Robyn Hitchcock - Linctus House Chords

[Intro]
E  EM7  A  B
C#m  A  E
 
[Verse 1]
E                  EM7             A  B
You know I used to call my baby up
E             EM7       A/C#
And we'd get real close
A                 A/G#
Just like the telephone was a sofa
F#m7                   F#m7/E
And our thoughts would mingle
F#m                           Bsus4  B
And we'd leave our minds wide open
B             G#m                Bsus4
Like a big window in the evening air, and we'd say
C#m                                           A
"Hey baby, come on in and help yourself to my soul"
E          EM7                                A
"Hey baby, come on in and help yourself to my soul"
F#m
But these days, even saying, "hello? How are you?"
                         B
"I'm fine. How are you?" takes a lot of sweat
 
[Pre-Chorus]
B            A
Ain't that a shame?
B            A
Ain't that a shame?
B
 
[Chorus]
       EM7     A
But in Linctus House
      EM7   A
In my flesh hotel
        B
I don't care anymore
 
[Verse 2]
E                    EM7    A
You know my baby and me, as Kimberley would say
     B                E                  EM7  A/C#  B
We'd curl up like two dogs in front of a fire
        F#m7
And our eyes would reflect each other
F#m7
In the warm long heat of love
B
Yeah, the warm long heat of love
E                    EM7          E6               E
And I would hear the rain falling on the leaves outside
F#m
I couldn't stand to close the window
           B
'Cause I'd shiver if I left her side
    C#m                        A
But now I'd shake if we should meet
                                   Am6
And I spend most of my time in the bushes
 
[Pre-Chorus]
B            A
Ain't that a shame? (Know what you're doing)
B            A
Ain't that a shame? (Know what you've done)
B
 
[Chorus]
       EM7     A
But in Linctus House
      EM7   A
In my flesh hotel
        B
I don't care anymore
 
[Verse 3]
E       EM7
"I understand how everything
A/C#                   E            F#m7
Sometimes turns out to be nothing," you say
                    B
But I wonder if you do
E              EM7              A/C#  E
And if we understood each other
F#m
There's be no need to talk
                               B
But even that, even talking is out of reach
                                                     C#m
Should I say it with flowers or should I say it with nails?
A
I'm not the kind to push you around
                                E
But I don't want to make myself vulnerable
A                  A/G#
And if I was on my knees
                                    F#m7
You'd have a pretty good view of my skull
F#m                                    B
And I happen to know you're carrying a chisel
 
[Chorus]
       EM7     A
But in Linctus House
      EM7   A
In my flesh hotel
        B
I don't care anymore, no
 
[Chorus]
       EM7     A
But in Linctus House
      EM7   A
In my flesh hotel
        B
I don't care
 
[Outro]
B            A
Ain't that a shame? (Know what you're doing)
B            A
Ain't that a shame? (Know what you've done)
B            A
Ain't that a shame? (Know what you're doing)
B            A
Ain't that a shame? (Know what you've done)
B
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