Poetry And Fuel - Catfish and the Bottlemen

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Poetry And Fuel 2009 by Catfish and the Bottlmen

Songs:
1.) Sea Found
2.) Parriffin
3.) A Chase Isnt A Chase If Youre Not Running
4.) God Gave Her Soul
5.) Poetry And Fuel
6.) Bite Down Salvador

All Songs Tabbed By Cooper Stout

Song 1: Sea Found
No Capo



[Intro]
       

[Verse 1]

Tell me when y

our heading ba

ck
             
Cause I can't 

              
be doing with 

              
any more of yo

              
ur relentless 

     
crap

As we go wild 

and the drinks

 are piled wen

t to our heads

"Why can't I g

et you smoke-e

yed and paraly

zed" she said

[Chorus]
             
  Why can't we

             
 have somethin

        
g going on?
             
  Why do they 

             
think that we'

              
ve got somethi

         
ng going on?
            
  Why can't we

              
 have somethin

        
g going on?
             
  Why do they 

             
think that we'

              
ve got somethi

         
ng going on?

[Interlude]
    x3

[Verse 2]

You know I hav

e got no place
             
The things I'l

              
l do to get yo

             
ur state of mi

    
nd
             
I get home to 

           
your sorry sta

te
              
You asked why 

             
I taste that a

    
way

[Guitar Solo]
    x4

[Chorus]
            
Why can't we h

              
ave something 

      
going on?
            
Why do they th

              
ink that we've

              
 got something

       
 going on?
            
Why can't we h

              
ave something 

      
going on?
            
Why do they th

              
ink that we've

              
 got something

       
 going on?

[Outro]
    x4





Song 2: Parraffin
No Capo





[Intro] (x4)
     
Oooooh I
      
Oooooh I

[Verse]
           
  We consist o

            
f  nothing but

    
 yoooou
           
  Take it, it'

        
s yours,
             
  Don't expect

              
 me around whe

         
n you dooooo

     (x3)
 


[Chorus]
            
  We've gotta 

             
get out, we've

            
 gotta leave
            
  We've gotta 

             
get out, we've

            
 gotta leave
            
  We've gotta 

             
get out, we've

            
 gotta leave
            
  I fill the r

            
oom by any mea

   
ns

[Riff] (x4)
     
Oooooh I
      
Oooooh I

[Verse]
           
  We consist o

            
f  nothing but

    
 yoooou
           
  We gotta get

             
 to Parraffin
              
  Just to find

    
 yoooou

     (x3)
 


[Chorus]
            
  We've gotta 

             
get out, we've

            
 gotta leave
            
  We've gotta 

             
get out, we've

            
 gotta leave
            
  We've gotta 

             
get out, we've

            
 gotta leave
            
  I fill the r

            
oom by any mea

   
ns   escape me

[Outro]
     (x3)
 




Song 3: A Chase Isnt A Chase If Youre Not Running
No Capo




[Intro]
   

[Verse]
            
I don't know w

              
here they have

             
 gone to tonig

        
ht
            
She won't know

              
 what we get u

            
p to out of si

       
ght
             
We meet, we dr

              
ink, we talk, 

       
we hide away
             
'Cause things 

              
are always bet

             
ter left that 

way
             
You get caught

              
, my head woul

     
d go astray
             
I would leave 

              
and disappear 

  
for days

[Chorus]
             
Just to take y

         
ou off my mind
             
Let me take it

         
 off your mind

[Instrumental]
    (x8)

[Verse]

Take me down
            
Cause I don't 

              
wanna be aroun

              
d when this ge

         
ts out

Seeing you her

e makes me thi

nk
            
Maybe she's th

            
rowing in the 

       
towel
             
We meet, we dr

              
ink, we talk, 

       
we hide away
             
'Cause things 

              
are always bet

             
ter left that 

way
             
You get caught

              
, my head woul

     
d go astray
             
I would leave 

              
and disappear 

  
for days

[Chorus]
             
Just to take y

         
ou off my mind
             
Let me take it

         
 off your mind
             
Just to take y

         
ou off my mind
             
Let me take it

         
 off your mind

[Outro]
        




Song 4: God Gave Her Soul
No Capo






[Intro]
     (x4)

[Verse]
             
She reaches do

  
wn
             
Time she found

      
 another man
             
I can't justif

           
y just what I 


saw
             
But in reality

           
 they'll come 

         
back for more

[Pre-Chorus]
             
Down the alley

        
, drinking ale
             
Why do they do

              
 what they do 

   
round there?
             
