Key: D# minor
Intro 1
C#m
E
C#m
A
Bsus4
E
C#m
A
B
Bsus4
E
Verse 1
A
Bsus4
E
C#m
A
Bsus4
E
roll never seems to land on six
C#m
A
Bsus4
E
And that 48card pack is short
C#m
A
Bsus4
B
of some of my old tricks
E
C#m
The horse I bet on all those
A
Bsus4
B
years ago
E
C#m
Is probably still running round
A
Bsus4
B
E
the track
A
B
E
I gambled on
C#m
A
I'm due my money back,
Bsus4
E
C#m
I'm due my money back
B
E
A
We could've learned,
E
A
E
C#m
B
E
we could've burned from the firework love ignites
A
E
A
E
But that sparkler of romance
C#m
B
E
proved impossible to light
A
E
If your country code
A
E
or your green cross code
C#m
B
E
It can leave a lasting mark
E
A
E
follow safety code
C#m
B
D#
And stamp out your final spark
D#m
B
C#
F#
D#m
B
C#
F#
D#m
B
C#
Well the husband that I married once
F#
D#m
B
C#
F#
I should've kept him in a cage
D#m
B
C#
Kept him sit ting waiting there
F#
D#m
To show the tortoise
B
C#
F#
middle- age
D#m
B
C#
F#
Cause you never back an animal
D#m
B
C#
F#
that struggles on two legs
D#m
B
C#
F#
I'd rather back a stray with three than
D#m
B
C#
one that sits up and just begs
F#
D#m
C#
Than one that sits up and just begs
F#
B
We could've learned,
F#
B
F#
D#m
C#
F#
we could've burned from the firework love ignites
B
F#
B
F#
But that sparkler of romance
D#m
C#
F#
proved impossible to light
B
F#
If your country code or
B
F#
your green cross code
D#m
C#
F#
It can leave a lasting mark
B
F#
History books have showed
B
F#
follow safety code
D#m
C#
And stamp out your final spark
We could've learned, we could've
burned from the firework love ignites
proved impossible to light
B
If your country code or your green cross code
F#
D#m
E
G#
G#m
D#m
F#
B
F#
It
B
F#
can leave a lasting mark
showed follow safety code
C#
F#
And stamp out your final spark
B
F#
B
Milk will curdle, cheese go off,
F#
D#m
C#
F#
expensive wine mature
B
F#
B
Kids grow up, parents down,
F#
D#m
C#
husbands turn to tragic bore
F#
B
F#
B
Receipts and life insurance all very well,
F#
D#m
C#
but don't fully cover hate
F#
B
F#
B
F#
So you can't return this idiot when
D#m
C#
D#m
F#
he's pas t his sell- by date
B
F#
B
Milk will curdle, cheese go off,
F#
D#m
C#
F#
expensive wine mature
B
F#
B
Kids grow up, parents down,
F#
D#m
C#
husbands turn to tragic bore
F#
B
F#
B
Receipts and life insurance all very well,
F#
D#m
C#
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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