way sir

F#
After you'

[Chorus]

            B      E
I call your name

              B    E
But you don't hear me

            B   E
I call your name

                   B    E  F#
But you're nowhere near me anyway

[Verse]

F#
Sweet 53

My pink is red Unscrew my head

A              E                 F#
Failure rips into my 'you're too old for this'

[Verse]

F#
With your vanity on

So dual key So freedom fries So Texas vow

A                      E                F#
You and your wife have teeth alive, now haven't you?

A                  E               F#
Figure I know your love is nothing personal

[Chorus]

            B      E
I call your name

              B    E  F#
But you don't hear me anyway

[Verse]

F#
When the sun goes down

I'm a lonely boy With a lonely kiss

A                       E
Say what you like about this

                    F#
But I'll never ever bother you

[Verse]

F#
I'm stepping out of my disease

With a CEO and a budget horn

A                  E              F#
You just married a guy who didn't know it yet

A
Nothing wrong with failure

E         F#
Everybody does it

[Bridge]

        A E F#
Can you hear me?

        A E F#
Can you hear me?

[Outro]

   A       E   B       F#
Ah fuck me baby, I'm a trolley bus

     A       E   B       F#
Yeah fuck me baby, I'm a trolley bus

      A       E   B       F#
Whoah fuck me baby, I'm a trolley bus