Mr. Sands Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][Am][C][Am][C][Am]
[Em][Am][Em][Asus4][Em]
[Asus4][Em][Asus4][Em][Asus4]
[Em][G][Asus4][Em]
Soon [A]as you like,[Asus4]

[Verse 1]
ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats.
[G]In a mo[Asus4]ment there'll be a test of
[G]your endurance.[A][G][Asus4][G]
[Asus4]Stay in your c[A]hairs i[Asus4]n
the event of a dramatic pause
Please be aware nothing gets [Em]covered by insurance.
[Asus4][A][Eb][F][C#][Asus4][A][Eb]
[Asus4]

[Verse 2]
[C#]
[A]One final [Asus4]thing:
Please take the trouble to read through your notes,
[A]
[Asus4]It's im p[Em]ortant that y[Asus4]ou
know where you've got to [G]go [A]to.
[Asus4]Wait a moment,
maybe the ush[G]erette'll show [A]you.
[Asus4]Such excitement, these are the hoops you've got to go
[A]through...[Eb][F]
[C#][Asus4][A][Eb]

[Verse 3]
[F][C#]
The noises [A]off that [Em]turn [Am]you on
stage whispered from the [F]wings,
A [Asus4]stifled cough, a joke that b[Am]ombs,
a smoldering fuse wire [F]string.
When Mr. [Asus4]Sands is [Am]in the house the
alarm bells [Asus4]start to [F]ring.[Bm]

[Verse 4]
[Bm]Everything's in code
In a world we barely know
And the truth is only [Em]slowly revealed...[Bm][Em]
[Bm][Em][Bm][Em][Bm][Em][Bm]

[Verse 5]
[Bm]
With best inten[Em]tions I [Am]have strayed
far off the beaten [F]track
And [Asus4]of attention I disp[Am]layed
a quite spec[Asus4]tacular l[F]ack.
Now [Asus4]Mr. Sands is in th[Am]e house and the panic button's smack[F]ed.

[Interlude 1]
[Am][F][Asus4][F]
[Asus4][Bb][F][G][F][Am][G][F][Asus4]
[Bb][F][Asus4][A]
[F][Asus4][A][F][Asus4][A][F]
[Am]Well, Mr. [A]Sands is [Em]in the

[Verse 6]
[Am]
house: commotion [Asus4]in the st[F]alls
And, [Asus4]from the gods, un[Am]ruly
shouts that echo round the [F]hall
Yes, [Am]someone's [Asus4]let the s[Am]ecret out...
the safety [Asus4]cur tain falls[F].

[Interlude 2]
[Em]

[Verse 7]
And as I look [Em]across the [Am]stage
the thought that first oc[F]curs
Is less that we [Am]have come of age
and more that we're [F]preserved
To pass [Asus4]our time in [Am]different shades
[F]of ignorant reserve.
[Bm]Everything's in code Till

[Verse 8]
[Bm]
the moment it explodes
We suspend belief, get ready to go
For [C]the playout of the show -
Here it is for all we [F]know
Mr Sands [C#]is always ready t[G#]o roll
[Bbm]

[Outro 1]
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