I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous Frank Turner
[Verse 1]
[C]Let's begin at the beginning, we[Csus4]'re lovers and we're losers
[G]We're heroes and we're pioneers, we're b[F]eggars and we're choosers
[G]Skirting 'round the edges of the[Am] ideal demographic
[G]We're always on the guest list,but we're[F] always stuck in traffic
[C]We've watched our close associates Up an[Csus4]d play their parts; ?
[G]They're chatting up the it girls, And th[F]ey're tearing up the charts,
[G]While we were paying with coppers To get[Am] our round in at the bar.
[G]We're the C-Team, we're the almost famou[F]s Old friends of the stars.
[Bridge 1]
[Am] [G] [F]
[Verse 2]
[C]Justin is the last Of th[Csus4]e great romantic poets,
[G]And he's the only one among us Who is ev[F]er going to make it.
[G]We planned a revolution From a c[Am]heap Southampton bistro.
[G]I don't remember details But the[F]re were English boys with banjos.
[C]Jay is our St George, an[Csus4]d he's standing on a wooden chair,
[G]And he sings songs and he slays dragons, and he'[F]s losing all his hair. ?
[G]Adam is the resurrected spirit o[Am]f Gram Parsons,
[G]In plaid instead of rhinestone a[F]nd living in South London.
[C]And no one's really clear about Tommy's [Csus4]job description,
[G]But it's pretty clear he's vital[F] to the whole damn operation.
[G]Dave Danger smiles at strangers, Tre's t[Am]he safest girl I know,
[G]Zo and Harps will skamper up to victory [F]in the city we call home.
[Bridge 2]
[Am]We won't change our ways, we wil[G]l proud remain when the glory fa[F]des.
[Verse 3]
[C]I am sick and tired of people Wh[Csus4]o are living on the B-list.
[G]They're waiting to be famous And[F] they're wondering why they do this.
[G]And I know I'm not the one who i[Am]s habitually optimistic,
[G]But I'm the one who's got the mi[F]crophone here so just remember this:
[C]Life is about love, last[Csus4] minutes and lost evenings,
[G]About fire in our bellies and fu[F]rtive little feelings,
[G]And the aching amplitudes that s[Am]et our needles all a-flickering,
[G]And help us with remembering that the on[F]ly thing that's left to do is li[C]ve.
[Csus4] [G]
[Verse 4]
[F]Yeah the only thing that's left to do is live
[C]After all the loving and the los[Csus4]ing,
[G]For the heroes and the p[F]ioneers,
[F]The only thing that's left to do I[G]s get another round in at the b[C]ar
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