Wagner At The Opera Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]I'm laying on the pavement
And the last thing I recall
Picked up by the arms and legs
And taken from the hall
For squaring up to culture

[Verse 2]
In the circle and the stall
[Em]All because they're playing
Wagner at the opera
All because they're playing
Wagner at the opera

[Verse 3]
Hurt can make you [Em]act without
Apology [C]or [Em]regret
Over half a century
But still I can't [B]forget
[Em]Ideology makes a mockery
Of [C]the string [D]quar[B]tet[Em]
[Am]All because they're

[Verse 4]
[D]play
[B]ing Wagner at the oper[Em]a
[Am]All because they're playing
[B]Wagner at the oper[Em]a

[Verse 5]
When [Em]they came to take me
[D]I was [C]standing [B]on a chair
I [Em]can't [D]keep [Em]quiet
I have [D]something [Em]to decl[B]are
[Em]Listen to my [D]rattle
For my [C]rattle says "Be[B]ware"

[Verse 6]
[Am]All because they're playing
[B]Wagner at the oper[Em]a
[Am]All because they're playing
[B]Wagner at the oper[Em]a

[Verse 7]
A rattle for remembering
The [B]rattle [Em]of the [B]chains
A [Em]rattle for remembering
The [D]rattle [Em]of the [B]trains
From [Em]Warsaw down the decades
To [C]hell and home [B]again
[Am]All because

[Verse 8]
they're playing
[B]Wagner at the oper[Em]a
[Am]All because they're playing
[B]Wagner at the opera
[Em][B]

[Verse 9]
[Em]For everyone we lost
I swing the rattle [Am]loud and [B]long
[Em]I swing it 'til I drown out
All the music and the [B]songs
This [Em]tattoo will last [D]forever
[Em]And my m[C]emory is l[B]ong
[Am]Here's to no more playing [B]Wagner

[Verse 10]
at the op[Em]era
[Am]Here's to no more playing
[B]Wagner at the oper[Em]a
Here's to [Am]no more playing
[B]Wagner at [Em]the opera