Verse 
C 
Sitting at the old kitchen table 
                      Am 
Peace and health and dreams 

Stretching out in the darkness 
                C 
Mother's up the stairs with her aging new boyfriend 
                Dm 
Cathy's staying in to make sure nothing happens 
                G 
All aboard the freak parade 
                F 
I cover up my head and pray 
                     C 
I'm praying for the light 


C 
Down amongst the old city chambers 
                Am 
Men in frocks debate all the policy changes 
          C 
Everybody bet on the boom and got busted 
          Dm 
Everybody bet and in the government trusted 
              G 
Grubby little red MP 
                F 
Yellow flapping hopelessly 

 

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              Am 
Tory like the cat with the cream 
               E 
Tory like the cat with the cream 
                  Am 
I studied you in history 
                  C 
I studied in the library 
           Dm                     F 
In days of old when knights were bold 
                        Am                      C 
They'd settle it with swords and shields 
           Dm                     F 
In days of old when knights were bold 
                     C 
It's settled by the king 


C 
Praying for a friend is contagious 
                   Am 
Especially when it comes at the old kitchen table 
                   C 
Listening for the swoosh of his quickening paces 
                  Dm 
Watching for the smile on the bravest of faces 
                  G 
How I wish you'd read to me 
                F 
Verses rich in swallows and trees 
                      C 
To get me though the night 


C 
Waiting at the old kitchen table 
                  Am 
Listening for my code listening for my instructions 
                C 
Surely now I'm here I am destined for greatness 
                  Dm 
I want to be the Queen pulling kids out of rivers 
                G 
All aboard the freak parade 
                F 
I cover up my head and pray