Capo on 4th fret
Chords:
E : 0221xx
A5 : x022xx
E/F# : 2021xx
E7/G : 3201xx
E
Oliver Paul, twenty years old
A5
Thick head of hair, worries he's going bald
E
Wakes up at quarter past nine
A5
Fair evades his way down the 96 tram line
E
Breakfast on the run again, he's well aware
A5 E A5 E A5
He's dropping soy linseed Vegemite crumbs everywhere
E
Feeling sick at the sight of his computer
A5
He dodges his way through the Swanston commuters
E
Rips off his tie, hands it to a homeless man
A E
Sleeping in the corner of a metro bus stand and he screams
"I'm not going to work today
A5
Going to count the minutes that the trains run late
E A5 E E/F# E7/G A5
Sit on the grass building pyramids out of Coke cans"
E
Headphone wielding to the Nicholas building
A5
He trips on a pothole that's not been filled in
E
He waits for an elevator, one to nine
A5
A lady walks in and waits by his side
E
Her heels are high and her bag is snakeskin
A5
Hair pulled so tight you can see her skeleton
E
Vickers perfume on her breath
A5
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A tortoise shell necklace between her breasts
E
She looks him up and down with a botox frown
A5
He's well used to that look by now
E E/F# E7/G A5
The elevator dings and they awkwardly step in
E E/F# E7/G A5
Their fingers touch on the rooftop button
E A5
Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof
E A5
You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth
E A5 E A5
I'd give anything to have skin like you
E
He said "I think you're projecting the way that you're feeling
A5
I'm not suicidal, just idling insignificantly
E
I come up here for perception and clarity
A5
I like to imagine I'm playing SimCity
E E/F# E7/G A5
All the people look like ants from up here
E E/F# E7/G A5
And the wind's the only traffic you can hear"
E E/F# E7/G A5
He said "All I ever wanted to be
E E/F# E7/G A5
Was an elevator operator, can you help me please?"
E A5
Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof
E A5
You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth
E A5 E A5
I'd give anything to have skin like you
E A5
Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof
E A5
You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth
E A5 E A5
I'd give anything to have skin like you
E E/F# E7/G A
E E/F# E7/G A
E E/F# E7/G A
E E/F# E7/G A
