PROPS GO TO: Big Red

LAZY FLIES        BECK


INTRO  2X   C G A E F C


VERSE 1

C G    A    E   F         C           G   A   E   F            C
Lazy flies are hovering about  The magistrate he puts on his gloves
        F             G         F           C
And he looks to the clouds all pink and dishevelled
       B             C              G           F#     F           C
There must be some blueprint some creed of the devil inscribed in our minds

   Am      D     F          Am                       D      F           Am
A hideous game vanishes in thin air  The vanity of slaves  Who wants to be there
     E          F                      C         D           G
To sweep the debris  To harness dead horses  To ride in the sun
    F          C         E            F     Ab
A life of confessions written in the dust


VERSE 2:

 C   G       A        E    F          C              G       A  E
Out in the mangroves the mynah birds cry  In the shadows of sulphur
      F             C               F            G         F           C
The trawlers drift by and they're chewing dried meat in a house of disrepute
     B        C            G        F#          F         C
The dust of opiates and syphillis patients on brochure vacations

Am           D          F               Am                         D
Fear has a glare that traps you like search lights  The puritans stare
        F           Am            E          F                   C
Their souls are flourescent  The skin of a robot vibrates with pleasure
D             G         F              C
Matrons and gigolos carouse in the parlour
       E            F                Ab
Their hand grenade eyes invalid and blind


INSTRUMENTAL BREAK   -  FOLLOWS THE CHORD PROGRESSION FROM VERSES

   Am      D     F          Am                       D      F           Am
A hideous game vanishes in thin air  The vanity of slaves  Who wants to be there
     E          F                      C         D           G
To sweep the debris  To harness dead horses  To ride in the sun
   F          C           E            F      Ab
A life of confessions  Written in the dust


La La La  -  FOLLOWS THE CHORD PROGRESSION FROM VERSES