[Intro - No drums - Starts with bass] [D] Xxx Xxx Xxx xxX - xxX xxX xxX XxX - twice
[Key part- Just play bass drum] - twice E ---------------14---------- B 15--------15---15------14-- G 14--14-16---16-14----16--16 D 0------------------------- A (0)----------------------- E X-------------------------
[Verse 1- Full drums] Better stop[F#m] dreaming of a quiet life, ´Cause it´s the one we'll [Em] never know And quit[F#m] running for that runaway bus `Cause those rosy days [Em] are few And stop[G] apologizing, For the things[F#m] you´vre never done ´Causet Time is [A] short and life is cruel [A] But it´s up to us to change This town called Malice [D]
[Intro riff] x 2 [D]
[Verse 2] [F#m] Rows and rows of disused milk Floats stand dying in [Em] the dairy yard And a hundred [F#m] lonely house wifes Clutch empty milk bott [Em] les to their hearts Hang [G] ing out their old love letters [F#m] On the lines to dry It´s enough [A] to make you stop believing [A] When tears come fast and furious [A] In this town called Malice
[Intro riff] x 2 [D] Yeah yeah yeah yeah
[Bah bah bah bit] [F#m] Ba ba ba ba badaba [Em] Ba ba ba da dad [F#m] Ba ba ba ba badaba [Em] Ba ba ba da dad
[Chorus] [G] Struggle after struggle [F#m] Year after year The [A]atmosphere´s a fine blend of ice I´m [A] almost stone cold [A] dead In this town called [D] Malice
[Intro riff] X 2 [D] Ooh yeah
[Middle Eight?] A whole[Dbm] street´s belief in Sun[Bm]day´s roast beef Gets dashed[Dbm] against the Co[Bm]-Op
[Chorus] To either cut down [A] on beer Or the [A] kid´s new gear [A] It´s a big decision in this town called Malice
[Intro riff] [D] Oh, yeah
[Stop as per intro] [D] x 2 - bass riff x 2 [Intro] riff x 2 - big fill back in
[Verse 3] [F#m] ghost of a steam train [Em]Echoes down my track [F#m] It´s at the moment bound for nowhere [Em]Just going round and round oeeee [G]Playground kids and creaking swings [F#m] Lost laughter in the breeze I could [A]go on for hours and I propably will But I´d [A]sooner put some joy back in [A] This town called Malice
[Outro] [D] This town called Malice This town called Malice [Improv ending]
[Chorus - No drums during Red red bit - BPM 89] [G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] Goes to my [C] head [F][G][F] Makes me for [C] get that I [F][G][F] still need her [G] so [G][F][G] (drums stop) Red red
(drums back in) [C] wine [F][G][F] It's up to [C] you [F][G][F] All I can [C] do I've done, [F][G] But [F] memories won't [G] go [G][F] Memor [G] ies won't [C] go [F][G][F]
[Bridge] I had [G] sworn that with [C] time, [F] thoughts of you'd leave my [C] head. I was [G] wrong. Now I [C] find, just one [F] thing makes me for [G] get.
[Chorus] [G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] Stay close to [C] me [F][G][F] Don't let me be [C] alone [F][G] Its [F] tearing a [G] part, [G][F] my [G] blue heart
[Keyboard Part - Open chords - Gsus4 - 3x0013] [C][F][Gsus4][G] - [C][F][Gsus4][G]
[Bridge] I had [G] sworn that with [C] time, [F] thoughts of you'd leave my [C] head. I was [G] wrong. Now I [C] find, just one [F] thing makes me for [G] get.
[Chorus] [G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] Stay close to [C] me [F][G][F] Don't let me be [C] alone [F][G] Its [F] tearing a [G] part, [G][F] my [G] blue heart
[Keyboard Part - Open chords - Gsus4 - 3x0013] [C][F][Gsus4][G] - [C][F][Gsus4][G]
[Chorus - Can fade out to end] [G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] Stay close to [C] me [F][G][F] Don't let me be [C] alone [F][G] Its [F] tearing a [G] part, [G][F] my [G] blue heart