Back To The Old Town by Microdisney
From Microdisney’s 1988 39 Minutes album. Written by Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan. No capo.
INTRO
[Dm] [G] [D] (x2)
VERSE 1
Well he [Dm] wakes you at [G] seven and makes [D] sure you’re dressed
And [Dm] stoned you’ll be [G] up by [D] eight
And then he [Dm] leaves you to [G] wait in some [D] cold vile street
With the [F] other little [G] Princes of [D] Wales
CHORUS 1
Go [Dm] back to the [G] old town [D]
Go [Dm] back to the [G] old town [D]
You can [Dm] die if you [G] want to [D]
[F] I won’t [G] stop you [D]
VERSE 2
[Dm] Sunday, your [G] business, [D] sniffling in bed
Too [Dm] sick to re [G] member a [D] word
In a [Dm] curious [G] silence much [D] older than gods
The [F] dying boy [G] makes not a [D] sound (He is blue)
CHORUS 1
Go [Dm] back to the [G] old town [D]
Go [Dm] back to the [G] old town [D]
You can [Dm] die if you [G] want to [D]
[F] I won’t [G] stop you [D]
BRIDGE
We [A] give the poor di [G] sease and drugs
We got [Bm] mainstream life to [Am7] keep us smug
[G] Let the blue-faced [D] lifeless corpse be [E] heard (Please)
VERSE 3
After [Dm] sanity’s [G] ended [D]
And [Dm] calamity [G] beckons [D]
And [Dm] humanity’s [G] senile [D]
[F] What are [G] people [D] for?
OUTRO/FADE
[Dm] [G] [D]
Go back to the old town
Go back to the old town
You can die if you want to
You can die if you want to
Go back to the old town
Go back to the old town
You can die if you want to
Hell, you can die if you want to
Go back to the old town
Go back to the old town
You can die (You can die)
You can die (You can die)
You can die
Go back (Wake up)
Go back
Go back
Little boy
Little boy, it’s time to go to Sandhurst
Go back (Wake up)
Go back (Wake up)
You can die (Go back) (Wake up)