Not just drink

           
ing, drinking 


whiskey
             
Don't want to 

         
say goodbye

[Chorus]
             
God gave her s

oul, soul, sou

l
           
Then I stole, 

        
stole, stole
       
And I smoked, 

smoked, smoked
           
And then, rock

     
 and roll
              
God gave her t

   
he soul, soul,

 soul
           
And I want to 

             
fulfill all th

  
e feelings she

 feels
           
I gotta choose

    
 my side

     (x4)

[Verse]
          
If you believe

            
,  all the thi

          
ngs that you h

ear
             
You'll become 

           
someone's best

  
 friend
             
You'll become 

           
bitter like th

   
ey said

[Pre-Chorus]
             
Down the alley

        
, drinking ale
             
Why do they do

              
 what they do 

   
round there?
             
Not just drink

           
ing, drinking 


whiskey
             
Don't want to 

         
say goodbye

[Chorus]
             
God gave her s

oul, soul, sou

l
           
Then I stole, 

        
stole, stole
       
And I smoked, 

smoked, smoked
           
And then, rock

     
 and roll
              
God gave her t

   
he soul, soul,

 soul
           
And I want to 

             
fulfill all th

  
e feelings she

 feels
           
I gotta choose

    
 my side

             
God gave her s

oul, soul, sou

l
           
Then I stole, 

        
stole, stole
       
And I smoked, 

smoked, smoked
           
And then, rock

     
 and roll
              
God gave her t

   
he soul, soul,

 soul
           
And I want to 

             
fulfill all th

  
e feelings she

 feels
           
I gotta choose

    
 my side




Song 5: Poetry And Fuel
No Capo




[Intro]
    (x4)

  (x6)

[Verse]
            
  Run so far t

    
o escape
              
  This place w

              
here people li

           
ke me were mad

e
             
  But you alwa

            
ys end up back

              
 here when you

     
're lost

            
  You always s

              
eem to crawl b


ack
              
  To the arms 

              
you're least w

 
anted
             
  Because noth

            
ing ever chang

     
es around

            
  You tried so

             
 hard to get b


y
              
  And do the t

              
hings that you

 
 like
             
  And the only

              
 thing that's 

            
lost out here 

   
is you

            
  Memories pla

              
ying her to th

  
e doubt
              
  She's on her

              
 knees to help

     
 him out
             
  Cause nothin

            
g ever changes

   
 around

Em (x3)

    (x4)

[Chorus]
            
 I love this p

lace
            
 And melodrama

          
 that it bring

s
            
 But loving ar

            
tists, it just

          
 ain't my thin

g

            
 I love this p

lace
            
 And melodrama

          
 that it bring

s
            
 But loving ar

            
tists, it just

          
 ain't my thin

g

G (x2)

G (Small Quick Strums)

    (x4)



[Verse]
            
  Eyes blinded

         
 by the lies
                      N.C      C
  You start to roll without me there
             
  What ever ha

            
ppened to us g

        
etting away?

            
  You're think

              
ing less and l

       
ess of us
              
  You're think

              
ing more stone

       
d than him
             
  Cause nothin

            
g ever changes

   
 around

Em (x3)

    (x4)

[Chorus]
            
 I love this p

lace
            
 And melodrama

          
 that it bring

s
            
 But loving ar

            
tists, it just

          
 ain't my thin

g

            
 I love this p

lace
            
 And melodrama

          
 that it bring

s
            
 But loving ar

            
tists, it just

          
 ain't my thin

g

    (x2)

[Outro]
             
 You sussed me

 
 out
              
 You sussed me

    
 out
            
 How long it's

            
 gonna be, bef

              
ore you, you s

    
uss me?

             
 You sussed me

 
 out
              
 You sussed me

    
 out
            
 How long it's

            
 gonna be, bef

              
ore you, you s

    
uss me?



      (x36)

Bm (x16)

End on C




Song 6: Bite Down Salvador
No Capo



[Verse 1]
           
Let me get my 

            
zipper up and 

   
my boots on
         
No one will kn

              
ow what's gone

 
 on
           
Except the con

       
scious eyes
              
That followed 

     
you around the

 room all nigh

t
         
If only she co

              
uld've bitten 

    
her tongue

[Chorus]
             
Half the time 

              
she's honest w

   
ith lies
             
Because the tr

              
uth's too hard

      
 to believe


[Verse 2]
           
So you let her

            
 go now, you l

     
et her go
           
She's holding 

            
your arm as sh

              
e greets all y

  
our friends
           
The lights com

       
e back on
              
And the dreade

       
d walk home in

 the rain
           
You'll never h

            
ijack these ey

    
es again


[Chorus]
             
Half the time 

              
she's honest w

   
ith lies
             
Because the tr

              
uth's too hard

      
 to believe


[Instrumental]
  

[Verse 3]
           
You leave my p

              
arty with your

 
 left-handed c

igarette

And you look a

wful cold
           
I'd love to ha

              
te you but you

            
r smell's stil

        
l on my jeans
           
I'm standing i

            
n this wreck c

             
ause of your s

mile
N.C                      N.C
You leave my body, yeah, you leave my body
         
I love your vo

              
ice but I hate

           
 when you spea

k


[Outro Instrumental]
  

Thank You !!!

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