Bm
The snow on the screen
       D                   A
We're going light speed tonight
      G
Like Bonnie and Clyde
   Bm                  A
Except we don't die tonight

          Bm
And the blister packs, coats
      D                  A
And crumpled up notes appear
         G
It's a break from the swill
     Bm                 A
The piss they distill around here

[Pre-Chorus]
         G
It's a break from the swill
     Bm                 A
The piss they distill around here

[Chorus 1]
Bm7
  Lift off of this
G
  Metropolis
D
  When this town comes down
A        G
  I wish, I wish

Bm7
  My first degree
G
  Emergency
D
  Is kettled by your cavalry
A        G
  I wish, I wish


[Verse 2]
     Bm
The cash machine queens
     D                  A
When ambulance teams arrive
           G
In their skeletal jeans
      Bm                A
They take refugees for wives

            Bm
When their collars get felt
        D                    A
Their glorified belts won't keep you warm
       G
We'll run up the strand
       Bm
Your wrist in my hand,
     A             Bm  D
we know we're born

[Pre-Chorus]
         A           Bm D
Yeah I know I'm born
         A           Bm D
Yeah I know I'm born

[Chorus 1]
Bm7
  Lift off of this
G
  Metropolis
D
  When this town comes down
A        G
  I wish, I wish

Bm7
  My first degree
G
  Emergency
D
  Is kettled by your cavalry
A        G
  I wish, I wish

[Interlude]
Bm  D  G  G |
Bm  A  D  G |    x6

Bm  D  G

[Bridge]
     G
When all of your friends are my enemies
            A                    Bm D
Wishing me gone as I'm running away
       G
And my only defence is the worst of me
           A                   Bm D
Out in the open for all to survey

          G
When you settle for less than I promised you
             A                           Bm D
Knowing that all of our barrels are scraped
       G
If it seems like it's harder to say to you
       A                                   Bm7
It's cause some things are just harder to say

[Outro]
(Bm7)         G         D           A       G
 Ooooohho Ohooooooo  Ohhohhooo  Ohohooooo

Bm7
  Lift off of this
G
  Metropolis
D
  When this town comes down
A        G        G
  I wish, I wish