New Order - As it is when it was

^GI've kept my head against the^C wall ^GI've been this way for so^C long now ^GYou weren't exactly fal^Cling over yourself ^Am When ^Dlast I saw you ^GWell I always ^Cthought ^GWe'd get along like a ^Chouse on fire ^GUntil you told me that I'd ^Chave to go ^AmHow can someone like you, w^Dork that slow?

^G Whatever you ^Cthink of me ^GYou listen hard and I will ^Cmake you see ^G Whatever you ^Cthink of me ^AmYou listen hard and I will ^Dmake you see

^GI don't feel anything ^Cno more ^GThis state of grace is ^Cconsuming me ^GI'm not grown up and ^CI am not a boy ^AmI feel no pain and ^DI feel no joy ^GWell, I always ^Cthought ^GWe'd get along like a ^Chouse on fire ^G In those days when the ^Csun was warm ^AmI ran in the street w^Dhere I was born

^G Whatever you ^Cthink of me ^GYou listen hard and I will ^Cmake you see ^G Whatever you ^Cthink of me ^AmYou listen hard and I will ^Dmake you see

^GThe streets are so empty ^Cat this time of night ^AmI'd rather walk on my ^Down than fight ^GIn a world where I'd ^Cforgotten you ^AmI found myself ^Dforgotten, too ^GThat's the danger of ^Cbelieving books ^AmAnd all the lies of ^Dthose thieves and crooks ^GWe sing intellectual ^Csongs of love ^AmFrom a stolen pen to a ^Dvelvet glove, ^Gooh