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[Verse]
FA 
 You said we should look out further
 
 You said we should look out further 
DO 
 I guess it wouldn’t hurt us 
FA                                   
 We don’t have to be around all these
 DO +Riff 
 coffee shops
 We don’t have to be around all these coffee shops
[Verse]
FA 
 Now we’ve got that percolator 
DO 
 Never made a latte greater 
FA                        DO +Riff 
 I’m saving 23 dollars a week
[Verse]
FA 
 We drive to a house in Preston 
DO 
 We see police arrestin’ 
FA                       
 A man with his hand in a
    DO +Riff 
 bag
 A man with his hand in a bag
[Verse]
FA 
 How's that for first impressions 
DO 
 This place seems depressing 
FA                               
 It’s a Californian bungalow in a
    DO +Riff 
 cul-de-sac
 It’s a Californian bungalow in a cul-de-sac
[Verse]
FA 
 It's got a lovely garden 
DO 
 A garage for two cars to park in 
FA                              
 Or a lot of room for storage if
                 DO +Riff 
 you’ve just got one
 Or a lot of room for storage if you’ve just got one
[Verse]
FA 
 And it’s going pretty cheap you say
 
 And it’s going pretty cheap you say 
DO 
 Well, it’s a deceased estate 
FA                                
 Aren't the pressed metal ceilings
       DO +Riff 
 great?
 Aren't the pressed metal ceilings great?
[Verse]
FA 
 Then I see the handrail in the
 shower 
 Then I see the handrail in the shower 
  DO 
A collection of those canisters for
 coffee, tea and flour 
A collection of those canisters for coffee, tea and flour 
      FA                           
And a photo of a young man in a van
          DO +Riff 
 in Vietnam
And a photo of a young man in a van in Vietnam
[Verse]
FA 
 And I can’t think of floorboards
 anymore 
 And I can’t think of floorboards anymore 
DO 
 Whether the front room faces south
 or north 
 Whether the front room faces south or north 
FA                              
 And I wonder what she bought it
     DO +Riff 
 for
 And I wonder what she bought it for
[Outro]
FA +Riff DO +Riff (x4)
[Bridge]
FA 
 If you’ve got a 
DO 
 Spare half a million 
FA 
 You could knock it down 
DO 
 And start rebuilding 
FA 
 If you’ve got a 
DO 
 Spare half a million 
FA 
 You could knock it down 
DO 
 And start rebuilding 
FA 
 If you’ve got a 
DO 
 Spare half a million 
FA 
 You could knock it down 
DO 
 And start rebuilding 
FA 
 If you’ve got a 
DO 
 Spare half a million 
FA 
 You could knock it down 
DO 
 And start rebuilding
[Outro]
FA +Riff DO +Riff
(repeat until fade)