Chords for Kae Tempest - Whoops (Live on KEXP)

_ Well now, _ who's this?
_ Staggering home, _ jabbering
Looking like some street smart, arrogant gnome
Feet sticking to the curbs like Javelin's throne
Gesturing wildly, having full blown
Conversations with himself, saying haven't you grown
To his face in the windows, grimacing, grappling with half a cigarette Not managing
_ This is Pete
Pete grew up on this street
He moved away, his back living at his dad's so he can save
Now Pete rigged stages at live events
But every time he gets paid he gets wasted
And wakes up with less than he made and he hates it
But that's [D#] life, right?
Fast paced, low maintenance
And all of his mates are kind of on the same page, you know
Basic wages, takes ages to get through the month
But then payday comes and his drinks all round
[G] Outrageous behaviour, living right now, no sense of [N] later
Pills by the pocket for all night's lost days
And even if he never splashed out
He still couldn't make the rent on his own place _
Face it
Well now it's 4.18
Pete's 14 doors from home
And his thoughts are like a pack of starving dogs
_ Fighting over the last [C] bone
_ [C#] _ _ [C] _ _ [C#] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
No, no, [A] no, no, no, yeah, no, [C#] anyway
What was I [A] saying?
Mate, hold on, [C] I'm coming [E] up, wait
Goodnight, weren't it?
Must have [A] been learned too much on the good [C] stuff
Luckily I looked up, saw my future unraveled in the light Funny, innit?
[C#] I love that syncopated [C] feeling any minute
But you [C#] can't win a race unless you're running [C] in it right
Can't [C#] get a taste unless you're taking a bite
[E] Man, I'm climbing up the walls, things [C] are getting difficult
It's all [C#] take, take, take, [C] a start, early work, mate
Putting in the hours for these [D] drugs, tokens
Lots of jokes when your blood's [F] pulsing
Love is real when you start choking
[C] Love was open in the vast [Dm] ocean, [C] state of EPA
Blatantly, the way it was made, mate
[F]
I've been getting on it since [C] back in the day
Good place for a bad time, if you ask me
Trust me, [D] nothing gets [C] past me
Bad place for a good time, if you know what I mean
I never [D] met no one like you, this [F] feels like a dream
Whoops, back [C] here again
How many [D] times have [C] I snorted, saying
Whoops, I know [F] this feeling
Shoveling the rubbish till I'm staring at [Am] the ceiling
Whoops, can't sit your tuned hands in the air when it hits you
Whoops, I'm lying in my bed and my brain is eating my head
[C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ I've got [C#] these demons I can't shake
My fart is a vast place, can't [C] get away
Life [C#] got grim back then, like it does
Do you know how it feels [C] to lose people you love?
I like talking to you like this
You [A] wanna come back, couple [C#] drinks, something [Am] like that
I got a gram of my nightstare
Got an 8 for [E] squidgy black
I got this feeling that we're gonna be friends
I got [C] this song, I wanna play it to you
I got this dream, I'm gonna make it happen
I got [C#] this thing, I need [C] to say it to you
You see, I've been writing lyrics, it's something that I do
Would you mind if I shared one with you?
[A] Oh, of course not, right, sorry this time of night
Sorry you're with and us [C#] fought in the same boat, [A] child
It reminds me of this time
I was trying to find my mind in the back of this rave
People spilling [F] blood all over the place
And I was looking out for someone to save or be saved
When I found this paper plate, started writing
Felt so great, me and the pen, we were one in the [Em] same
[Cm] Can't take the strain of the days
I'm pretty sure I'm halfway to a [D] sane
You got [C] such a nice face, your eyes are like rain
I tried to kiss you, it's like I just remember your [F] name
Whoops, [C] back here then, suppose
Don't watch the state [D] of my nose
[F] Whoops, my [C] door's gone west
And I started getting pains in my chest
[Am] Whoops, there goes my promise
All it took was two drinks and I got on it
Whoops, I swear this person isn't me
But we did have fun though, didn't [F] we? _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [F] _ Whoops, back here then, suppose
Don't watch [Dm] the state of my [F] nose
Whoops, my door's gone west
And I started [D] getting pains in my [A] chest
Whoops, there goes my promise
All it took was [Am] two drinks and I [A] got on it
Whoops, I swear this person isn't me
But we did [C] have fun though, didn't [A] we?
Didn't we?
[C] Yeah _ _
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