Capo at 2
G
My head was swimming in a Bangkok joint
Em
you got paint on your coat like an arrow point
D
I followed where it led as if pulled by a bow
C Am D
fired into the night deep and slow to where I`ll never know
The hotel was dark as we made our arrival
waiting breathlessly for the Joe Meek revival
but it didn`t stand any chance of survival
you know Joe had an American rival
Poor old Joe, poor old Joe
Em G
it takes a leap of faith,
Am Am7
to pull the trigger on the world you`re accustomed to
Am Am7
you might as well take out the landlady too
C
it`s only a small thing to choose
Em C Am Em C Am D
CHORUS just like Joe meek`s blues, just like Joe meek`s blues
It`s a twisted world so let`s twist again
there`s a bass drum sound going round in my brain
a cat communicates with an artichoke
Lord Sutch delivers a homophobe joke
Heinz gets his nose chewed again
so you turned up in Leon with very little luggage
started talking in a foreign language
I tied two beds together with a strap from my bag
everyone was dressed in white
but you were dressed in black
Dressed in black again
pull the trigger on the world you`re accustomed to
you might as well save a bullet for me too a footnote in tomorrow`s news
chorus repeat twice then F D F D
Back in London and it didn`t even rain
the Joe meek revival was happening again
but the clocks went forward and the revival got choked
British summertime came like a cruel joke
you went back dressed in black
it takes a leap of faith
to really go for something right out of the blue
sure we might have torn each other`s hair out by the roots
and recorded it on two track tape
chorus repeat three times with variations end on ooh
