Lost Weekend - Lloyd Cole and The Commotions

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[Intro] 
A     E            F#m          D    x2 (w/ Riff 1)

Riff 1:
e|------------
B|--2--0--0--2
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D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

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[Verse 1]

             
It took a lost

            
 weekend in a 

#            
Hotel in Amste

 
rdam
             
And a double p

            
neumonia in a 

#    
single room
             
And the sickes

             
t joke was the

           
 price of the 


medicine
             
Are you laughi

         
ng at me now,
           
May I please l

              
augh along wit

  
h you


[Pre-Verse]

A  E  F#m  D (w/Riff 1 and Riff 2)

Riff 2:
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B||-----------
G||-----------
D||-----------
A||------7--7-
E||--/9-------

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-------7--7--9
-9--9---------
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--|------7----
--|--/9-----7-

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---7--9--5----

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[Verse 2]
             
This morning I

             
 woke, from a 

          
deep unquiet s

leep
            
With ashtray c

              
lothes and mis

           
s lonely heart

    
's pen
             
With which I w

             
rote for you a

           
 love song in 

              
tattoo upon my

 
 palm
             
'twas stolen f

           
rom me when Je

           
sus took my ha

nd


[Chorus] (w/Riff 1)

            
You see,I.... 

          
   I wouldn't 

             
say it if I di

              
dn't mean it
          
  drop me and 

             
I'll fall to p

          
ie-ces     so 

     
 easily


[Pre-Verse]

A  E  F# D  x2 (w/ Riff 1 and Riff 2)


[Verse 3]
            
I was a king b

              
ee, with a hea

           
d full of atti


tude
             
Wore my heart 

            
on my sleeve l

#    
ike a stain
             
and my aim was

             
 taboo - you c

           
ould remain in

            
 the market pl

ace
             
did I ever hey

           
 please did yo

        
u woo my knees


[Chorus] (w/Riff 1)

            
You see,I.... 

          
   I wouldn't 

             
say it if I di

              
dn't mean it
          
  drop me and 

             
I'll fall to p

          
ie-ces yea too

   
  easily


[Interlude]

             
there's nobody

         
 esle to blame
             
Will I  hang m

            
y head in a cr

ying shame
             
There's nobody

          
 else to blame
C                  D               A (into solo progression)
Nobody else except my sweet self a-gain


[Guitar Solo] (A E F#m D x4) (First A on the gain from again)

e|--9---------
B|-10---9---10
G|------9---11
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

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---11---------
---12----s11--
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9-------------
--12-11-----9-
--------12----

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----11--12----
-12-----------
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e|--9---------
B|-10---9---10
G|------9---11
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

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---11---------
---12----s11--
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9-------------
--12-11-------
--------9--10-

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9--12---------
-------10-----

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[Verse 4]
             
It took a lost

            
 weekend in a 

#            
Hotel in Amste

 
rdam
             
And a double p

            
neumonia in a 

#    
single room
             
And the sickes

             
t joke was the

           
 price of the 


medicine
             
Are you laughi

         
ng at me now,
           
May I please l

              
augh along wit

  
h you


[Interlude] (w/Riff 1 and Riff 2)


[Verse 5]
            
I was a king b

              
ee, with a hea

           
d full of atti


tude
            
And astray hea

           
rt on my sleev

          
e wounded knee

s
             
And my one lov

            
e song was a t

#            
attoo upon my 


palm
             
You wrote upon

          
 me when you t

       
ook my hand


[Out Chorus]
            
You see I

 
             
I wouldn't say

             
 it if I didn'

       
t mean it
          
Drop me and I'

             
ll fall to pie

                
ces
         
Too easily

 
         
Too easily

 
         
Too easily

 


[Outro]
(A E F#m D x4) (w/Riff 1 and Riff 2)
(Last time end on A)