Coldplay Sing Three Very Boring Songs
Coldplay
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Tom : Am
Am
Walking this morning, what did I see?
Am
I saw a leaf drop out of a tree!
Am
Walking along after dark,
Am
All kind of changes going on in the park
Am F
I'm saying yeah
"I've just got a bag of sand out of the van" (1:51)
Am
It was a gorgeous day
Em
Everything's going my way
Dm Am
I am a man, with some sand in my van
Am
I don't know what to do
Em
How do may this stay through
Dm Am
Gotta get it out of my van, if I can
"I'm counting screws for kitchen handles" (2:50)
C Am
Good morning, how are youse?
C Am
How your socks? How your shoes?
C Am
You listening to jazz, what did you choose?
F
Oh me?
G C
I'm counting screws!
"I need to buy a new toothbrush, 'cause my bristles are flat" (3:52)
(Intro) G
Ha!
G
Walking down the street
C
Get a lot of wolf whistles
G
Gotta find someone to week
C
Gotta buy some new bristles
"Today I'm gonna walk to the postbox, I'm post about... 10 letters?" (4:42)
C Am C Am
Yeah, all right now, c'mon everybody, haha so right now
C Am
Just walking along, to singing my new song
F
Here we go...
C Am
Hey I wanna contact, wanna contact my friend
C Am
I got some letters that I've just got to send
F C
I got another nine people, that I want to call
Am
I got to write to them all
F G
Writing to my friends, writing to my friends ...
C Am
Letter writing never ends
C Am
Don't want to write them on my computer
"Plucking my eyebrows" (6:54)
Am F
My wife said: Tom you look so scary,
Am F
Don't wanna be rude, but your eyebrows a little bit hairy
Am F
I ain't the problem, don't blame it on me!
Dm G
They grow much longer, you gonna struggle to see!
Am F
So pluck 'em out, that's what this song's about
Dm G
Can you borrow my tweezers? Yeah you can, no doubt
Am F
Cause some plucking my eyebrows out, that's what my days about
Dm G
Oh got your permission, to improve your vision
Am F
Said Tom beware, of excess bodily hair
Dm G
Cause soon you gonna scare all children!
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