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Intro: F#m D A A A/C# G D G D A A/C# G D G D Another suburban family morning, grandmother screaming at the wall A A/C# G D G D A A/C# G D G D We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies, we can't hear anything at all A D/A B7/A D/A Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration A D/A B7/A D/A But we know all her suicides are fake F/D E/D F/D E/D Daddy only stares into the distance F/D E/D D/E E D/E E There's only so much more that he can take Am F/A G F6 E F/E E D A Many miles away, something crawls from the slime, at the bottom of a dark, Scottish lake A A/C# G D G D A A/C# G D G D Another industrial ugly morning, the factory belches filth into the sky A A/C# G D G D A A/C# G D G D He walks unhindered through the picket lines today, he doesn't think to wonder why A D/A B7/A D/A The secretaries pout and preen like, cheap tarts in a red light street A D/A B7/A D/A But all he ever thinks to do is watch F/D E/D F/D E/D And every single meeting with his so-called superior F/D E/D D/E E D/E E Is a humiliating kick in the crotch Am F/A G F6 E F/E E Many miles away, something crawls to the surface, of a dark Scottish loch Solo: F#m D A A A/C# G D G D A A/C# G D G D Another working day has ended, only the rush hour hell to face A A/C# G D G D A A/C# G D G D Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes, contestants in a suicidal race A D/A B7/A D/A Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance A D/A B7/A D/A He knows that something somewhere has to break F/D E/D F/D E/D He sees the family home now, looming in the headlights F/D E/D D/E E D/E E D/E E D/E E The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache Am F/A G F6 E F/E Many miles away, there's a shadow on the door, of a cottage on the shore E Dm E F/E G/E F/E E F/E G/E F/E E F/E G/E F/E E Of a dark, Scottish lake, many miles away, many miles away
Written by Sting
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