This song is easy chord-wise, but the order the chords are played in is confusing. When
it first starts off, it starts on a very low F, then progresses up. For example, on the
first line you play a low F, then go up to Am, then up to C, then Dm, and the next F.
You stop going higher on 'stone', and play down, but stay on that octave until the next
verse(then you start over).
****Also, in the Chorus I couldn't figure out what the note name was for the other chord
on 'pancake'. I put a star buy it; you basically play a Cm but instead of the last note
being a G, its replaced with a play G flat.
email me with any questions if this is confusing(sorry if it is!!)
Intro(single notes):
B flat ,F,B flat
C,G,CB flat ,F,B flat
C,G,CB flat ,F,B flat
(rest of the song is played in chords)
Verse:FAmCDmF
They fell out into the navy night
AmC
with smiles of stone
DmFAmC
walking down roads that glittered,
DmFG
with winter light and snow
FGCDG
linking thin arms, they swam the sea
AmBb
a soul sea
FGEmDm
gleefully cackling, bitter and twisted
CGAm
burning like golden rings
FGAm
it was the burning of the bright young things
FAmC
not a penny on them, but
DmF
they had expensive needs
AmCDm
flying down, hot city streets
FAm
country and the city mouse
CDm
found an old Dutch Pancake house
FGAm
ordered a plate of syrupy lies
(play A lower C)
CG
yeah they ate 'em all up
Am
and licked the plate dry
(play these notes an octave lower)
FGEmF
ordered 8, left without paying
FGAm
syrupy, syrupy lies
FGEmDm
ran down the streets, with pancake gods saying,
CGAm
'we can see your guilty, guilty eyes
CGAm
tonight, a pancake thief dies.'
Pre-Chorus:
AF sharp
run as fast as you can
AF sharp
run as fast as you can
AF sharp
run as fast as you can
AC sharp D
as fast as you can
AC sharp D
as fast as you can
CmCm* D sharp FmCm,B flat,Cm,B flat
Because pancake karma is coming for you
CmCm* D sharp FmCm,B flat,Cm,B flat
pancake karma is coming for you
CmFGmF
drunk kids never pay for food
CmFGmF
gives the gods a foul mood
CmFGmFCm, D,D sharp
pancake karma is coming
CmCm,B flat,Cm,B flat
is coming for you
Verse: (start from the lower keys as in the beginning)
FAmCDmF
sleepy when drink the magical winds
AmC
parting winds, all of the bright things
FAmCDm
split them apart, cement on their wake
FG
to places where the pancake gods wait
FG
one got lost and ended up
C
in Leytonstone
FG
other missed his train or
CDm
lost his wallet, man bag, and his phone
FG
sixty pounds spent on the black cab
CDm
all the way back home
CDm
all the way back home
CDm
all the way back home
F
gods chirped,
GEmDm
'oh you're not so smug anymore,
FGAm
karma kicked your butt, real good
FGEmDm
and next time you try making a runner for the door
CGAm
don't be tight, just pay for your food
CGAm
don't be tight, just pay for your food
Pre-Chorus:
AF sharp
run as fast as you can
AF sharp
run as fast as you can
AF sharp
run as fast as you can
AC sharp D
as fast as you can
AC sharp D
as fast as you can
CmCm* D sharp FmCm,B flat,Cm,B flat
Because pancake karma is coming for you
CmCm* D sharp FmCm,B flat,Cm,B flat
pancake karma is coming for you
CmFGmF
drunk kids never pay for food
(play the rest of the song an octave lower)
CmFGmF
gives the gods a foul mood
CmGmFCm, D,D sharp
pancake karma is co- is co-
(these are single notes, like the intro)
is coming for you B flat ,F,B flat
C,G,CB flat ,F,B flat
C,G,CB flat ,F,B flat