Category: The Lucksmiths

It was summer when she moved in
And it was winter when she moved out again
And the sky was usually blue
And the single bed was big enough for two

It’s funny the things that stay with you
Her jewellery on the table and the smell of her perfume
The candle wax on the carpet, singing in the supermarket
And the wall paper in her bedroom

I’ll never understand how it happened like this
I drew an open hand and she drew a fist
I drew an arrow and a heart, she drew a razor and a wrist

Break: F# B C#m B G#m C#m Eadd9 B x 2

She said ‘I love you when it’s sunny’
But the sun refused to shine
And I was crucified on the clothes line
She stole a magazine from the laundromat
Did it weigh upon her conscience as it lay upon her lap

The body is willing but the mind is weak
The champagne is chilling and the wine is cheap
The milk was always spilling and we cried ourselves to sleep

Break: F# B C#m B G#m C#m Eadd9 B x 2

It was summer when she moved in
And it was winter when she moved house again
The boxes on the floor
And the note that she pinned to my door

This house is made of sticks
This house is made of straw
This house is made of bricks
This house is made of weatherboard

Outro: G#m Em B

The Lucksmiths – Southernmost
(Marty Donald)
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Weekends away:
These were the happiest days
Ill with the thrill of the chase
They’d take a train
Take off Friday for the coast
In summer they’d go southernmost
Where the sky was swimming-pool blue
And the swimming pool was too
And every single weekend
They'd dive in at the deep end
And come Monday morning
His skin still smelled like chlorine
Am D7 G C (3x)

Remember when forever seemed just fine?
Seen through glasses of rose coloured wine
They'd sit up all night talking
Now she’s sound asleep to the sound of his walkman
And every single weekend
The divide between them deepens
A curse across the kitchen
He might still be within spitting distance
But there’s only one way to find out…
Am D7 G C (2x)

Take heart- Take a train- to the coast
Take heart -Take a train -southernmost
Take heart

[[verse i]]

Is it April yet?
I forget sometimes how slowly summer passes
You disappeared into departures
Only half a year ago

It seem like so much more you know

I went a fortnight without so much as an e-mail
And then a post card scant of detail
In which you wished me all the best

From the nonspecific northwest

[]

Should it one day come to pass

That you sit down to your memoirs

Where will this go?

The chapter in your life entitled San Francisco

[[verse ii]]

Are you warm enough?

I remember how the fog comes off the water
And the days are ever shorter
And I worry you’ll be cold

Or have you found someone to hold?

I spent the summer with the curtains drawn against it
Cursing all the nights you wasted
Under unfamiliar stars

[]

Should it one day come to pass

That you sit down to your memoirs

Where will this go?

The chapter in your life entitled San Francisco

[]

Are you ever coming clean?

Or will I never know the meaning

Of the lines you scribbled out

So that I couldn’t read between?

Are you ever coming home?

Or should I learn to do without you?

[]

Should it one day come to pass

That you sit down to your memoirs

Where will this go?

The chapter in your life entitled San Francisco

The chapter in your life entitled San Francis

The chapter in your life entitled San Francisco

,,bikes..(and Fishbone!)

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“Stayaway Stars” – The Lucksmiths

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Tabbed by: Corey J. Mahoney
Email: corey.mahoney@gmail.com

One of my favorites from an incredibly underrated band.
Capo on 5th fret, all chords and notes relative to that.

| h hammer-on

(Verse) (same for all)
Yeah, you’re upset
So am I, so am I
I sometimes forget just how seldom you cry
And thus how much I hate it when you do

(Verse)
Yeah, you’re a mess, more or less
So am I
I sometimes forget there are stars in the sky
– So nonchalant, though thoroughly thought through

(Bridge)


But instead another C play:

e|------------------------|
B|---------------------1--|
G|-------0----------------|
D|----2-----0------3------|
A|-3----------------------|
E|------------------------| x7

and finish the riff on:

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|-0h2--0-------------|
D|---------3--2-------|
A|-----------------3--|
E|--------------------|

(Verse)
Say you’re OK
And I’ll say “so am I”
And we’ll call it a day
So goodnight, so goodbye
It’s dark enough to disappear into

[(End)]
What sorry sights we sometimes are
These sameshit nights under stayaway stars
These sameshit nights in the saddest bars
The city lights and the stayaway stars
Lalalala Lalalala Lalalala

e|------------------------|
B|---------------------1--|
G|-------0----------------|
D|----2-----0------3------|
A|-3----------------------|
E|------------------------|x3
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|-0h2--0-----------|
D|---------3--2-----|
A|---------------3--|
E|------------------|

4NN

The Lucksmiths- Little Athletics
(Marty Donald)
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I don?t know when it started
But it?s worse now than before
We could both be broken hearted
It?s so hard to be sure
But what are boyfriends for?

We went from perfect strangers
To less than perfect friends
But it?s the warmest night in ages
And I don?t have to pretend

It?s good seeing you again

And it?s more than a little pathetic
And I?m sure I?ll live to regret it
But I?m all for little athletics
You?re on your own
I?ll race you home

And maybe I?m just thoughtless
But I don?t think that?s fair
Of course we should be cautious
But I?m too tired to care
We?re less than halfway there

And it?s more than a little pathetic
And I?m sure I?ll live to regret it
But I?m all for little athletics,
You?re on your own I?ll race you home
I don?t know when it started
But it?s worse now than before
We could well be broken hearted
But what are boyfriends for?
I know you?re none too sure