Lost weekend  (1985)     (video)

 

    G - D - Em - C (2x)

 

                   G            D            Em       C

1. It took a lost weekend in a hotel in Amsterdam

                 G                  D           Em       C

    and a double pneumonia in a single room.

                   G         D                  Em               C

    And the sickest joke was the price of the medicine.

                   G                       D                 Em                  C              G

    Are you laughing at me now ? May I, please, laugh along with you.

 

+  G - D - Em - C (2x)

 

                          G          D              Em          C

2. This morning I woke up from a deep unquiet sleep

             G           D                       Em                   C

    with ashtray clothes and miss lonely heart's pen.

                             G                   D                Em         C

    With which I wrote for you a love song in tattoo upon my palm,

                G                D                      Em         C

    'twas stolen from me when Jesus took my hand.

 

               G - D - Em                   C                       G        - D - Em

You see, I,                 I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it,

                      C            G        - D - Em     C    G

drop me and I'll fall to pieces               so easily !

 

+  G - D - Em - C (2x)

 

              G          D               Em           C

3. I was a king bee, with a head full of attitude,

                      G                 D                Em                 C

    wore my heart on my sleeve like a stain and my aim

                 G     D                 Em              C

    was taboo, you could remain in the market place,

             G                 D                    Em           C

    did I ever, hey, please, did you woo my knees.

 

+  CHORUS

 

                  Bb                      C

+  There's nobody else to blame,

              Bb                           C

    will I hang my head in a crying shame ?

                  Bb                      C

    There's nobody else to blame,

      Bb                            C                      G

    nobody else except my sweet self again.

 

+  G - D - Em - C (4x)        +  Bb - C  - Bb - C

 

                   G            D            Em       C

4. It took a lost weekend in a hotel in Amsterdam,

                  G             D                Em        C

    twenty four long years to conclude in tears,

                  G         D                   Em               C

    and the sickest joke was the price of the medicine.

                   G                       D                 Em                  C              G

    Are you laughing at me now ? May I, please, laugh along with you.

 

+  G - D - Em - C (2x)   

 

              G          D                Em           C

5. I was a king bee, with a head full of attitude,

                 G            D                 Em                        C

    and an ashtray heart on my sleeve, wounded knees.

                  G             D               Em        C

    And my one love song was a tattoo upon my palm,

               G              D                  Em          C

    you wrote upon me when you took my hand.

 

               G - D - Em                   C                       G        - D - Em

You see, I,                 I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it,

                      C            G        - D - Em     C    G   - D - Em

drop me and I'll fall to pieces               so easily !

 

            C    G   - D - Em         C   G

+  Too easily.                  Too easily.           +  G - D - Em - C (4x)    - G

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions)