A fantastic song from their dbut album Dits from the Commuter Belt
All chords should be played as barre chords.
he spied her on the tube and she was
wearing a bright red poppy.
her beauty it shone through the silence as the co
mmuters, they tried not to make eye contact.
he’d never seen such a beautiful thing except for in
movies or up on billboards.
he’d never seen such a beautiful thing in all his
years of travelling these trains.
her shiny brown hair was tucked behind her ears and her
big blue eyes pierced right
her glasses.
the
book she was reading was of an interesting nature,
he knew that he would surely like
date her one day.
a few more stops to walthamstow.
its just a, a
few more stops to walthamstow.
its just a, a
few more stops to walthamstow.
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bromheads_jacket/poppy_bird_crd.html )
and poppy
bird, i wonder what your name is.
he was a child of a difficult nature, it was
compulsive disorder related.
sometimes he would do silly little things like
turn the key in the door five times
he went to bed.
in the past he got in some silly situations with
girls from school making silly accusations.
he was through all that and he knew what to do to not
get himself into trouble.
he wanted to walk past and just ask her her name and say
she’s so pretty, he’s been
her on the train.
he was a child of a difficult nature.
he was a child of a difficult nature.
a few more stops to walthamstow.
its just a, a
few more stops to wathamstow.
its just a, a
few more stops to walthamstow.
and poppy
bird i wonder, what your name is.
a few more stops to walthamstow.
its just a, a
few more stops to wathamstow.
its just a, a
few more stops to walthamstow.
and poppy
bird i wonder, if I’ll ever meet you.
he can’t believe his luck cos he’s in wathamstow,
she is leaving the train also.
he follows her onto the platform
up the stairs and through the barriers.
he gets a bit too close and she looks behind.
he takes control of himself and walks
behind.
and now their out and their onto the street and they
walk past the top of his road.
it
sure is dark and it sure is cold and so he
plucks up the courage and starts to make
approach.
she can
hear his footsteps, her hearts in her throat, should she
turn and start to run.
no don’t be dumb,
no don’t be dumb,
no don’t be dumb,
no please don’t be dumb.
he’s so close now she waits to be grabbed, and she
prays to god that she won’t get stabbed.
so close now she can feel his breath and he
grabs her on the arm and says,
“miss is this your book that you left?
”
cmj
