Chords for The Housemartins - I Bit My Lip
Tempo:
84.25 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Dm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The people down here, [Dm] they just laugh in the cinema, they never [C] appear to cry.
Sitting in a chair, [D] with their arms in the [F] air, they don't seem to [C] care till they die.
[G] But I [F] know that the grass is [C] greener on the other [G] side of the council estate.
[F] No car but an old car if [C] I have a place just [G] to wait.
[N] I'll bit my lip until they plan.
Yes, please was all I ever said.
[F] Now it seems that [C] I'm closer to dreams than I thought I would ever [G] be.
[C] I'll bit my lip, I'll try to explain the fear and the pain,
but they say I complain about nothing I had in my hands.
I'm [F] a fiend in the sun, perhaps you'd [C] understand that it's something.
[G] But I [F] know that the sky is [C] bluer on the other side [G] of the plant bills.
[F] No mat but an old violet [C] can follow [G] the way that I feel.
[N] I'll bit my lip until they plan.
Yes, please was all I ever said.
[Dm] Now it seems [C] that I'm closer to dreams [F] than I thought I would ever [G] be.
[C] I'll bit my lip, [G] [Dm] I'll try to explain the [C] fear and the pain,
but they say I complain about nothing [F] I had in my [Dm] hands.
[G] But I [F] know that the sky is [C] bluer on the other side [G] of the plant bills.
[F] No mat but an old violet can follow [G] the way that I feel.
I'll [N] bit my lip until they plan.
Yes, please was all I ever said.
[F] Now it seems that I'm closer to dreams than I thought [C] I would ever [G] be.
I'll [C] bit my lip.
Sitting in a chair, [D] with their arms in the [F] air, they don't seem to [C] care till they die.
[G] But I [F] know that the grass is [C] greener on the other [G] side of the council estate.
[F] No car but an old car if [C] I have a place just [G] to wait.
[N] I'll bit my lip until they plan.
Yes, please was all I ever said.
[F] Now it seems that [C] I'm closer to dreams than I thought I would ever [G] be.
[C] I'll bit my lip, I'll try to explain the fear and the pain,
but they say I complain about nothing I had in my hands.
I'm [F] a fiend in the sun, perhaps you'd [C] understand that it's something.
[G] But I [F] know that the sky is [C] bluer on the other side [G] of the plant bills.
[F] No mat but an old violet [C] can follow [G] the way that I feel.
[N] I'll bit my lip until they plan.
Yes, please was all I ever said.
[Dm] Now it seems [C] that I'm closer to dreams [F] than I thought I would ever [G] be.
[C] I'll bit my lip, [G] [Dm] I'll try to explain the [C] fear and the pain,
but they say I complain about nothing [F] I had in my [Dm] hands.
[G] But I [F] know that the sky is [C] bluer on the other side [G] of the plant bills.
[F] No mat but an old violet can follow [G] the way that I feel.
I'll [N] bit my lip until they plan.
Yes, please was all I ever said.
[F] Now it seems that I'm closer to dreams than I thought [C] I would ever [G] be.
I'll [C] bit my lip.
Key:
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_ The people down here, [Dm] they just laugh in the cinema, they never [C] appear to cry.
Sitting in a chair, [D] with their arms in the [F] air, they don't seem to [C] care till they die.
_ _ [G] But I [F] know that the grass is [C] greener on the other [G] side of the council estate.
[F] No car but an old car if [C] I have a place just [G] to wait.
[N] I'll bit my lip until they plan.
Yes, please was all I ever said.
[F] Now it seems that [C] I'm closer to dreams than I thought I would ever [G] be. _
[C] I'll bit my lip, I'll try to explain the fear and the pain,
but they say I complain about nothing I had in my hands.
I'm [F] a fiend in the sun, perhaps you'd [C] understand that it's something.
_ _ [G] But I [F] know that the sky is [C] bluer on the other side [G] of the plant bills.
[F] No mat but an old violet [C] can follow [G] the way that I feel.
[N] I'll bit my lip until they plan.
Yes, please was all I ever said.
[Dm] Now it seems [C] that I'm closer to dreams [F] than I thought I would ever [G] be. _ _
[C] I'll bit my lip, [G] _ _ [Dm] I'll try to explain the [C] fear and the pain,
but they say I complain about nothing [F] I had in my [Dm] hands.
_ [G] _ But I [F] know that the sky is [C] bluer on the other side [G] of the plant bills.
[F] No mat but an old violet can follow [G] the way that I feel.
I'll [N] bit my lip until they plan.
Yes, please was all I ever said.
[F] Now it seems that I'm closer to dreams than I thought [C] I would ever [G] be.
_ I'll [C] bit my lip. _ _ _ _ _ _
Sitting in a chair, [D] with their arms in the [F] air, they don't seem to [C] care till they die.
_ _ [G] But I [F] know that the grass is [C] greener on the other [G] side of the council estate.
[F] No car but an old car if [C] I have a place just [G] to wait.
[N] I'll bit my lip until they plan.
Yes, please was all I ever said.
[F] Now it seems that [C] I'm closer to dreams than I thought I would ever [G] be. _
[C] I'll bit my lip, I'll try to explain the fear and the pain,
but they say I complain about nothing I had in my hands.
I'm [F] a fiend in the sun, perhaps you'd [C] understand that it's something.
_ _ [G] But I [F] know that the sky is [C] bluer on the other side [G] of the plant bills.
[F] No mat but an old violet [C] can follow [G] the way that I feel.
[N] I'll bit my lip until they plan.
Yes, please was all I ever said.
[Dm] Now it seems [C] that I'm closer to dreams [F] than I thought I would ever [G] be. _ _
[C] I'll bit my lip, [G] _ _ [Dm] I'll try to explain the [C] fear and the pain,
but they say I complain about nothing [F] I had in my [Dm] hands.
_ [G] _ But I [F] know that the sky is [C] bluer on the other side [G] of the plant bills.
[F] No mat but an old violet can follow [G] the way that I feel.
I'll [N] bit my lip until they plan.
Yes, please was all I ever said.
[F] Now it seems that I'm closer to dreams than I thought [C] I would ever [G] be.
_ I'll [C] bit my lip. _ _ _ _ _ _