Damien Rice - The Professor

capo 3 prease

C
well i don’t know if i’m wrong
B/Am
cause she’s only just gone
Am G
here’s to another relationship
F Em
bombed by excellent breed of gamete disease
F G
i’m sure when i’m older i’ll know what that means
C B/Am
cried when she should and she laughed when she could
Am G
here’s to the man with his face in the mud
F Em
and an overcast play just taken away
F G
from the lover’s in love at the centre of stage yeah

F
loving is fine if you have plenty of time
G
for walking on stilts at the edge of your mind
F
loving is good if your dick’s made of wood
G
and the dick left inside only half understood her
Fmaj7
what makes her come and what makes her stay?
G6
what make the animal run , run away yeah
Fmaj7
what makes him stall , what makes him stand
G6
and what shakes the elephant now
mute or G
and what makes a man?

Fmaj7 G6 Am
i don’t know , i don’t know , i don’t know
Am6/9 G6 Fmaj7 G6 C
no i don’t know you any more
C Cmaj7 Fmaj7
no , no , no , no . . .
C Fmaj7
ooh yeah . . . hey hey . . .

C
i don’t know if i’m wrong
B/Am
’cause shes only just gone
Am G
why the fxxk is this day taking so long
F Em
i was a lover of time and once she was mine
F G
i was a lover indeed , i was covered in weed
C B/Am
cried when she should and she laughed when she could
Am G
well closer to god is the one who’s in love
F Em
and i walk away cause i can
F G
too many options may kill a man

F
loving is fine if it’s not in your mind
G
but i’ve fxxked it up now , too many times
F
loving is good if it’s not understood
G
yeah , but i’m the professor and feel that i should know
Fmaj7
what makes her come and what makes her stay?
G6
what make the animal run , run away and
Fmaj7
what makes him tick apart from him prick
G6
and the lonelier side
mute or G
of the jealousy stick

Fmaj7 G6 Am
i don’t know , i don’t know , i don’t know
Am6/9 G6 Fmaj7 G6 C
no i don’t know you any more
C Cmaj7 Fmaj7
no , no , no , no . . .
C Fmaj7
ooh yeah . . . hey hey . . .

C
well i don’t know if i’m wrong
B/Am
cause she’s only just gone
Am G
here’s to another relationship
F Em
bombed by excellent breed of gamete disease
F G
i finished it off with some french wine and cheese

either mute this , play it , or just sing it without guitar
C
la fille danse
B/Am
quand elle joue avec moi
Am G
et je pense que je l’aime des fois
F Em
le silence , n’ose pas dis – donc
F
quand on est ensemble
G
mettre les mots
F G
sur la petite dodo