Past by Microdisney

From Microdisney’s 1985 The Clock Comes Down the Stairs album. Written by Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan. No capo.

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INTRO

[G] [D] [C] [Am7] (x2)

VERSE 1

[G] They opened [D] up [C] a cocktail [Am7] bar
[G] In the [D] shadow of [C] Engels [Am7] Court
[G] Now folks dress [D] up [C] and spend their [Am7] cash
[G] You can’t de [D] ny their London [C] pride [Am7]

They say [C] “Who won the [D] war?
[Am7] Who ruled the [D6] world?
[C] Who showed them [D] all?”
Well [Am7] who [D] cares?

CHORUS

[Dm] Ru [Dsus2] [Dm] [Dsus2] n [Am] from the [Gm7] past [C]
[Dm] In [Dsus2] [Dm] [Dsus2] [Am] to the [Gm7] past [C]

VERSE 2

[G] Your job will [D] go, [C] your house will [Am7] go
[G] But they will [D] wave from their [C] vide [Am7]

[C] And the po [D] lice
Will [Am7] be there as [D6] well
With a [C] boot or [D] gun
To [Am7] cry [D] out

CHORUS

[Dm] Ru [Dsus2] [Dm] [Dsus2] n [Am] from the [Gm7] past [C]
[Dm] In [Dsus2] [Dm] [Dsus2] [Am] to the [Gm7] past [C]

BRIDGE

[F] Into the [C] past [D6] she ran
[Fmaj7] Underschooled and [G] un [Em] der [Am] fed
And she [F] runs through the [C] deaf [D6] city
[Fmaj7] Looking for a [G] well paid [Am] job [G]
And she [F] finds it on the [G] gin [Em] house [Fmaj7] floor

INTERLUDE

[G] [D] [C] [Am7] (x2)

VERSE 3

(And the papers always say) [C] “Go back to [D] work
[Am7] You’re all a [D6] lone
[C] Old fashioned, [D] weak
And [Am7] chil [D] dish”

CHORUS

[Dm] Ru [Dsus2] [Dm] [Dsus2] n [Am] from the [Gm7] past [C]
[Dm] In [Dsus2] [Dm] [Dsus2] [Am] to the [Gm7] past [C]

You got to [Dm] ru [Dsus2] [Dm] [Dsus2] n [Am] from the [Gm7] past [C]
[Dm] In [Dsus2] [Dm] [Dsus2] [Am] to the [Gm7] past, [C] yeah

OUTRO

[Dm] [Dsus2] [Dm] [Dsus2] [Am] [Gm7] [C] (x5)

[Dm] [Dsus2] [Dm] [Dsus2] [Am] [Gm7] [C] [Dm]