Books On The Bonfire

Am Em Am
Am Em Am
Am Em Am


[Verse 1]
Am                Em  Am                Em
Here we go, doing nothing again
Am
You can come if you'd like
           Em  Am               Em
But please don't bring your friends

Am                       Em
Action Man's gone to the cleaners
Am                      Em
Barbie is working the streets
Am                Em            Am              Em
They took her in, with a handful of sweets


[Pre-chorus]
F
What can you do? What can you say?
F                                 Am Em Am
They give me disease on the medium wave
F
I've got things to do, people to see
F
I've got no time, please don't bother me…


[Chorus]
C                               G
They put all the books on the bonfire
A#                      F
Two-thousand years in a flame
C                               G
I run like a horse in a fairground
A#                      F
Rewind me and play me again

Am Em Am Em


[Verse 2]
Am                            Em       Am               Em
Once I was a boy, which seems funny to me
Am                              Em                      Am              Em
Yes, I threw my stones, read my books, climbed those trees

Am                      Em
What can I say to you mister?
Am                      Em
Yes, I've been drinking again
Am                                Em       Am    Em
You can beat my brains, but don't kiss me again


[Pre-chorus]
F
I've always been like this, since I was young
F                                  Am Em Am
I'm a truculent bigot, I revel in scum
F
We used to converse, so long ago
F
Now we're existing in a personal stereo


[Chorus]
C                               G
They put all the books on the bonfire
A#                      F
Two-thousand years in a flame
C                           G
I run like a horse in a fairground
A#                      F
Rewind me and play me again


[Middle]
N.C.
How'd you feel? I can't use my eyes...
N.C.
What you say?
N.C.
Thanks for my surprise…


[Instrumental]
F# Bm F# Bm F# D


[Refrain]
G
I wasn't listening, I didn't know
G
Tell me what happened, where did I go?
G
I'm pulling my hair, I lay on the floor
G
The paper's aren't funny, not funny no more


[Chorus 2]
D                               A
They put all the books on the bonfire
C                       G
Two-thousand years in a flame
D                               A
Yes, I run like a horse in a fairground
C                       G
Rewind me and play me again


[Refrain 2]
        D
Oh, I wasn't listening, I didn't know
A
Tell me what happened, where did I go?
C
I'm pulling my hair, I lay on the floor
G
The paper's aren't funny, not funny no more

D
I've always been like this, since I was young
        A
I'm a truculent bigot, I revel in scum
                C                       G
You can beat my brains, beat my brains, beat my brains
G
But don't kiss me again


[Chorus 3]
D                               A
They put all the books on the bonfire
C                       G
Two-thousand years in a flame (Two-thousand years in a flame)
D                               A
Yes, I run like a horse in a fairground (Yes, I run like a horse in a fairground)
C                                       G
Beat my brains, beat my brains, beat my brains
G
But don't kiss me again