Tom: G
Intro
E5 E
G C F F G C
G
Am F G F Am F G
Verse 1
C F G
At the record company meeting,
C F G
On their hands: a dead star.
Am F G
And ooh, the plans that they weave,
F Am F G E*
And ooh, the sickening greed.
Verse 2
A D E
At the record company party
A D E
On their hands: a dead star.
F#m D E
The sycophantic slags all say:
D A D E
"I knew him first, and I knew him well."
A D E
Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package!
A D E
Re-evaluate the songs,
F#m D E
Double pack with a photograph,
D A D E G
Extra track (and a tacky badge.)
Verse 3
C F
A-list, playlist,
G
"Please them, please them, please them!"
C F G
(Sadly, this was your life)
Am F G
But you could have said no, if you'd wanted to,
F Am F G
You could have said no, if you'd wanted to.
Verse 4
C F
BPI, MTV, BBC,
G
"Please them. please them!"
C F G
(Sadly, this was your life)
Am F G
But you could have said no, if you'd wanted to,
F Am F G E*
You could have walked away, couldn't you?
Verse 5
A D E
I touched you at the soundcheck,
A D E
You had no real way of knowing.
F#m D E D
In my heart I begged, "Take me with you.
F#m D E
I don't care where you're going."
Verse 6
A D
But to you I was faceless,
E
I was fawning, I was boring.
A D E
A child from those ugly new houses,
F#m D E
Who could never begin to know,
D F#m D E G
Who could never really know.
Back up guitar chords for solo
C F F G C |F
Am F G F Am F G
F
F G C F G Am
F G F Am F G E
Guitar Solo
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Verse 7
A D E
Best of! Most of! Satiate the need,
A D E
Slip them into different sleeves!
F#m D E D
Buy both, and feel deceived,
F#m D E
Climber, new entry re-entry.
Verse 8
A D
World tour!("Media whore!")
E A
"Please the press in Belgium!"
D E
(This was your life...)
F#m D E D
And when it fails to recoup? Well, maybe:
F#m D E G
You just haven't earned it yet, baby.
Verse 9
C F G
I walked a pace behind you at the souundcheck.
C F G
You're just the same as I am.
Am F G
What makes most people feel happy
F Am F G
Leads us headlong into harm.
C F
So, in my bedroom in those ugly new houses,
G C F G
I dance my legs down to the knees.
Am F G F Am
G E*
But me and my true love will never meet again...
Verse 10
A D E
At the record company meeting,
A D E
On their hands, at last, a dead star!
F#m D E
But they can never taint you in my eyes,
D F#m D E
They can never touch you now.
A D E
No, they cannot hurt you my darling,
A D E
They cannot touch you now,
F#m D E D F#m
E
But me and my true love will never meet again.
Outro: G7 G7 G7 G7
