Biography:
The Verlaines is a New Zealand rock band formed in 1981 in Dunedin and named after French poet Paul Verlaine.
The origins of the band can be traced back to 1979 when the group's founder Graeme Downes took direct inspiration from fellow Dunedin group, The Clean, to form a band with Craig Easton, Anita Pillai, Phillip Higham and Greg Kerr. It was in 1981 that the group made their first public appearance with their initial five-piece line-up.
The band's recorded debut was on the seminal "Dunedin Double" EP
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[Intro]
G
G
[Verse 1]
G
It's ten o'clock in the afternoon, you better come by here soon.
Or I'll go out of my mind.
Cadd9
The wind has been unkind,
G
some idiot untied all five
And locked them in my room.
[Bridge]
Bm Em7
"Don't do anything important," you said, "With anybody else."
A7sus4 D C Bm A G
"They'll fuck it up for you my friend."
[Chorus]
G Cadd9
But I lie on your bed and I touch your hair.
G Cadd9
And your hair is as soft as the fox fur you wear.
G Em7
And my head
A7sus4 D C Bm A G
feels sweet again.
[Verse 2]
G
I sit here sculling wine, and I'm smoking all the time now.
It's hard living your life On a knife edge.
Cadd9
You either cut your feet
G
and die where you bleed
Or fall of the edge.
[Bridge]
Bm Em7
"Don't do anything important," you said, "With anybody else."
A7sus4 D C Bm A G
"They'll fuck it up for you my friend."
[Chorus]
G Cadd9
But I lie on your bed and I touch your hair.
G Cadd9
And your hair is as soft as the fox fur you wear.
G Em7
And my head
A7sus4 D C Bm A G
feels sweet again.
[Outro]
G C
G C
G C
G C
G
G
[Verse 1]
G
It's ten o'clock in the afternoon, you better come by here soon.
Or I'll go out of my mind.
Cadd9
The wind has been unkind,
G
some idiot untied all five
And locked them in my room.
[Bridge]
Bm Em7
"Don't do anything important," you said, "With anybody else."
A7sus4 D C Bm A G
"They'll fuck it up for you my friend."
[Chorus]
G Cadd9
But I lie on your bed and I touch your hair.
G Cadd9
And your hair is as soft as the fox fur you wear.
G Em7
And my head
A7sus4 D C Bm A G
feels sweet again.
[Verse 2]
G
I sit here sculling wine, and I'm smoking all the time now.
It's hard living your life On a knife edge.
Cadd9
You either cut your feet
G
and die where you bleed
Or fall of the edge.
[Bridge]
Bm Em7
"Don't do anything important," you said, "With anybody else."
A7sus4 D C Bm A G
"They'll fuck it up for you my friend."
[Chorus]
G Cadd9
But I lie on your bed and I touch your hair.
G Cadd9
And your hair is as soft as the fox fur you wear.
G Em7
And my head
A7sus4 D C Bm A G
feels sweet again.
[Outro]
G C
G C
G C
G C
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