Bm F# Bm F#

D  D  Em Em

[Verse 1]
Bm
Bring up the reserve
D                                  Em
What good does it serve down there?
     F#7
Down there
Bm
I season a dream
D                        Em        C#m     F#
I wait for the steam and stare out there

[Verse 2]
Bm
A turn and a tick
D                      Em
Clock-cursing as if it cares
   F#
It cares

Bm
As if it's to blame
D                                  Em
For blowing over the card-house of fate
    F#
Too late

[Chorus]
    Bm          D              G           Em
Ah, who needs a clock when the kettle's a'flame?
Bm         D                G       Em
Watch your hands 'round the boiling steam
     Bm        D             G          Em
Does sun chase moon, or is it the other way?
Bm
Watched pot
D        G
Smash potwatching
   Em     F#
No longer wait
          Bm  F# Bm F#
No longer wait

D D D D
Em Em F# F# Em D C#m

[Verse 3]
Bm
Trace the trail of a crack
D                             Em
Resting there on your back in peace
   F#
In peace

[Verse 4]
Bm
Wait here patiently
D                                 Em
Where you'll be counted just like sheep
               F#
'Til you fall asleep

[Bridge]
    Bm           D           G         Em
And as the doors close, your tea grows cold
        Bm          D
So it's back on the flame
         G         Em
But it's never the same
    Bm          D
I'm standing in line
    G            Em
I'm checking the time
Bm         D
Too hot to drink
   G         Em       F#   F#
So chop me a block of ice
           G    D F# Bm
A block of ice!

G D F# Bm
G D F# Bm
G D F#

[Chorus]
G       D           F#         Bm
We were wasted by a quarter to nine
G          D               F#         Bm
Two in the morning and you opened the wine
         G     D F#           Bm
Friends of mine, may we never run out of time.
 G           D
May we never run out
F#           Bm
May we never run out of time
 G           D
May we never run out
F#           Bm
May we never run out of time

G D

[Outro]
Bm
Bring up the reserve
D                                   Em
  Before I kill the nerve and fall asleep
 F#
Asleep