On the Flip of a Coin
On the Flip of a Coin

On the Flip of a Coin easy guitar chords by The Streets

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  • Verse 1
    From 

    the point 
    he 
    gazed 
    from 
    the choice 
    was made, 

    but 
    'walk 
    the cave 
    or 
    the 
    shore?' 

    The oily 
    cave 
    seemed 
    to breathe 
    on 

    him 
    through 
    gravestone 
    jaws 

    His little 
    hand 
    grasped 
    in anguish 
    as 

    he weighed 
    up 
    his coin 

    Somewhere 
    a blue-eyed 
    girl girl 
    in the world 

    is just 
    waiting 
    for 
    a boy 

    Footprints 
    trailed 
    as if 
    trod 
    by slaves 

    up to 
    the grey 
    cave 
    floor 

    But not 
    one 
    graze 
    from 
    anything 

    ever 
    escaping 
    this 
    fort 

    So 
    with coin 
    on hand 
    his 
    joy 
    came 
    back 

    when 
    ordered 
    to take 
    the 
    shore 

    'Why 
    on 
    earth', as he 
    wandered 
    the warmth, 

    Verse 2
    'am 
    I obeying 
    this 
    coin?' 

    Turn 
    your 
    life 
    on the 
    flip 
    of 
    this 
    coin 

    Turn 
    upside 
    choice 

    you'd 
    normally 
    avoid 

    And 
    promise 
    me 
    you'll 
    follow 
    what 
    it 
    says 

    Whatever 
    it 
    says 

    Verse 3
    Again, 
    walk 
    within 
    the 
    trusted 
    beach 

    or swim 
    the 
    swell 
    of the 
    sea? 

    And 
    again 
    the 
    scarier alternative 
    looked 

    like 
    certain 
    death 
    to 
    he 

    He'd never 
    learnt 
    to skill 
    of swimming 

    - it never 
    occurred 
    to be 
    very 
    easy 

    An
    d again 
    he 
    winced 
    as 
    he flipped 

    the coin 
    and it twirled 
    to 
    his 
    feet 

    'How 
    is this 
    sane?' he blamed 

    the coin 
    now 
    aiming 
    for 
    the 
    waves 

    As 
    he hesitated 
    at the 
    swirl 
    of water 

    as 
    it 
    raged 
    and rained 

    Blue-eyed 
    girls 
    girls 
    were 
    waiting 
    and 

    he was 
    drowning 
    in 
    the spray 

    Blue-eyed 
    girls 
    girls 
    he should 
    have been 

    Verse 4
    acquainted 
    with 
    but 
    for shouting 
    and 
    flailing 

    Turn 
    your 
    life 
    on the 
    flip 
    of 
    this 
    coin 

    Turn 
    upside 
    choice 

    you'd 
    normally 
    avoid 

    And 
    promise 
    me 
    you'll 
    follow 
    what 
    it 
    says 

    Whatever 
    it 
    says 

    Verse 5
    He 
    finally 
    slugs 
    it back 
    to 
    land 
    feeling 

    chewed-up 
    and 
    and foolish 

    Empties 
    his pockets 
    on the sand 

    spewing 
    pool 
    each 

    Staggers 
    back 
    to 
    his 
    dad 

    who's 
    too 
    cool 
    to 
    be 

    So he 
    says 
    'why 
    did 
    you have 
    me 

    follow 
    this 
    stupid 
    rule, 
    please?' 

    To be 
    honest 
    little 
    fellow 
    I'll 
    tell 
    you 

    I was 
    just 
    as 
    afraid 
    as 
    you 

    But 
    you said 
    you 
    wanted 
    to 
    get 
    with 

    people 
    and places 
    ever 
    new 

    And 
    I got 
    a bit 
    scared 
    of 
    the fate 

    of my 
    baby 
    son's 
    future 

    So 
    invented 
    a reason 
    to see 

    if 
    you 
    could ever 
    make 
    do 

    As 
    soon 
    as 
    you appeared 
    behind 

    that 
    rock 
    looking 
    angry 
    at me 

    soon 
    realized 
    what 
    a hell 
    of 

    a man 
    you've 
    ended 
    up 
    being 

    knew 
    you'd 
    worked 
    out 
    how 
    to 

    swim, which 
    I hadn't 
    had 
    in 
    me 

    And I 
    stand 
    as 
    a companion 
    of you, 

    proudest 
    a man 
    has 
    ever 
    been 

    Verse 6
    Turn 
    your 
    life 
    on the 
    flip 
    of 
    this 
    coin 

    Turn 
    upside 
    a choice 

    you'd 
    normally 
    avoid 

    And 
    promise 
    me 
    you'll follow 

    what 
    it 
    says 

    Outro 1
    Whatever 
    it 
    says 



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