(Note: Recorded in D, but much easier to play C as shown here, with capo on 2)
INTRO: | Cmaj7 / / / | F / G7 / |
| Cmaj7 / / / | F / G7 / |
Cmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 Fm
Have you got a Biro I can borrow?
F
I'd like to write your name
G F
On the palm of my hand, on the walls of the hall
D7 F G7
The roof of the house, right across the land
Cmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 Fm
So when the sun comes up tomorrow
C(6) Am
It'll look to this side of the hard-bitten planet
F Fm C F G
Like a big yellow button with your name written on it
Cmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 Fm
Have you got a Biro I can borrow?
F
I'd like to write some lines
G F
In praise of your knee, and the back of your neck
D7 F G7
And the double-decker bus that brings you to me
Cmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 Fm
So when the sun comes up tomorrow
C(6) Am
It'll shine on a world made richer by a sonnet
F Fm C F G
And a half-dozen epics as long as the Æneid
Em Am
Oh give me a pen and some paper
Bm Em
Give me a chisel or a camera
F A B7
A piano and a box of rubber bands
Em Am
I need room for choreography
Bm Em
And a darkroom for photography
F D7 F G7
Tie the brush into my hands
Cmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 Fm
Have you got a Biro I can borrow?
F
I'd like to write your name
G F
From the belt of Orion to the share of the Plough
D7 F G7
The snout of the Bear to the belly of the Lion
Cmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 Fm
So when the sun goes down tomorrow
C(6) Am
There'll never be a minute
F Fm D7 F Fm C
Not a moment of the night that hasn't got you in it
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