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Why Must My Police Box Always Be Blue

Slow 12/8 doo-wop with arpeggios... Intro... Sop: Blue blue blue blue blue oo-oo-oo-oo Tnr: Blue blue blue blue blue blue blue blue Bass: Blue blue blue blue blue blue blue dooby-do-wah Gtr: G Em C D Verse 1... Sop: always be blue? Tnr: Why must my Police Box always be blue? Bass: dooby-do-wah Gtr: G Em C D Sop: whatever I do; Tnr: It never changes, whatever I do; Bass: dooby-do-wah Gtr: G Em C D Sop: (stuck that way) Tnr: It's been stuck that way Bass: ohhhhhhhh wohhhhhhh Gtr: G Em Sop: very day (staccato, pause) Tnr: Since the very day Bass: yayyyyyyy very day Gtr: C D Sop: (ohhhhhh yeah) Tnr: I left you. Bass: (woh-woh-woh-yeah) Gtr: G C G D7 Verse 2 (similar)... Why can't I settle down and find me a place? Why must I run around through time and through space? I knew that's what you'd say So I ran away From your sweet face. Bridge... Sop: Wa-wa-wa-wa wa-wa-wa-wa wa-wa-wa-wa wa-wa-wa-wa Tnr: Every time a monster points his stalk at me Bass: Wa-wa-wa-wa wa-wa-wa-wa wa-wa-wa-wa wa-wa-wa-wa Gtr: C C C C Sop: Aaaah Tnr: And says `Spill the beans or we Bass: Gtr: G Sop: oooooooooooooooooh yeah Tnr: rip her heart in two.' Bass: do-do-do- do-do-do-yeah Gtr: C G D7 Sop: Wa-wa-wa-wa wa-wa-wa-wa wa-wa-wa-wa wa-wa-wa-wa Tnr: I invariably betray the greater responsibility: Bass: Wa-wa-wa-wa wa-wa-wa-wa wa-wa-wa-wa wa-wa-wa-wa Gtr: C C C C Sop: Wa-wa-wa-wa wa-wa-wa-wa wa-wa-wa-wa Tnr: With the universe in jeopardy I'm thinking of you. Bass: Wa-wa-wa-wa wa-wa-wa-wa wa-wa-wa-wa Gtr: D D D D Sop: I gotta do what I gotta do. Tnr: But I gotta do what I gotta do. Bass: I gotta do what I gotta do. dooby-do-wah Gtr: G C D D7 And so on... Why can I never seem to stay out of trouble? Why do I always land in a big heap of rubble? My soul has a death-wish Just like a fish In a bubble. Every time I meet the thing that you became And you say `Patience is a particular virtue of mine.', I realise that I deserve the greater share of blame `Cos I left you empty when I left you behind: I was only being cruel to be kind. In this verse, the guitar plays as normal, the soprano and bass ooh and aah, and the tenor's words are spoken (like Robyn Hitchcock does it)... Tnr: So now my Police Box stays a sad and lonely shade of blue as I blunder from planet to planet like a curiously troublesome yeast infection turning gleaming totalitarian dictatorships into mouldy festering anarchic compost and then sneaking off before somebody gives me a job because I never could stay still and be depended on, like you know. And then the soprano and tenor really sock it for the bridge... And every time you see a woman at my side You say `My dear Miss So-and-so, how charming!', But the knife of my betrayal lacerates your flaky pride And your taste in revenge is far too alarming: I look more dismayed than disarming. So why must my Police Box always be blue? Yours always looks like what you want it to. One day I'll make amends And we'll be friends Like we used to do. Coda... Tnr: Yes it's blue, though I've fiddled Gtr: G Em Tnr: With all my spare parts. Gtr: C D Tnr: My Tardis is hard as Gtr: G Em Tnr: The shards of your hearts. Gtr: C D Tnr: Time heals all wounds they say: (pause) Gtr: G Em C Tnr: Won't you let me get away? Gtr: D G C G C G
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