Spraypaint Backalley Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A][Em][G][Em][G]

[Verse 1]
[A]Don't
let's play paint by [Em]gully
[G]I look up at the s[Em]ky
[A]And I see through red [Em]eyes
[G]The seagulls wail [Em]around and around
[A]Worn out couches and fri[Em]dges
[G]And mongrel dogs roam [Em]free
[A]There are rags and there [Em]are riches
In[G]side this head for [Em]me[G]
[A]We drink cheap English cid[Em]er
An[G]d smoke hashish
from North [Em]Africa[A]
I've been trying to get the mix [Em]right,
[G]but I haven't got it [Em]right
to[A]night.[Em][G][Em]
[A]I've a fifteen year old mou[Em]stache
[G]I'm so desperate for to [Em]be a man
[A]People tell me shave it [Em]off
[G]If I shave it I'm a boy [Em]again
[A]Watch my father and [Em]my brother
[G]Fixin' old [D]cars
[A]And their rough oil -st[Em]ained hands
[G]Are skilled and [Em]scarred
Oh [A]-oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -o[Em]h -oh -oh -oh -oh,
[G]oh [Em]oh -oh -o[A]h
Behind this big rusty [Em]shed door
[G]There's a punch bag and a cla[Em]ddled car
[A]As the car sits on [Em]breezeblocks
[G]The punchbag takes
[Em]some heavy shots
[A]Down the laneway sniffing [Em]petrol
[G]I thought pebbledash was s[Em]now
[A]As I stumble in a [Em]blizzard,
[G]the pain inside [Em]me disappears
[A]Across the city, down the [Em]alleys,[G]
a thousand kids [Em]like me
[A]They are watching through red [Em]eyes
[G]A flock of little bir[Em]ds
gracefully [A]gliding by
[Em]Oh, oh, [G]oh, [Em]oh...
[A]Fought in the rain
[Em]Lost in the rain
[G]Swallowed the shame
Then we [Em]fought again
[A]Fought in the rain
[Em]Cried in the rain
[G]Swallowed the pain
And we [Em]fought again
[A]There in the lane
Knocked my [Em]cup in the lane
[G]Died in the lane
Made my [Em]life [D]again[Bm][A][D][Bm]
[A]
[D]We are [Bm]all in the [A]gutter[F#m]
But [Bm]some of us are
Look[E]ing at the [Em]stars
[D]We are [Bm]all in the [A]gutter[F#m]
But [Bm]some of us are look
[E]ing at the stars
[Em]We a[D]re gone [Bm]in the good [A]time[F#m]s
But [Bm]some of us are
[E]Looking at the [Em]stars
[E]We [D]are gon[Bm]e in the gli[A]tter
[F#m]of som[Bm]e marble sun
Look[E]ing at the [D]stars, the stars
Oh, the [D]stars, the stars