Plastic Palace People Chords by Scott Walker

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Over the [C] rooftop [Gm] _ _ sails Billy, [Ab] a string _ _ [Cm] tied to [Em] his _ [C] underwear. _
Through cobblestone [Em] _ [F] streets a child races [Eb] and shouts,
Billy, [C] come down from there. _
My mother's calling, [Gm] his voice [D] _ [Bb] whimpers,
[Ab] A string _ clutched [C] in his tiny _ hand.
[Em] _
Not till I've seen [F] the skies not lit up in [Eb] tears,
_ [Gm] Child, [Em] try and [C] understand. _ _
[Cm] Don't pull the string, _ _ [C] don't bring me down, _ _
[Cm] Don't make me laugh. _ _
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_ _ _ _ Plastic palace people _ sing _ _ silent _ songs,
They dream too [Bb] long, their memories [Gb] just stare. _ _
Plastic [Eb] palace Alice, _ _ _ _ [Bb] she steals her [Eb]
cars,
Tomorrow deals [Bb] with deafening [Gb] despair.
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_ _ _ [Gm] _ Hurry, _ _ [A] you've got [Gm] to get by,
You're [A] no much start [Gm] to shine,
[Ebm] And sweat it out, and dance about the _ [Gb] horrified world. _ _ _ _ _
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A harvest of stars [Gm] _ _ surrounds Billy,
[Cm] The [Ab] night _ clings [Em] to his happy eyes. _ _
Asleep in town square _
[F] beneath a fountain,
[Eb] A child _ [Em] murmurs a weary [C] sigh.
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My mother _ _ weeps [C] and weaves her hair,
_ [Cm]
With worries, _ _ [C] please come down from there.
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_ _ _ [Bb] Plastic palace [Eb] people, _ _ _ _
Through fields of clay and granite gray,
[Bb] They play [Gb] without a sound. _ _ _
Plastic [Eb] palace Alice, _ _
_ _ Blows gaping holes to store her fears,
Inside [Gb] her lover's head. _ _
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Listen, [C] they're [Gm] laughing in the _ halls,
[A] They grip your [Gm] face with lies,
[Ebm] Two buzzing eyes, you cry for black dove.
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Over the _ [Bb] rooftop _ spurs the lee [Ab]
balloon,
_ Sadly [C] the string _ _ descends, _
Searching its way [F] down through,
Blue submarine [Eb] air,
_ The polka [Em] dot underwear,
_ _ [Cm] To meet the trees _ _ [C] in morning square,
_ [Cm] Just hanging there, _ _
[Em] Just hanging _ there. _ _ _ _ _
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