These lead lines are played over the chords throughout most of the song:
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--11-11--14-11-9~-----------------------------|
D|----------------------------11-11--14-11-9-7~-|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
[A]Ragged robbins for the c[F#m]urtain call[D]
[A]Wrapped in ribbons on the [F#m]trailer door[D]
[A]Carved initials in a con[F#m]crete footstall[D]
[A]On the imitation m[F#m]arble floor[D]
[A]We're the boxtop admis[F#m]sions and thei[D]r throwaways,
[A]Strewn across to[F#m]bacco ro[D]ads
[A]With their wormwood s[F#m]hots and their s[D]nake oil plots
[A]Drunk sheepshank co[F#m]n men and their[D] sycophants
[A]An[F#m]d I [D]
[A]I often w[F#m]onder if I've alr[D]eady died
(GUITAR DROPS OUT; Only bass/drums play for a frame)
[A]Out at elbows by[F#m] the encore[D]
[A]But there's a citadel[F#m] inside[D]
[A]Where I'll go and shape my [F#m]heart like you[D]rs,
[A]As you shape yours [F#m]like mine[D]
[A]Where we're the spiraling a[F#m]rms of all gala[D]xies
[A]And we're the microscop[F#m]ic sand[D]
[A]Suffering from delusions of ung[F#m]randeur on m[D]iddling display
[A]Beside the Cardiff gi[F#m]ant with the alab[D]aster e[A]ye[F#m]s[D]
[A]I often wo[F#m]nder if I've al[D]ready [A]di[F#m]ed[D]
[A]I often w[F#m]onder if I've alr[D]eady died,
(BRIDGE): repeat 4x
[A]Or if the 'I'
[A]if the 'I'
[A]is an uninte[D]lligible lie
(OUTRO):
[A]Off we flew like swarms of hornets
[F#m]'Woken up' from w[D]inter's rest
[A]To colonize with plastic pulp
Our ne[F#m]ighbor's perfect p[D]aper nest
[A]While all year round potter wasp
Has bu[F#m]zzed her unhi[D]nged song
[A]You can hear its creaking in our floorboards
[F#m]Megalomania's only ma[D]nia if you're wrong
A, F#m, D x2
A (strummed a few times during the instrumental outro)
A: e|---| F#m: e|-2-| D: e|-2-|
B|-2-| B|-2-| B|-3-|
G|-2-| G|-2-| G|-2-|
D|-2-| D|-4-| D|-0-|
A|-0-| A|-4-| A|---|
E|---| E|-2-| E|---|
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--11-11--14-11-9~-----------------------------|
D|----------------------------11-11--14-11-9-7~-|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
[A]Ragged robbins for the c[F#m]urtain call[D]
[A]Wrapped in ribbons on the [F#m]trailer door[D]
[A]Carved initials in a con[F#m]crete footstall[D]
[A]On the imitation m[F#m]arble floor[D]
[A]We're the boxtop admis[F#m]sions and thei[D]r throwaways,
[A]Strewn across to[F#m]bacco ro[D]ads
[A]With their wormwood s[F#m]hots and their s[D]nake oil plots
[A]Drunk sheepshank co[F#m]n men and their[D] sycophants
[A]An[F#m]d I [D]
[A]I often w[F#m]onder if I've alr[D]eady died
(GUITAR DROPS OUT; Only bass/drums play for a frame)
[A]Out at elbows by[F#m] the encore[D]
[A]But there's a citadel[F#m] inside[D]
[A]Where I'll go and shape my [F#m]heart like you[D]rs,
[A]As you shape yours [F#m]like mine[D]
[A]Where we're the spiraling a[F#m]rms of all gala[D]xies
[A]And we're the microscop[F#m]ic sand[D]
[A]Suffering from delusions of ung[F#m]randeur on m[D]iddling display
[A]Beside the Cardiff gi[F#m]ant with the alab[D]aster e[A]ye[F#m]s[D]
[A]I often wo[F#m]nder if I've al[D]ready [A]di[F#m]ed[D]
[A]I often w[F#m]onder if I've alr[D]eady died,
(BRIDGE): repeat 4x
[A]Or if the 'I'
[A]if the 'I'
[A]is an uninte[D]lligible lie
(OUTRO):
[A]Off we flew like swarms of hornets
[F#m]'Woken up' from w[D]inter's rest
[A]To colonize with plastic pulp
Our ne[F#m]ighbor's perfect p[D]aper nest
[A]While all year round potter wasp
Has bu[F#m]zzed her unhi[D]nged song
[A]You can hear its creaking in our floorboards
[F#m]Megalomania's only ma[D]nia if you're wrong
A, F#m, D x2
A (strummed a few times during the instrumental outro)
A: e|---| F#m: e|-2-| D: e|-2-|
B|-2-| B|-2-| B|-3-|
G|-2-| G|-2-| G|-2-|
D|-2-| D|-4-| D|-0-|
A|-0-| A|-4-| A|---|
E|---| E|-2-| E|---|
