Key: D# minor
Intro 1
F#m
A
F#m
D
Esus4
A
F#m
D
E
Esus4
A
Verse 1
D
Esus4
A
F#m
D
Esus4
A
roll never seems to land on six
F#m
D
Esus4
A
And that 48card pack is short
F#m
D
Esus4
E
of some of my old tricks
A
F#m
The horse I bet on all those
D
Esus4
E
years ago
A
F#m
Is probably still running round
D
Esus4
E
A
the track
D
E
A
I gambled on
F#m
D
I'm due my money back,
Esus4
A
F#m
I'm due my money back
E
A
D
We could've learned,
A
D
A
F#m
E
A
we could've burned from the firework love ignites
D
A
D
A
But that sparkler of romance
F#m
E
A
proved impossible to light
D
A
If your country code
D
A
or your green cross code
F#m
E
A
It can leave a lasting mark
A
D
A
follow safety code
F#m
E
G#
And stamp out your final spark
G#m
E
F#
B
G#m
E
F#
B
G#m
E
F#
Well the husband that I married once
B
G#m
E
F#
B
I should've kept him in a cage
G#m
E
F#
Kept him sit ting waiting there
B
G#m
To show the tortoise
E
F#
B
middle- age
G#m
E
F#
B
Cause you never back an animal
G#m
E
F#
B
that struggles on two legs
G#m
E
F#
B
I'd rather back a stray with three than
G#m
E
F#
one that sits up and just begs
B
G#m
F#
Than one that sits up and just begs
B
E
We could've learned,
B
E
B
G#m
F#
B
we could've burned from the firework love ignites
E
B
E
B
But that sparkler of romance
G#m
F#
B
proved impossible to light
E
B
If your country code or
E
B
your green cross code
G#m
F#
B
It can leave a lasting mark
E
B
History books have showed
E
B
follow safety code
G#m
F#
And stamp out your final spark
We could've learned, we could've
burned from the firework love ignites
proved impossible to light
E
If your country code or your green cross code
B
G#m
A
C#
C#m
G#m
B
E
B
It
E
B
can leave a lasting mark
showed follow safety code
F#
B
And stamp out your final spark
E
B
E
Milk will curdle, cheese go off,
B
G#m
F#
B
expensive wine mature
E
B
E
Kids grow up, parents down,
B
G#m
F#
husbands turn to tragic bore
B
E
B
E
Receipts and life insurance all very well,
B
G#m
F#
but don't fully cover hate
B
E
B
E
B
So you can't return this idiot when
G#m
F#
G#m
B
he's pas t his sell- by date
E
B
E
Milk will curdle, cheese go off,
B
G#m
F#
B
expensive wine mature
E
B
E
Kids grow up, parents down,
B
G#m
F#
husbands turn to tragic bore
B
E
B
E
Receipts and life insurance all very well,
B
G#m
F#
but don't fully cover hate
So you can't return this idiot
when he's past his sell- by date
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