This is the chords of The Common Touch by The Airborne Toxic Event on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
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[Intro]
G G Gsus4 G G G Gsus4 G
C C
[Verse 1]
G G
Every night I’m lying here, the world crashing through my ears,
C G
I always hear the same damn thing: “You can’t live you’re life hanging on a string”.
Em D C
He’s always saying, “Stop complaining, you really can’t ever expect too much,
D D
Boy, you were born with the common touch”.
[Verse 2]
G G
And we fall and fall and fall and fall with our heads soaked up in alcohol,
C G
one hand on a cigarette, I swear I still got some good moves left.
Em D
I’ve been fifty-eight since I was twenty-three, I got sixty-nine problems but one ain’t me
D C D D
and seriously I don’t give a fuck if my answer isn’t good enough.
[Verse 3]
G G
Hey, there, tell me man, what’s the answer to this riddle then?
C G
Is it heroin? Or Jesus Christ? Big-ass books? Or sleepless nights?
Em D D
I had a few of those and everyone knows that the common touch ain’t worth the price.
[Chorus]
G G
As we fall and fall and fall and fall with our heads soaked up in alcohol,
C G
two hands on our Juliette, I swear I still got some good moves left. And if you
Em D D
promise that you’ll stay with me I swear that I will always see the best of you and [Interlude] me.
[Interlude]
G G C C
[Verse 4]
G G
Hey, now tell me this: how these days and nights can coexist
C G
a million pieces in my mind, every damn thing at the exact damn time.
Em D C
It always seems like the same damn dream, my legs don’t work and I can’t sing,
D D
I swear I don’t feel a god damn thing …
[Chorus]
G G
As we fall and fall and fall and fall with our heads fucked up on alcohol,
C G
two hands on my Juliette, I swear, baby girl, I’m not done yet and if you
Em D D
promise that you’ll stay with me I swear that I will always see the best of you and [Interlude] me
[Interlude]
G G C C Em D C C
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[Bridge]
Em D C C
And when I wake up I wonder where everyone’s gone.
Em D C C
And I just can’t sleep so I lay there until the dawn.
Em D C C
And I wonder if God knows anything, does God know what’s going on?
[Verse 6]
G G
‘Cause I can’t be alone just yet and you’re the only good thing that I got left,
C G
I know I got these problems still but I swear it’s real and I swear I will.
Em D D
Maybe we can’t ever expect too much but we can live here with the common touch.
[Chorus]
G G
And we’ll all fall and fall and fall and fall, get all fucked up on alcohol,
C G
we’re going to have a good time yet, some got more, but some got less. And if you
Em D D
promise that you’ll stay with me I swear that I will always be; something you can be – [Interlude] lieve!
[Interlude]
G G C C
G G C C
Em D C C
Em D C C
[Verse 7]
G G
Yeah, they say that Jesus saves but I couldn’t write that on his grave,
C G
so I snuck his ashes through the gate and I threw them on the outside lane
Em D
where we watched the horses going by, hoping to keep the pick-four alive.
C D D
I was ten years old, he was forty-five, number nine came through and we high-fived.
C D D
I know it don’t amount to much but that’s called love with the common touch.
[Verse 8]
G G
I lost my shit when I heard the call, felt buried beneath the weight and all,
C G
twenty-five tons fell on my chest, every hour, every breath.
Em D
You tell me every day that you won’t leave, I’m sorry I put this at your feet
C D D
but tell me can’t you see.
[Chorus]
G G
That we fall and fall and fall and fall, we meet each other at the end of it all,
C G
we wonder where all the good time’s gone, how we carried something so long.
Em D
We made a little something that felt like home, so we could face the night to come with that
C D
common touch, that common touch, that common touch to make us feel less [Outro] alone.
[Outro]
G G Gsus4 G G G Gsus4 G
C C
G
