Chords D - xx0232 Dm - xx0231 D/F# - 200232 G - 320033 F - 133211 Verse 1 D History repeats the old conceits G The glib replies the same defeats D Keep your finger on important issues F With crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissues Verse 2 D I'm just the oily slick G On the windup world of the nervous tick D F In a very fashionable hovel D I hang around dying to be tortured G You'll never be alone in the bone orchard D/F# F This battle with the bottle is nothing so novel Verse 3 D G So in this almost empty gin palace D/F# Through a two-way looking glass F You see your Alice D You know she has no sense G For all your jealousy Verse 4 D F In a sense she still smiles very sweetly D Charged with insults and flattery G D Her body moves with malice F Do you have to be so cruel to be callous D G D/F# And now you find you fit this identikit completely F You say you have no secrets D And then leave discreetly Chorus G I might make it California's fault G Be locked in Geneva's deepest vault G Just like the canals of Mars and the Great Barrier Reef Dm I come to you beyond belief Verse 5 D My hands were clammy and cunning G She's been suitably stunning D F But I know there's not a hope in Hades D All the laddies cat call and wolf whistle G F So called gentlemen and ladies D Dog fight like rose and thistle End D I got a feeling G I'm going to get a lot of grief D/F# Once this seemed so appealing D Now I am beyond belief D I got a feeling G I'm going to get a lot of grief D/F# Once this seemed so appealing D Now I am beyond belief D I got a feeling G I'm going to get a lot of grief D/F# Once this seemed so appealing D Now I am beyond belief
