Morrissey - You Know It Couldnt Last

morrissey – you know i couldn’t last

( from album you are the quarry )

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C Em
the whisperings , may hurt you
Am F
but the printed word might kill you
C Em
the whisperings , may hurt you
Am F
but the printed word might kill you
C Em Am
so don’t let the blue , the blue eyes fool you
A
they’re just gelignite , loaded and aiming right between your eyes

D G D/F# Em
cds and t – shirts , promos god knows – oh!
A D
you know i couldn’t last
D G D/F# Em A
someone , please take me home

C Em Am F
the teenagers , who love you , they will wake up , yawn and kill you
C Em Am F
the teenagers , who love you , they will wake up , yawn and kill you
C Em Am
so don’t let the blue , the blue eyes fool you
A
they’re just gelignite , loaded and aiming right between your eyes

D G D/F# Em
cds and t – shirts , promos god knows – oh!
A D
you know i couldn’t last
D G D/F# Em A
someone , please take me home
D G D/F#
there’s a cash register ringing and
Em A
it weighs so heavy on my back
D G D/F# Em A
someone please take me home

C Em
the critics who , can’t break you
Am F
they somehow help to make you
C Em
the critics who , can’t break you
Am F
unwittingly they make you
C Em Am
so don’t let the good days , of the gold discs , creep up and mug you
A
no , no – no , no , no – oh!

D G D/F# Em A
with evil legal eagles , you know i couldn’t last
D G D/F# Em A
accountants rampant , you know i couldn’t last
D G D/F# Em A
every – ist and every – ism , thrown my way to stay
D G D/F# Em A
and the northern leeches go on , removing , removing , removing

C F C F
then in the end , your royalties bring you luxuries , your royalties bring you
Dm F G
luxuries , oh but
D G D G D G
the squalor of the mind , the squalor of the mind , the squalor of the mind