A       A#      C       C#      Cm      D#      Dm      
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 |O||    ||OO    ||||    OOO|    ||||    |||O    ||O|   
 O|||    |O||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    OO||   
 ||||    O|||    |||O    ||||    |OOO    |OO|    ||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    |||O    ||||    ||||    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

F       Fm      G#      Gm      
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||O|    O|O|    ||||    |||O   
 O|||    ||||    ||||    |O||   
 ||||    |||O    |O|O    ||O|   
 ||||    ||||    ||O|    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .O|||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

[Section A]
 
A#        Dm                     G#
It took a long time for me to get over
D#               A#
Your incredible ways
            Dm                    G#
And now I'm minded to wipe out the memory
D#              Dm
Of the way you behave
         C#                                      Fm
You're a receptacle (It took a long time for me to discover)
        A#                             Cm
For the respectable (It took some time to get over)
A#          Dm                    G#
I took some time out to study your actions
D#                        A#
Of how you painted towns red
          Dm                 G#
And if my worst fears came to fruition
D#                           Dm
I'm sure you'd leave us all dead
         C#                                 Fm
I was so gullible (It took a long time for me to discover)
            A#                         Cm
But now I'm cynical (It took some time to get over)
 
 
[Break]
 
A# Dm G# D# x2
 
Dm       C#                                  Fm
We're all susceptible (It took a long time for me to discover)
       A#                            Cm
To the incredible (It took some time to get over)
 
[Section B]
 
A#                C
Tell me, tell me, tell me again
            D#
'Cause it's very inane
        G#                 A
Are you pleased to see me suffer ever?
 
A#                C
Tell me, tell me, explain your game
            D#
'cause it's very inane
        G#                 A
Are you pleased to see me suffer ever?
 
A#                C
Tell me, tell me, tell me again
            D#
'cause it's very inane
        G#                 A
Are you pleased to see me suffer ever?
 
A#                C
Tell me, tell me, explain your game
            D#
'cause it's very inane
        G#                 A
Are you pleased to see me suffer ever?
 
[Section C]
 
A#           F                 G#             D#
Welcome as a storm cloud in the late December gloom
A#          F               G#
Subtle as a nail bomb in the head
            D#     Dm       Cm     Gm    Cm   F
You came to me in peace and left me in pieces
 
[Break]
A# F G# D#
A# F G# D# Dm Cm Gm Cm F
 
[Section D]
 
F
Receptacle for the respectable

(repeat)