Squeeze - Nirvana

^F#The children h^Bmad all left home ^EmThe house was like a ship without a sail They h^Aeaded for the s^Dunset ^C#Where maybe they would find a ^Bmholy grail ^F#The bedrooms w^Bmere all rigged up ^EmThe posters of my (?) - were ripped away Each d^Aay was blessed ^Dwith freedom ^C#As they would try to find som^Cething to say ^Bb/FShe ke^Gmpt a little journal ^FmHe sc^C7sus2/Ganned them out to see ^AbIf they could ^Eb/Gfind Nirv^Bbana ^{F/A Ab}And where that^Eb/G place might ^F#be ^{Bm F# Bm}

^F#She had lots o^Bmf things to do ^EmThey kept the plastic covers on the chairs It dr^Aove him around ^Dthe twist ^C#They both were wondering what they m^Cight have missed. ^Bb/FHe qui^Gmbbled with ambition ^FmShe f^C7sus2/Gell into a rut ^AbThey sat and r^Eb/Gead the p^Bbaper^F/As ^AbIn sequence th^Eb/Gey would ^Bbtouc^F/Ah ^AbThe creeping r^Eb/Gealizatio^Bbn ^{F/A Ab}Like a punch i^Eb/Gn the gut ^{F# Bm F# Bm F#}Each day lik^Bme the one before ^EmThe dreams evaporated As the weeks and^A months turned into ^Dyears ^C#The queasy feeling that they w^Canted more

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