A       A#      B       C#      C#m     D       D#m     
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 |O||    ||OO    ||||    OOO|    OO||    ||||    |||O   
 O|||    |O||    ||OO    ||||    ||||    OOO|    ||O|   
 ||||    O|||    |O||    ||||    ||||    ||||    OO||   
 ||||    ||||    O|||    |||O    |||O    ||||    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

E       F#      F#m     G#m     
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 O|||    |O|O    |O||    O|||   
 |||O    ||O|    O|O|    |||O   
 ||||    O|||    ||||    |O||   
 |O||    ||||    ||||    ||O|   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

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

(repeat)