Laura Stevenson's cover of 'It ceases to be whining if you're still shitting blood' by Bomb The Music Industry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC1vhpyBOC4
I know the rundown from C to Am at the beginning of the verse isn't quite right but it works,
If anyone knows what she's actually doing I'd love to hear it :D
Chords Used
C - x3201x
C/b - x2x01x
Am - x02210
F - xx3210
G - 320010
Em - 022100
Dm - xx0231
(Capo 2)
C C/b Am
Sing the fucking songs you told the world to sing.
F G
Sing it right unless you want to fail.
C Am
Listen back and punch the things that you don't like.
F G
You can't do it right in just one take.
Am Em
'Cus you aren't good enough.
Am F G
You were never good enough to sing your own songs oh so perfect.
C C/b Am
If you fuck this up, you fuck the record deal
F G
And respect of all our famous friends.
C Am
Drift too far and it is inaccessible.
F G
Do it right! We worked as hard as you.
Am Em
And we didn't come this far
Am F G
For you to fuck this up and in turn fuck up our whole damn lives.
C
So write a song with lots of hooks.
G Am
Remember why you wrote songs in the first place
G
Let's start a band
F
We've got nothing left to do.
C
So write a song without a hook.
G Am
Remember why you wrote songs in the first place
G
Let's start a band
F
We've got nothing else to do.
C C/b Am
Cut the cookie. Five sharp points to make a star.
F G
Cut the corners, get the biggest tours.
C Am
Traffic violations mean bad credit now.
F G
Twenty triple zeroes in the hole.
Am Em
And it wouldn't be so bad.
Am F G Dm
If we crashed the fucking van and watched our fucking debt go up in flames.
Dm C
You know, it wouldn't be so bad.
Dm C G
If we just threw up our hands instead of feeding something
Dm F
I did not want to create.
G(Single note, let ring)
Your underground is a mistake.
C
So write a song without a hook.
G Am
Remember why you wrote songs in the first place
G
Let's start a band
F
We've got nothing else to do.
C
So write a song without a hook.
G Am
Remember why you wrote songs in the first place
G
Not for a man
F
Who runs a fucking focus group
C
So write a song without a hook.
G F
Remember why you wrote songs in the first place
Corrections always welcome :)