Key: E minor•
Verse 1
Em
C
Em
C
Em
F
Em
Over the
C
Bb
Gm
Bb
rooftop sails Billy
Gm
G#
Cm
Em
C
A string tied to his underwear
Em
F
C
Through cobbled stone street
Em
F
s a child races
D#
And shouts "Billy,
Cm
G
Em
C
come down from there"
Verse 2
F
C
"My mother's call
Em
Bb
ing" his voice whimpers
G#
Fm
Em
C
Em
A string clutched in his tiny hand
F
C
Em
F
Not till I've seen the sky's not lit up
D#
C
Em
C
In tears, child try and understand
Cm
Don't pull the string,
C
Em
C
don't bring me down
Cm
Don't make me land
D#
Gm
Eb
Ab
Eb
Bb
Eb
Verse 3
Bb
Eb
Plastic palace people
Sing silent songs, they dream too long
F#
F#sus4
Their memories just stare
F#
D#
D#sus4
D#
Plastic palace Alice
She steals her cards tomorrow deals
Bb
With deafening despair
F#
Cdim
Cm
Verse 4
Gm
Hurry,
Gsus4
Gm
you've got to get in line
Gsus4
Gm
Your nose might start to shine
Ebm
F#
Ebm
And sweat it out and dance about
F#
Ebm
F#dim
D
The whole eternal life
Em
C
Verse 5
Em
F
Em
C
Em
A harvest of stars
Csus4
Bb
Gm
sur rounds Billy
Bb
Cm
Ab
Cm
Ab
G
Em
The night clings to his happy eyes
C
Em
C
A sleeping town square
Em
F
be neath a fountain
D#
Cm
Em
C
A child murmurs a weary sigh
Cm
My mother weeps,
C
Em
C
Em
and weaves her hair
C
Cm
With wor ries please,
C
Em
Come down from there
Interlude 1
Cm
Gm
Eb
Ab
Eb
Bb
Eb
Ab
Eb
Bb
Eb
Plastic palace people
Verse 6
Through fields of clay and granite grey
Bb
Gb
F#sus4
They play without a sound
F#
D#
Plastic palace Alice
Blows gaping holes to store her fears
F#
Cdim
Cm
Inside her lov ers head
Verse 7
Gm
Gsus4
Gm
Listen, they're laughing in the halls
Gsus4
Gm
They rip your face with lies
D#m
To buzzing eyes you cry for help
F#
D#m
F#
F#dim
Like gods they bark replies
Am
F#dim
C
Em
C
Em
Verse 8
F
C
Em
C
Bb
Over the rooftops burns Billy
Fm
Balloon sadly the string
Em
C
Em
descends
C
Em
F
Searching its way down through
D#
blue submarine air
Cm
G
Em
C
Em
The polka dot underwear
D#
To meet the trees,
G#
Cm
Em
C
in morning square
Cm
Eb
Just hanging there,
Cm
Em
just hanging there
Outro 1
Bb
G
C
Em
C
Gm
Bb
C
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ChordsEm C F Bb Gm...
Em
C
F
Bb
Gm
G#
Cm
D#
G
Fm
Eb
Ab
F#
F#sus4
D#sus4
Cdim
Gsus4
Ebm
F#dim
D
Csus4
Gb
D#m
Am
Capo: No capo
Transpose: 0
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Chords
Em
C
F
Bb
Gm
G#
Cm
D#
G
Fm
Eb
Ab
F#
F#sus4
D#sus4
Cdim
Gsus4
Ebm
F#dim
D
Csus4
Gb
D#m
Am
Capo: No capo
Transpose: 0
0
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