Verse 1
C F G
At the record company meeting
C F G
On their hands a dead star
Am F G
And ooh the plans that they weave
F Am F G E
And ooh the sickening greed
Verse 2
A D E
At the record company party
A D E
On their hands a dead star
F#m D E
The sycophantic slags all say
D A D E
I knew him first and I knew him well
A D E
Re-issue Re-package Re-package
A D E
Re-evaluate the songs
F#m D E
Double pack with a photograph
D A D E G
Extra track and a tacky badge
Verse 3
C F
A-list playlist
G
Please them please them please them
C F G
Sadly this was your life
Am F G
But you could have said no if you'd wanted to
F Am F G
You could have said no if you'd wanted to
Verse 4
C F
BPI MTV BBC
G
Please them please them
C F G
Sadly this was your life
Am F G
But you could have said no if you'd wanted to
F Am F G E
You could have walked away couldn't you
Verse 5
A D E
I touched you at the soundcheck
A D E
You had no real way of knowing
F#m D E D
In my heart I begged Take me with you
F#m D E
I don't care where you're going
Verse 6
A D
But to you I was faceless
E
I was fawning I was boring
A D E
A child from those ugly new houses
F#m D E
Who could never begin to know
D F#m D E G
Who could never really know
Verse 7
A D E
Best of Most of Satiate the need
A D E
Slip them into different sleeves
F#m D E D
Buy both and feel deceived
F#m D E
Climber new entry re-entry
Verse 8
A D
World tour Media whore
E A
Please the press in Belgium
D E
This was your life
F#m D E D
And when it fails to recoup Well maybe
F#m D E G
You just haven't earned it yet baby
Verse 9
C F G
I walked a pace behind you at the souundcheck
C F G
You're just the same as I am
Am F G
What makes most people feel happy
F Am F G
Leads us headlong into harm
C F
So in my bedroom in those ugly new houses
G C F G
I dance my legs down to the knees
Am F G F Am
G E
But me and my true love will never meet again
Verse 10
A D E
At the record company meeting
A D E
On their hands at last a dead star
F#m D E
But they can never taint you in my eyes
D F#m D E
They can never touch you now
A D E
No they cannot hurt you my darling
A D E
They cannot touch you now
F#m D E D F#m
E
But me and my true love will never meet again
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