Spraypaint Backalley Chords

Capo 2nd fret

Double Drop d

Intro

A Em G Em

Verse i

ADown a spraypaint backaEmlley,G I look up at the Emsky

AAnd I see through Emred eyes

GThe seagulls wheel aEmround and around AWorn out couches and Emfridges, and

Gmongrel dogs roam fEmree

AThere are rags and there Emare richesG Inside this head for Emme

AWe drink cheap English Emcider, and Gsmoke hashish from North EmAfrica.

AI've been tryin' to get the Emmix right, But I haGven't got it Emright tonight.

Chorus

Ooh, ooh, ooh.....

Verse ii

I've a fifteen year old moustache,

I'm so desperate for to be a man. People tell me to shave it off,

If I shave it I'm a boy again.

Watch my father and my brother, Fixing old cars.

And their rough oil stained hands,

Are skilled and scarred.

Chorus

Ooh, ooh, ooh.....

Verse iii

Behind this big rusty shed door

There's a punch bag and a clapped out car

As the car sits on breeze blocks

The punch bag takes some heavy shots

Down the lane way sniffin' petrol

I thought pebbledash was snow

As I stumbled in a blizzard

The pain inside me disappeared

Cross the city down the alleys

A thousand kids like me

They are watching through red eyes

The flock of little birds gracefully gliding by

Chorus

Ooh, ooh, ooh.....

Bridge

Fought in the lane, lost in the lane

Swallowed the shame, then I fought again

Fought in the lane, cried in the lane Swallowed the pain, then I fought again

Fell in the lane, got back up in the lane Died in the lane, and came alive again

D - - - - E7sus4 - - - - A x2

Outro

D E7sus4 A F♯m E7sus4 E

We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars

D E7sus4 A F♯m E7sus4 E

We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars

We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars

We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars...

D

the stars, ooh the stars, the stars.