Intro: Am G C F C Am G I remember the sickness was forever C F C I remember snuff videos Am G Cold Septembers, the distances we covered C F C The fist fights on the beach, the bizzies round us up Am G Do it all again next week embryonic love C F The first time that it scarred C Embarrass yourself for someone Am G Crying like a child And the boy who kicked Tom’s head in C F Still bugs me now C That’s the thing it lingers Am G C F C Am And claws you when you’re down G I was far too scared to hit him C F But I would hit him in a heartbeat now C That’s the thing with anger Am G It begs to stick around So it can fleece you of your beauty C F And leave you spent with nowt to offer C It makes you hurt the ones who love you Am G C F C You hurt them like they’re nothing Am G C F C Am You hurt them like they’re nothing G See I spent my teens enraged C F Spiralling in silence C And arm myself with a grin Am G Cos I was always the fuckin’ joker Buried in the humour C F Amongst the white noise and boys’ boys C Locker room talkin’ lads’ lads Am G Drenched in cheap drink and snide fags A mirrored picture of my old man C F Oh god the kid’s a dab hand C Canny chanter but he looks sad Am G C F C God, the kid looks so sad Am G She said the debt, the debt, the debt So I thought about shifting gear C F And how she wept and wept and wept C Luck came and died round here Am G I see my mother The DWP see a number C F She cries on the floor encumbered C I’m seventeen going under Am G C F C I’m seventeen going under Am G C F C I’m seventeen going under Am G C F C I’m seventeen going under
