Intro
G, Bm, A, G, D, A, G, Bm, A, DVerse 1G
I’ve got no money in my hands or my coat or my pocket
BmA
Wont get to space cos I haven’t got a rocket
G
But I’ve air in my lungs
Eyes in my sockets
D
And a heart that beats
A
Like a tap that leaks
G
In the night when you haven’t got a plumber who can stop it
BmA
Jack in a box without a key to lock it
F#mG
Well this boat may sink but I’m not gonna rock it
ABm
Cos the sea doesn’t know my name
F#mG
Yeah the boat may sink but I’m not gonna rock it
AD
Cos the sea doesn’t know my name
ChorusG
Well if you can’t get what you love
DA
You learn to love the things you’ve got
G
If you can’t be what you want
DA
You learn to be the things you’re not
G
If you can’t get what you need
BmAGBm
You learn to need the things that stop you dreaming
AD
All the things that stop you dreaming
Verse 2G
Well I’ve got no ones word and no bodies promise
BmA
Not a lot to show but this book full of sonnets
G
And my liver may be fucked but my heart is honest
D
And my word is true
A
Like the sky is blue
G
In the summer time when everybody gets on it
BmA
Warm our skins and get sunburnt from it
F#mG
And our eyes shine bright like a sky full of comets
ABm
that shoot like silver trains
F#mG
Yeah our eyes shine bright like a sky full of comets
AD
that shoot like silver trains
ChorusG
Well if you can’t get what you love
DA
You learn to love the things you’ve got
G
If you can’t be what you want
DA
You learn to be the things you’re not
G
If you can’t get what you need
BmAGBm
You learn to need the things that stop you dreaming
AD
All the things that stop you dreaming
G
Well if you can’t get what you love
DA
You learn to love the things you’ve got
G
If you can’t be what you want
DA
You learn to be the things you’re not
G
If you can’t get what you need
BmAGBm
You learn to need the things that stop you dreaming
AD
All the things that stop you dreaming
AG
All the things that stop you dreaming
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.