Biography:
Nick Currie (born February 11, 1960 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK), more popularly known under the artist name Momus (after the Greek god of mockery), is a songwriter, writer, blogger and artist. Most of his songs are self-referential or postmodern.
For more than twenty years he has been releasing, to only marginal commercial and critical success, playful and transgressive albums on labels in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan.
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Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
The bass notes which play at the start and other times are
Eb D C
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|6--5--3-|
E|--------|
I'm pretty sure this is correct, I had a little trouble in some part, any constructive criticism would be
welcomed and appreciated.
[Verse 1]
Cm
Sometimes when it rains
Db
I get pictures in my brain
Eb
My programming fails
Fm
I go off the rails
Ab G
I see asteroids flare between the moons
Cm
Of Uranus:
Momus and Vangelis
Cm
And when I go wrong
Db
Herr Professor Pig
Eb Fm
Comes to train my brain with a song
Ab G
Singing 'Daisy Daisy give me your answer do'
Db Cm
'How much is that doggy in the window?'
F
'She was only a greengrocer's daughter '
G
'The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain'
[Instrumental]
Cm Db Eb Fm
[Chorus 1]
Eb
You are my lover
Db
You are my author
B
You are my father
E
I am your daughter
Eb
I'm your disaster
Db
I'm your viagra
Cm
I'm going to beat you at chess
Bb
Then plant my dagger in your breast
G Cm
You filled me with your breath and your jism
Fm
Now I've come to bring you death, pig
F G
Pygmalism
[Instrumental]
Cm Db Eb Fm
Ab Gm Cm G
[Verse 2]
Cm Db
I only exist for Herr Professor Pig
Eb Fm
As a figment of his huge imagination
Cm Ab
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Cm G
Who is the villain of them all?
Cm Db Cm
The mirror will answer back 'Narcissus'
Fm
I'm your blessing but not your possession
G
Even what you make can drag you down
[Verse 3]
Ab
Sometimes in the night
G
I sing the songs Professor Pig has taught me
Db
Cutting up with scissors
C
All the stupid sexy clothes he's bought me
Ab
Though my eyes are haunted
G
Though my memories have been implanted
Db
No ancestors you can trace
C
An accent from no place invented
Ab
Sometimes in the night
G
I sing the songs professor pig has taught me
Db
Cutting up with scissors
C
All the stupid sexy clothes he's bought me
[Interlude]
Ab G
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Db C
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
[Chorus 2]
Fm
You're my creator
Eb
You're my employer
Db
My violator
F#
You're my destroyer
Fm Eb
But remember that the things we whip can whip us
D G
The ones we strip outstrip us
Cm
And the ones we make can break us
Fm Eb
You filled me with your breath and your jism
G
You gave me life, I bring you death, pig
Fm G
Pygmalism
[Instrumental]
Ab G Db C
Ab G Db C
[Interlude]
Ab G
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Db C
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
Ab G
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Db C
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
[Outro]
Ab
Sometimes in the night
G
I sing the songs Professor Pig has taught me
Db
Cutting up with scissors
C
All the stupid sexy clothes he's bought me
Eb D C
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|6--5--3-|
E|--------|
I'm pretty sure this is correct, I had a little trouble in some part, any constructive criticism would be
welcomed and appreciated.
[Verse 1]
Cm
Sometimes when it rains
Db
I get pictures in my brain
Eb
My programming fails
Fm
I go off the rails
Ab G
I see asteroids flare between the moons
Cm
Of Uranus:
Momus and Vangelis
Cm
And when I go wrong
Db
Herr Professor Pig
Eb Fm
Comes to train my brain with a song
Ab G
Singing 'Daisy Daisy give me your answer do'
Db Cm
'How much is that doggy in the window?'
F
'She was only a greengrocer's daughter '
G
'The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain'
[Instrumental]
Cm Db Eb Fm
[Chorus 1]
Eb
You are my lover
Db
You are my author
B
You are my father
E
I am your daughter
Eb
I'm your disaster
Db
I'm your viagra
Cm
I'm going to beat you at chess
Bb
Then plant my dagger in your breast
G Cm
You filled me with your breath and your jism
Fm
Now I've come to bring you death, pig
F G
Pygmalism
[Instrumental]
Cm Db Eb Fm
Ab Gm Cm G
[Verse 2]
Cm Db
I only exist for Herr Professor Pig
Eb Fm
As a figment of his huge imagination
Cm Ab
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Cm G
Who is the villain of them all?
Cm Db Cm
The mirror will answer back 'Narcissus'
Fm
I'm your blessing but not your possession
G
Even what you make can drag you down
[Verse 3]
Ab
Sometimes in the night
G
I sing the songs Professor Pig has taught me
Db
Cutting up with scissors
C
All the stupid sexy clothes he's bought me
Ab
Though my eyes are haunted
G
Though my memories have been implanted
Db
No ancestors you can trace
C
An accent from no place invented
Ab
Sometimes in the night
G
I sing the songs professor pig has taught me
Db
Cutting up with scissors
C
All the stupid sexy clothes he's bought me
[Interlude]
Ab G
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Db C
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
[Chorus 2]
Fm
You're my creator
Eb
You're my employer
Db
My violator
F#
You're my destroyer
Fm Eb
But remember that the things we whip can whip us
D G
The ones we strip outstrip us
Cm
And the ones we make can break us
Fm Eb
You filled me with your breath and your jism
G
You gave me life, I bring you death, pig
Fm G
Pygmalism
[Instrumental]
Ab G Db C
Ab G Db C
[Interlude]
Ab G
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Db C
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
Ab G
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Db C
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
[Outro]
Ab
Sometimes in the night
G
I sing the songs Professor Pig has taught me
Db
Cutting up with scissors
C
All the stupid sexy clothes he's bought me
