Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
strum (x2)
The lyrics in this song are a bit hard for an Aussie to interpret but here goes...
Start the day as you left off
A smoke is sure to clear your cough
Take a sip from a wounded soldier
Through your coat over your shoulder
Days are long and need punctuation
The first stop is a gas station
Buy a pack of Old Golds
and some kind of beer you don't have to keep cold
Coz the fridge is broke and that's alright
You got no food no apetite
You drink champagne and Krystal Lite
That's breakfast in Seattle
Take a walk up Denny Way
Try to get the blood back to your feet
Go find the Green Cat Cafe
and order someting to eat
Two eggs over hard
Paid for on a gas card
Your Daddy never reads the statement
He gets the Bills, then he pays them
You meet Jimmy like you always do
He's always in the same shape as you
You walk together down Denny Way
Shouting out at the traffic
Hey you slaves, you coffee jerks
You CEOs, you're late for work
You go back to the monastery
Where they are shootin' up in the sanctuary
You got a pallet on the floor
What do you need a god damn job for?
You got credit and you got cash
You got coffee and you got hash
You've got friends, I can never have
I don't care, life's not so bad
Sure it's cold but you don't complain
You'll like Seattle when its gray and raining
You've had enough of the sunny south
And redneck clubs, they sing about
You don't miss the slower pace
Your mind--, it just loves to race
You got means and you know ways
You can stay away for days and days
Here's the church and here's the steeple
and my hypodermic space needle
Open the door and take a peek
On the fingers there are the people
Suddenly it all comes clear
You can see all the way to Melbourne (1) here
Until the rain sets in for good
Don't want your car washed, its understood.
Baby you talk a mile a minute
and you tell the story, hey I'm in it
I'll be walking with you all the way
Up the hill, to the Green Cat Cafe
Then it ends, like it began
With an ashtray and an empty can
Had a battle you can stand
at Breakfast in Seattle
(1) I know it's not Melbourne but I'm an Aussie and that's
the nearest city that sounds like what they sing!
Phew! What an epic saga! This is the best I can with trying to
understand the accents. Some of the phrasing is a bit weird and
I am happy to be corrected on any lyrics that I have got wrong.
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Have fun with it.