Squeeze – Departure Lounge (Guitar)

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(Difford/Tilbrook) From the 2017 studio album, The Knowledge The chords in the intro are 2 bars long. [Intro] G - E7 - C C - F#m - D - A Em [Verse 1]
G   E7            C             F
Old boys, sit and look into the distance

        F#m               D
I never know what they're thinking

    A   Em
The old boys

         G                  E
They can find the peace I'm lacking
[Verse 2]
        Cm  G  F
In this mo.....ment

               F#m         D
Sit with their eyes slowly closing

         A   Em
And then o...pen

       G                  F#
Diving in and out of each second

    F   Fm
The old boys

        C                      Gm
Seem to know more than they're saying

        A#     F#
In this life...time
[Verse 3]
G   E
Old boys

        Cm                    F
Walk as if they're leaning to-wards me

         F#m          D
They can feel gravity calling

        A     Em
From be-neath us

        G   E
For the old boys

      Cm             F
Maybe know what I am thinking

     F#m                   D
Even though their memories fading
[Verse 4]
    A   Em
The old boys

        G                  F#
Falling in and out of each feeling

        F  Fm
In slow motion

        C          Gm
Quietly losing the meaning

     Dm   Am
Of a life-time
[Bridge]
F                                       Cm
They consider my words with a quizzical look

         G#
Like I'm talking in some other language

F                                        Cm
Right round the corner my place in their world

         G#
One that I constantly challenge

A#                          F#m
There is no sound in the de-parture lounge

A#                          F#
There is no sound in the de-parture lounge
[Outro] F - C - D# G - G - F - C D#m - D#m - G - G F - C D#