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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 15:46:55 -0000
From: nigel and ruth galloway
To: [email protected]
Subject: Lightning Seeds – Marvellous
THE LIGHTNING SEEDS – MARVELLOUS
(Words and Music by Ian Broudie)
Track 6 On the Lightning Seeds 3rd album ‘Jollification’
INTRO:
D G (Repeat about 12X)
D G Bm Em
D G Bm Em A
VERSE 1:
D G
Oh you hope to fit, but you’re fit to drop
D
open up the window and
G Em G A
jump into the blue
Em G A
things could be marvellous
Em G A
things could be fabulous
VERSE 2:
D G
Oh do you need a push? I’ll push you off
D
open up the window and
G Em G A
jump into the blue
Em G A
things could be marvellous soon
CHORUS 1:
D G
Oh well these are the days and
D
this is the life
Em
there’ll always be something on your
Bm G
mind you’ll never quite find
Em A
won’t you ever make your mind up
D G Bm Em
D G Bm Em A
VERSE 3:
Oh you hate to hit till you hit the top
open up the window and jump into the blue
things could be marvellous,
things could be fabulous soon
CHORUS 2:
Oh well these are the days
and this is the life
there’ll always be something on your mind
you’ll never quite find
won’t you ever make your mind up
D G
now you’ll never be sure if this
D
is the time
Em Bm
if this is the moment the end of the line
G
you’ll never quite find
Em A
you used to know but now you’ve forgotten
F#m
MIDDLE SECTION:
F#m B
You sit there and wait for the phone to ring
F#m
when are they gonna call
B
are they ever gonna call you at all
Em G A
But then Oh
Em G A
things could be marvellous
Em G A
things could be fabulous soon
CHORUS 3:
Oh well these are the days and
this is the time there’ll always be
something on your mind you’ll
never quite find
won’t you ever make your mind up
now you’ll never be sure if this is
the time
if this is the moment the end of the
line you’ll never quite find
you used to know but
now you’ve forgotten
Em A
A submarine got stuck to the bottom
Em A
these are the days so wake up coz
G D
this is the time and you know I’m right
By Sam Galloway
Bognor Regis
England
