CAMERA SHY (Donald) Capo 2 A/Em9 = [x02032] Em7 = [022033 D A/Em9 G Em7 D A/Em9 G Here’s me in 1981 Em7 D Squinting into a sinking sun A/Em9 G Em7 Ankle-deep in the Pacific D A/Em9 G In the foreground are my friends Em7 D Grinning madly at the lens A/Em9 G Em7 They look heliolithic A D A/Em9 G Again in 1993 Em7 D A Polaroid you took of me A/Em9 G Em7 In a long-forgotten loungeroom D A/Em9 G A hand outstretched before my face Em7 D The nervous smile, the downcast gaze A/Em9 G Em7 I didn’t know myself around you A Bm You seem surprised Em7 And I see why: G A You just realised I’m camera shy Bm You seem surprised Em7 And I see why: G D A/Em9 G Em7 You just realised I’m camera shy D A/Em9 G Em7 D A/Em9 G So if it’s not too much to ask Em7 D Let’s just let the moment pass A/Em9 G Em7 I have no wish to be reminded D A/Em9 G Of just how awkward I can be Em7 D Please don’t point that thing at me A/Em9 G Em7 Your eyes are widening behind it A Bm You seem surprised Em7 And I see why: G A You just realised I’m camera shy Bm You seem surprised Em7 And I see why: G You just realised I’m camera shy D A/Em9 G Em7 to end
THE SANDRINGHAM LINE (Donald) Capo 3 G C G C She’s given it some thought G And it’s giving her some grief C G Could it be she’s bored beyond belief? C By the time she says goodbye G She’s looking somewhere else C Am7 Stifling a sigh and gritting teeth G At the open door she pauses D It’s grey and wet and warm C9 Before the pending storm Am7 G Every now and then she misses horses D We’re too young for regrets C9 This is the closest that she gets G C G C So I sleep in with the cynics G While she pushes from her mind C G The twenty-seven minutes of the Sandringham line C The suburbs sliding past G Stretching to the sea C Am7 Her fingers brush the glass unconsciously G At the open door she pauses D It’s grey and wet and warm C9 Before the pending storm Am7 G Every now and then she misses horses D We’re too young for regrets C9 Surely we’re too young for regrets Em I sat backwards on the train C9 G C And suddenly the city was further and further in front of me G C
THE PERFECT CRIME (Monnone) Capo 5 E7sus4 = [020200] C9 = [x32013] Amaj7 = [x02120] Intro: A E7sus4 A E7sus4 E:--0----0----0----0--0-0-- B:--2----0----2----0--2-3-- G:--2----2----2----2--2-2-- D:--2----0----2----0--0-0-- A:--0----2----0----2--2-2-- E:--x----0----x----0--0-0-- ^ ^ Hammer these on A E7sus4 The sun is on the hilltop A E7sus4 Casting shadows on things below A E7sus4 A E7sus4 The afternoon has left the valley cold A E7sus4 I raise my eyebrows and grip the dashboard A E7sus4 You take the bends like you built the road A E7sus4 This is the road you travel A E7sus4 C9 D Every time you come home A E7sus4 The vision awe-inspiring A E7sus4 Reception is very poor A E7sus4 A E7sus4 We listen to tapes rewinding slow A E7sus4 This is always exciting A E7sus4 When we happen to get along A E7sus4 But we seem to end up fighting A E7sus4 C9 D It’s just an hour or two too long C9 D Too long G D This is the perfect crime G D When the creek is high C E7sus4 E7 On poplar trees the turning leaves Amaj7 Bm D C9 Pass the time A E7sus4 A E7sus4 We’re always asking questions A E7sus4 Casting doubts on the things we know A E7sus4 A E7sus4 The afternoon has left the valley cold A E7sus4 If this is a lesson in life A E7sus4 If this is a test of love A E7sus4 A E7sus4 I’ll circle letter D - all of the above C9 D Because that’s close enough C9 D Close enough G D This is the perfect crime G D When the creek is high C E7sus4 E7 On poplar trees the turning leaves Amaj7 Bm D C9 Pass the time A E7sus4 A E7sus4 You left your sentence open A E7sus4 You left without a sound A E7sus4 The words we kept unspoken A E7sus4 A Bury them in the ground