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hese are the chords for Being boring, extracted from music
sheet for your convenience:
| A |
B |
G#m7 |
C# |
| Amaj7 |
B |
G#m7 |
C#m |
| Amaj7 |
G#m7 |
F#m7 |
Emaj7 |
| Fm |
| I came across a cache of old photos |
| Ebm | |
| and | | invitations to teenage parties. |
| Fm |
| “Dress in white,” one said with quotations |
| Ebm |
| from someone’s wife, a famous writer |
| Ab11 | Ab7 |
| in the | nineteen- | twenties. |
| Db |
| When you’re young you find inspiration |
| Gb6 |
| in | | anyone who’s ever gone |
| Cb |
| and opened up a closing door. |
| Abm | | Abm7 | | Ab |
| She said we were ne | - | ver feeling bored. |
| Amaj7 |
| ‘Cause we were never | being boring, |
| B | | G#m | | C#m7 |
| we had too much | time to find for ourselves. |
| Amaj7 |
| And we were never | being boring, |
| B | | G#m | | C#m7 |
| we dressed up and | fought, then thought, make amends. |
| Amaj7 | G#m7 |
| And we were never | holding back, or | worried that |
| F#m7 | Emaj7 |
| time would come to an end. |
| Fm |
| When I went, I left from the station |
| Ebm | |
| with a | | haversack and some trepidation. |
| Fm |
| Someone said “If you’re not careful, |
| Ebm |
| you’ll | have nothing left and nothing to care for |
| Ab11 | Ab7 |
| in the | nineteen- | seventies.” |
| Db |
| But I sat back, and looking forward, |
| Gb6 |
| my | | shoes were high, and I had scored. |
| Cb |
| I’d bolted through a closing door, |
| Abm | | Abm7 | | Ab |
| and I would never find | | myself feeling bored. |
| Amaj7 |
| ‘Cause we were never | being boring, |
| B | | G#m | | C#m7 |
| we had too much | time to find for ourselves. |
| Amaj7 |
| And we were never | being boring, |
| B | | G#m | | C#m7 |
| we dressed up and | fought, then thought, make amends. |
| Amaj7 | G#m7 |
| And we were never | holding back, or | worried that |
| F#m7 | B |
| time would come to an end. |
| Amaj7 | G#m7 |
| We were always | hoping that, | looking back |
| F#m7 | Emaj7 |
| you could | always rely on a friend. |
| Fm |
| Now I sit with different faces |
| Ebm | |
| in | | rented rooms and foreign places. |
| Fm |
| All the people I was kissing, |
| Ebm |
| some are here and some are missing |
| Ab11 | Ab7 |
| in the | nineteen- | nineties. |
| Db |
| I never dreamt that I would get to be |
| Gb6 |
| | the creature that I always meant to be. |
| Cb |
| But I thought, in spite of dreams, |
| Abm | Abm7 | | Ab |
| you’d be sitting some | - | where here with me. |
| Amaj7 |
| ‘Cause we were never | being boring, |
| B | | G#m | | C#m7 |
| we had too much | time to find for ourselves. |
| Amaj7 |
| And we were never | being boring, |
| B | | G#m | | C#m7 |
| we dressed up and | fought, then thought, make amends. |
| Amaj7 | G#m7 |
| And we were never | holding back, or | worried that |
| F#m7 | B |
| time would come to an end. |
| Amaj7 | G#m7 |
| We were always | hoping that, | looking back |
| F#m7 | Emaj7 |
| you could | always rely on a friend. |
| Amaj7 |
| ‘Cause we were never | being boring, |
| B | | G#m | | C#m7 |
| we had too much | time to find for ourselves. |
| Amaj7 |
| And we were never | being boring, |
| B | | G#m | | C#m7 |
| we dressed up and | fought, then thought, make amends. |
| Amaj7 |
| And we were never | being boring, |
| B | | G#m |
| we were ne | - | ver being bored, |
| C#m | | Amaj7 |
| ‘cause we were never | being boring, |
| B | | G#m | | C#m |
| we were ne | - | ver being bored. |
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