Middle class heroes chords by
The Divine Comedy 
Key: A major•
Verse 1
A
F
D
(Hel lo, what have
we here? )
A
(A young lady)
B
(To what do I owe this pleasant
F
surprise my pretty one?)
(How may I be of service this
D
dark and wintry night?)
A
B
(Ah, I see you wish me to look into the future,
Baug
D
your future)
(After gcses, a- levels,
A
university)
B
Baug
(After your first badly paid job
in advertising)
F
D
(Okay my pretty just cross my palm with plastic,
A
and I'll see what I
B
Can do)
(Wait)
(The fog is lifting)
Baug
D
I see oriental pa per globes
A
B
Hanging like decomposing cocoon s
Fdim
Baug
F
While exot ic candles
Baug
D
over load
A
The musty air with
B
their stale perfumes
Baug
Fdim
Baug
And I see lentils,
F
D
beans, seaweed and rice
A
B
In jars on the window- sill
Fdim
Baug
And it ain't hardly enough
F
D
to feed the mice
A
C#m
Baug
B
Running be hind the lines of allergy pill s
C
D
All these things will come to pass
Am
Em
When heroes of the middle- class
Bb
Am
F
E
Face up to their re spons ibilities
Fdim
Baug
F
D
I see and Indi an fertil ity god
A
B
He's got thirty seven limbs to spare
Fdim
Baug
F
And tasteless tie-
Baug
D
dyed table cloths
A
B
That double up as evening wear
Baug
And I see naked
D
bodies twist and turn
A
B
On the futon of dreams fulfilled
Baug
F
But their three- year- old kid
D
seems unconcerned
A
C#m
He'd rather swallow all
A
Baug
B
those allergy pill s
D
C
D
All these things will come to pass
Am
D
Em
When heroes of the middle- class
Bb
Am
F
E
Face up to their re spons ibilities
A
E
D
E
I see unspeakable vulgarity
C
Am
Institution alised mediocrity
E
D
Infinite tragedy
E
C
Am
Rise up little souls, join the doomed army
E
Fight the good fight,
D
E
wage the unwinnable war
Am
El egance against ignorance
E
D
Difference against indifference
E
Wit against shit
B
A
F
E
My words fly up to heav en,
F#m
B
G
E
F#m
A
my thoughts re main be low
B
Am
G
Em
E
A
E
Words said without feeling never
Am
Em
Am
to
E
A
Am
heaven go
B
C
D
Am
Em
Bb
F
G
Baug
D
C
D
All these things will come to pass
Am
Em
When heroes of the middle- class
Bb
F
Face up, repent, and pay the price
Gm
Am
Bb
Gm
C
F
For acci dent ally cre ating life
Bb
Eb
An oversight for which they
Bb
Eb
E
must atone
Baug
And sacrifice their own
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA F D B Baug...
A
F
D
B
Baug
Fdim
C#m
C
Am
Em
Bb
E
F#m
G
Gm
Eb
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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