(Note: Recorded in D, but much easier to play C as shown here, with capo on 2) INTRO: | Cmaj7 / / / | F / G7 / | | Cmaj7 / / / | F / G7 / |
Cmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 Fm Have you got a Biro I can borrow? F I'd like to write your name G F On the palm of my hand, on the walls of the hall D7 F G7 The roof of the house, right across the land Cmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 Fm So when the sun comes up tomorrow C(6) Am It'll look to this side of the hard-bitten planet F Fm C F G Like a big yellow button with your name written on it Cmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 Fm Have you got a Biro I can borrow? F I'd like to write some lines G F In praise of your knee, and the back of your neck D7 F G7 And the double-decker bus that brings you to me Cmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 Fm So when the sun comes up tomorrow C(6) Am It'll shine on a world made richer by a sonnet F Fm C F G And a half-dozen epics as long as the Æneid Em Am Oh give me a pen and some paper Bm Em Give me a chisel or a camera F A B7 A piano and a box of rubber bands Em Am I need room for choreography Bm Em And a darkroom for photography F D7 F G7 Tie the brush into my hands Cmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 Fm Have you got a Biro I can borrow? F I'd like to write your name G F From the belt of Orion to the share of the Plough D7 F G7 The snout of the Bear to the belly of the Lion Cmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 Fm So when the sun goes down tomorrow C(6) Am There'll never be a minute F Fm D7 F Fm C Not a moment of the night that hasn't got you in it |
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