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

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

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

(repeat)