Gmaj7 3-x-0-0-3-2
G6    3-x-2-0-3-3

[Intro]
D  G  Gmaj7

[Verse 1]
         D                              G           G6
I've been told to be a seer one must be ruthless
        D                                   G        G6
So I've eaten the yellowed text of Paul and Brutus.
         D                          G           G6
The soothsayers came and went now I believe
        D                              G        G6
to be reborn we first must cultivate a seed
D                                                 G                     G6
Spit it out release that precious piece of pebbled ash from your mouth,
         D            Dmaj9                                    G   G6
That's a working class jewel spinning round your hopeless head.
             D                                           G    G6
It ain't for chewing on it's for looking through instead.
               D                   Dmaj9
You prefer the common stone to the pearls,
          G                    G6
Under the plexiglass with the factory girl
             D                   Dmaj9
who told her sister all about you, hanging bed sheets on
             G             G6
A clothesline in the sun.
             D                 Dmaj9
She keep you warm she keep you fed
           G                  G6
now you've gone and lost your bed
       D               Dmaj9                G        G6
On the doorstep of the sick and indignant society
       Em            Em9       A
And as Christmas comes send word to all the ones
                      D        G   Gmaj7    D    G    Gmaj7
who watch night disown day.

[Verse 2]
D                                         G                              G6
Thirty five days after defection now I am sat in the cheapest of rooms.
           D             Dmaj9                         G     G6
There's an oil lamp defiantly snapping at the shadows.
         D                Dmaj9
I've had notions to start playing chess,
        G                         G6
but the mice they have stolen the pieces
       D                 Dmaj9                           G    G6
I have told them to start paying rent or they must leave.
      D              Dmaj9       G                G6
I am writing my letters, I am anchored in an armchair.
           D              Dmaj9                         G    G6
I intend on shooting the postman when he passes at Dawn.
          D                  Dmaj9
I haven't eaten for thirteen days.
              G                  G6
I've taken the form of a Bosnian beggar.
        D                        Dmaj9
I'm the reason the preachers are screaming and shouting.
         G
Tell the mother I'm home, tell the mother I'm home.
       Em                   A
And as Christmas comes send word to all the ones
          Em                  Em9
Who would love to be remembered
       A                                    D             G
by the ghosts of november on St. Stephens's Day
        D                  G
In some miniscule way


[Chorus]
           D            Dmaj9                          G    G6
Across the city they're sending postcards to Catalonia.
          D           Dmaj9                      G      G6
Across my city they're sending postcards to Catalonia
           D            Dmaj9                     G      G6
Across the city they're sending postcards to Catalonia
            D                                 G
I can't get out now so here's a postcard from Catalonia.