Tone: [E]
Verse 1:
Did you know [E]I could claim the d[Dbm]dreamer from the drea[A]dream?
Make you feel [E]everything you've [Dbm]never even see[A]seen
It's been[E]been a long, a long, a long, [Dbm]a long, a long-l[A]long-long
You been my [E]favourite for a l[Dbm]long time [A]
Verse 2:
[E]Station fires and f[Dbm]faces rearrang[A]rearranged
You will [E]see beauty giv[Dbm]give the way to someth[A]something strange
Yeah, it'[E]it's been a long, a long, a [Dbm]long, a long, a [A]long-long
You been my [E]favourite for a l[Dbm]long time [A]
Chorus:
[E]Well, look who's just[Abm]just the newest clown
[A]Thirty-five hours coming down
[E]And the sun shines on new p[Abm]pavement
[A]And you don't even feel it
[E]It's a cry far from bed r[Abm]radios
[A]And days spent playing football indoors
[E]When they came to town with T[Abm]Thatcher
[A]They never even wanted to know ya
Verse 3:
Feel alone?, I[E] can split the sun[Dbm]shine to the da[A]y?
Yeah and, stic[E]k your heart to ev[Dbm]erything yo[A]u say
Yeah, s[E]soon it'll be gone, be gone, be [Dbm]gone, be gone, be g[A]gone
You been my [E]favourite for a l[Dbm]long time [A]
You been my [E]favourite for a l[Dbm]long time [A]
Interlude:
[Abm]Favourite for a l[A]long time
[Abm]Favourite for a l[A]long time
[Abm]Favourite for a l[A]long time
Interlude: (x4)
[E] [Dbm] [A]
Verse 4:
Did you know, [E]cities on retu[Dbm]return are often stra[A]strange?
Yeah, now [E]every time you b[Dbm]blink you feel a ch[A]change
And it's [E]been a long, a long, a lo[Dbm]long, a long, a lo[A]long-long
You been my [E]favourite for a w[Dbm]while [A]
Ah,[E]Ah, it makes sense when you u[Abm]understand
[A]The misery made me another marked man
And I'm [E]always looking over my s[Abm]shoulder
[A]And each new day I get another year older
[E]Shoulder bound to the f[Abm]frame of a door?
[A]Chewed into shape like a stone on the shore
But if t[E]there was lightning [Abm]in me
[A]You know who it was for
Outro:
Did you know [E]I could claim the d[Dbm]dreamer from the drea[A]dream?
Make you feel [E]everything you've [Dbm]never even see[A]seen
It's been[E]been a long, a long, a long, [Dbm]a long, a long-l[A]long-long
You been my [E]favourite for a l[Dbm]long time [A]
You been my [E]favourite for a l[Dbm]long time [A]
You been my [E]favourite for a l[Dbm]long time [A]
You been my [E]favourite for a l[Dbm]long time [A]