Good grief    (video)

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    (spoken : ) So, what would you little maniacs like to do first ?

 

    G - F - C

 

        G                              C  G        F                             C   G

+   Watching through my fingers, watching through my fingers !

 

        G

1. Shut my eyes and then count to ten,

                     F                                  C

    it goes in one ear, out the other, one ear, out the other.

       G

    Burning bright right till the end,

                            F

    now you’ll be missing from the photographs,

      C

    missing from the photographs.

       G                             C   G       F                              C  G

    Watching through my fingers, watching through my fingers !

 

    G

2. In my thoughts you’re far away,

                            F                             C

    and you are whistling a melody, whistling a melody,

       G

    Crystallizing clear as day,

                    F                                C

    oh, I can picture you so easily, picture you so easily.

        Em                                              - C

    What’s gonna be left of the world,         if you’re not in it ?

        Em                                     D        G

    What’s gonna be left of the world ? Oh !

 

 G                          C         G      Em                                C             G

Every minute and every hour I miss you, I miss you, I miss you more !

 G                            C           G       Em                                C              G

Every stumble and each misfire, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you more !

 

       G                              C   G      G                              C  G

+  Watching through my fingers, watching through my fingers !

 

        G

3. Caught off guard by your favorite song,

                F                               C

    I’ll be dancing at a funeral, dancing at a funeral.

        G

    Sleeping in the clothes you love,

                        F

    it’s such a shame we have to see them burn,

        C

    shame we have to see them burn.

        Em                                              - C

    What’s gonna be left of the world,         if you’re not in it ?

        Em                                     D        G

    What’s gonna be left of the world ? Oh !

 

+  CHORUS

 

G

+ If you wanna be a party animal, you have to learn to live in the jungle.

F                                                                   C

    Oh, now stop worrying and go and get dressed ! Ba da ba bap ba.

       G                                                                 F                 C

    You might have to excuse me, I’ve lost control of all my senses,

             G                                                                 F                  C

    and you might have to excuse me, I’ve lost control of all my words.

                   G                      C              Em                            C

    So get drunk, call me a fool, put me in my place, put me in my place !

                  G                     C                Em                           C

    Pick me up, up off the floor, put me in my place, put me in my place !

 

+  CHORUS

 

        G                            C   G       G                             C    G

+  Watching through my fingers, watching through my fingers !

                 G                          C        G

    ‘Cause every minute and every hour,

       Em                                C             G

    I miss you, I miss you, I miss you more.

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (Bastille)