G# B E E7 something less than brilliant, luckily they're grading on the curve A B E E7 a life thought most resilient, sabotaged by chronic lack of nerve A B E E7 lack of nerve…………… G# B E E7 you should know better than, to bet the farm on one suggested horse, A B E E7 its all out of your hands, so take your seat and watch it run its course A B E E7 run its course……….. A B E baby its Pogues Weather again, it blows in from the west A B E and I'm afraid that I'm not man, enough to take the test A B E A to face it down, determination's fled……… B E from Pogues Weather again G# B E E7 communication's on the blink, I fear I've let you dow A B E E7 the guns, the sex, the kitchen sink, pack it all get out of town A B E E7 out of town………………. G# B E E7 the drum from panama, its beautiful, but always drops the beat, A B E E7 you could bang your fingers raw, announcing our retreat………. A B E E7 our retreat…………….. A B E baby its Pogues Weather again, I should buy some warmer clothes A B E because I'm afraid I'm not the man, the man you think you know A B A B E scared and running, scared and running from the cold G# B E its summer in the book I'm reading, its summer in Siam A B E and that's not where you are, that's not where I am A B A B I'm scared and running, scared and running A B E A let me lie my face down, in the warmer sand………. B E E7 Pogues Weather again yea, its bitter and cruel A B E E7 Its Pogues Weather again, its reminds me of you A B E E7 its Pogues Weather again, so, II’m still a failure to you A B E its Pogues Weather again