Squeeze – Nirvana (Guitar)

F#            Bm                   
The children had all left home

Em                                 
The house was like a ship without a sail

      A              D                  
They headed for the sunset

C#                            Bm
Where maybe they would find a holy grail

F#            Bm 
The bedrooms were all rigged up

Em
The posters of Marc Bolan ripped away

      A              D   
Each day was blessed with freedom

C#                           C
As they would try to find something to say

Bb/F  Gm           
She kept a little journal

Fm   C7sus2/G
He scanned them out to see

Ab            Eb/G     Bb  F/A
If they could find Nirvana

Ab            Eb/G         F# Bm  F# Bm   
And where that place might be

F#            Bm
She had lots of things to do

Em
They kept the plastic covers on the chairs

     A              D 
It drove him around the twist

C#                                  C
They both were wondering what they might have missed.

Bb/F  Gm  
He quibbled with ambition

Fm   C7sus2/G
She fell into a rut

Ab            Eb/G     Bb  F/A
They sat and read the papers

Ab            Eb/G     Bb  F/A
In sequence they would touch

Ab            Eb/G     Bb  F/A
The creeping realization

Ab            Eb/G         F# Bm  F# Bm   
Like a punch in the gut

F#          Bm
Each day like the one before

Em
The dreams evaporated

                A                   D
As the weeks and months turned into years

C#                            C
The queasy feeling that they wanted more

Bb/F  Gm
He   said his word was final

Fm   C7sus2/G
She heard him slam the door

Ab            Eb/G     Bb  F/A
They were in this together

Ab            Eb/G     Bb  F/A
Like children holding back tears

Ab            Eb/G     Bb  F/A
They've come so far to end up

Ab            Eb/G     F# Bm  F# Bm  F# Bm  F# Bm  
With nothing down the years

Ab            Eb/G     Bb  F/A 
                            (Repeat to fade)