Escalator In The Rain by Microdisney

From Microdisney’s 1984 Everybody is Fantastic album. Written by Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan.

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INTRO

[D] [F#m] [Em7] [Fmaj7] [Em7] [D]

VERSE 1

[D] Stood in the Sunday [Dmaj7] rain
Was a [G6] still esca [D] la [A] tor
[D] Leading to empty [Dmaj7] shops
Where [G] nobody [A] looked
And his [Cmaj7] hair got wet and he [Bm7] scratched his head
He just [Cmaj7] never wanted [D6] half enough

CHORUS

[D] Oh oh [Em] oh oh [Dmaj7] oh oh [G] oh
[D] Oh oh [Em] oh oh [Fmaj7] oh the [Em7] wor [Asus4] ld

VERSE 2

[D] Some ugly girls and [Dmaj7] boys
In the [G6] park one fine [D] mor [A] ning
[D] Swore they would save the [Dmaj7] world
By the [G] next Friday [A] night
But when [Cmaj7] Friday came they were [Bm7] in a bar
[Cmaj7] Looking sad as I [D6] spoke to them

CHORUS

[D] Oh oh [Em] oh oh [Dmaj7] oh oh [G] oh
[D] Oh oh [Em] oh oh [Fmaj7] oh the [Em7] wor [Asus4] ld

INTERLUDE

[G] [C] (x2)

VERSE 3

[D] My brain is blaring [Dmaj7] jokes
As I [G6] spoon up my [D] din [A] ner
[D] Maybe the ice cream [Dmaj7] man
Will ar [G] rive when it’s [A] gone
You know [Cmaj7] all it took was a [Bm7] sneer from you
[Cmaj7] Two days on, I’m ob [D6] sessed with you

CHORUS

[D] Oh oh [Em] oh oh [Dmaj7] oh oh [G] oh
[D] Oh oh [Em] oh oh [Fmaj7] oh the [Em7] wor [Asus4] ld

OUTRO/FADE

And we [G] all fall [C] down (x4)

[G] [C]