Biography:
Jangle pop cult heroes the Siddeleys formed in London in the spring of 1986 after singer/guitarist Johnny Johnson gave a tape of her home-recorded songs to fellow guitarist Allan Kingdom. After posting flyers seeking rhythm section recruits in the Rough Trade Shop, the Ladbroke Grove club Bay 63, and other area locales, Johnson and Kingdom inducted bassist Andrew Clark and drummer Phil Goodman prior to the Siddeleys' debut gig at the Clarendon Ballroom on December 1, 1986.
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Other songs:
C Em C Am
The sight of the façade of the Palace Hotel, Southend
C Am G G
With every sense I think of you - it sends me round the bend
C Em C Am
"Love that moves the sun in heaven, and all the stars"
C Am G G
This is just a fraction of what is rightfully ours
Am Em
Please whirl me around
Em Em
There's no earthly reason
G Em
No earthly reason
G Em
There is no earthly reason
C G
For darkness after dawn
C Em C Am
It's not that I want to be rich, I just want to be heroically poor
C Am G G
Money may buy happiness, but you can give me more
C Em C Am
I want back my favourite wet Wednesday afternoon
C Am G G
I'll take my dreams to the grave, If you don't say something soon
Am Em
Please whirl me around
Em Em
There's no earthly reason
G Em
No earthly reason
G Em
There is no earthly reason
C G
For a boy to burn
C Em C Am
The Peak Frean's factory pumping smoke reminds me of the past
C Am G G
Of waking up quite terrified, of always coming last
C Em
Are you, like me, looking up at the sky?
C Am
Or do you look down as you read?
C Am G G
"The red apples are the sweetest," he said, but green is the colour for me
Am Em
Please whirl me around
Em Em
There's no earthly reason
G Em
No earthly reason
G Em
There is no earthly reason
C G
For rotting fruit to fall
C Em C Am
The smell of chips on a summer evening in Southend -
C Am G G
With every sense I think of you, it sends me round the bend
C Em C Am
"Love that moves the sun in heaven, and all the stars"
C Am G G
This is just a fraction of what is rightfully ours
Am Em
Please whirl me around
Em Em
There's no earthly reason
G Em
No earthly reason
G Em
There is no earthly reason
C G
For a boy to burn
The sight of the façade of the Palace Hotel, Southend
C Am G G
With every sense I think of you - it sends me round the bend
C Em C Am
"Love that moves the sun in heaven, and all the stars"
C Am G G
This is just a fraction of what is rightfully ours
Am Em
Please whirl me around
Em Em
There's no earthly reason
G Em
No earthly reason
G Em
There is no earthly reason
C G
For darkness after dawn
C Em C Am
It's not that I want to be rich, I just want to be heroically poor
C Am G G
Money may buy happiness, but you can give me more
C Em C Am
I want back my favourite wet Wednesday afternoon
C Am G G
I'll take my dreams to the grave, If you don't say something soon
Am Em
Please whirl me around
Em Em
There's no earthly reason
G Em
No earthly reason
G Em
There is no earthly reason
C G
For a boy to burn
C Em C Am
The Peak Frean's factory pumping smoke reminds me of the past
C Am G G
Of waking up quite terrified, of always coming last
C Em
Are you, like me, looking up at the sky?
C Am
Or do you look down as you read?
C Am G G
"The red apples are the sweetest," he said, but green is the colour for me
Am Em
Please whirl me around
Em Em
There's no earthly reason
G Em
No earthly reason
G Em
There is no earthly reason
C G
For rotting fruit to fall
C Em C Am
The smell of chips on a summer evening in Southend -
C Am G G
With every sense I think of you, it sends me round the bend
C Em C Am
"Love that moves the sun in heaven, and all the stars"
C Am G G
This is just a fraction of what is rightfully ours
Am Em
Please whirl me around
Em Em
There's no earthly reason
G Em
No earthly reason
G Em
There is no earthly reason
C G
For a boy to burn
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