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[Intro] | A | % | % | % | | D | % | A | % | [Verse]
BmNobokov is sun-licked now UDpon the beach at Grunewald BmBrilliant and naked just The Gway that authors look
RIFF | A | % | [Verse]
BmClare and Lady Manners drink UnDtil the other cows go home BmGossip till their lips are bleeding GPolitics and all
RIFF | A | % | [Chorus]
I'd rather be Emhigh I'd rather be hAigh I'd rather be Emflying I'd rather be fAlying I'd rather be Dm7dead Or out of my F#m7head Than training these Dm7guns on those men in the Dsand A I'd rather be high
RIFF | A | % | [Verse]
The BmThames was black the tower dark I Dflew to Cairo find my regiment BmCity's full of generals And Ggenerals full of shit
RIFF | A | % | [Verse]
I Bmstumble to the graveyard And I Dlay down by my parents whisper BmJust remember duckies EveryGbody gets got
RIFF | A | % | [Chorus]
I'd rather be Emhigh I'd rather be hAigh I'd rather be Emflying I'd rather be fAlying I'd rather be Dm7dead Or out of my F#m7head Than training these Dm7guns on those men in the Dsand A I'd rather be high
RIFF | A | % | A | % | MIDDLE 8
I'm Dseventeen and my looks can prove it A I'm Dso afraid that I will lose it A I'd Erather smoke and phone my ex D7 A Be pleading for some teenage sex yeah
RIFF | A | % | [Chorus]
I'd rather be Emhigh I'd rather be hAigh I'd rather be Emflying I'd rather be fAlying I'd rather be Dm7dead Or out of my F#m7head Than training these Dm7guns on those men in the Dsand A I'd rather be high
OUTRO (riff) | A | % | % | % | | D | % | A | % | | A | % | % | % | | D | % | A | % | A I'd rather be flying I'd rather be high I'd rather be flying