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INTRO: Am7 Bm (twice)
Am7 Bm
Always at the foot of the photograph - that's me there
Am7
Snug as a thug in a mugshot pose, a vowel mouthed rogue
Bm
Owner of this corner and not much more
A D E
Still these days I'm better placed to get my just rewards
A
I'll pound out a tune and very soon
D E D
I'll have too much to say and a dead stupid name
CHORUS
A D E E7
Though I ought to be learning I feel like a veteran
A D E D
Of "Oh I like your poetry but I hate your poems"
A D E E7
Calendars crumble I'm knee deep in numbers
A D E D A
Turned 21, I've twist, I'm bust and wrong again
Bm
Am7
Ive been rubbing shoulders with the sheets till two
Bm
Looking at my watch and I'm half-past caring
Am7
In the lap of luxury it comes to mind
Bm
Is this headboard hard? Am I a lap behind?
A D E
But to face doom in a sock-stenched room all by myself
A
Is the kind of fate I never contemplated
D E D
Lots of people would cry though none spring to mind
CHORUS
A D E E7
Though I ought to be learning I feel like a veteran
A D E D
Of "Oh I like your poetry but I hate your poems"
A D E E7
Calendars crumble I'm knee deep in numbers
A D E D Bm
Turned 21, I've twist, I'm bust and wrong again
Bm
Know what it's like
D
To sigh at the sight
Bm D
of the first quarter of life?
Bm E A
Ever stopped to think and found out nothing was there?
CHORUS chords
E Am7
They laugh to see such fun
Bm D
Playing Blind Man's Bluff all by myself
A
And they're chanting a line from a nursery rhyme
D E D
"Ba Ba Bleary Eyes - Have you any idea?"
CHORUS
A D E E7
Though I ought to be learning I feel like a veteran
A D E D
Of "Oh I like your poetry but I hate your poems"
A D E E7
Calendars cluttered with days that are numbered
A D E D A
Turned 21, I've twist, I'm bust and wrong again
Repeat and fade.....
Am7 - 002120
A - 002220
E - 022100
E7 - 020100
Bm - 224432
Comment from Eddie on 7/23/98: I think the first chord of "Obscurity Knocks" is Amaj7.
Check out another set of chords for "Obscurity Knocks"
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