Tablature this is the day - The The

          



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  Transcribed by: David Shmelzer   at208@freenet.carleton.ca

  

  Artist: The The

  Song:   This is the day

  

  Bb

  Gm

  C

  Eb

  repeat throughout song

  

            Bb

  Well, you didn't wake up this morning

           Gm

  Cuz, you didn't go to bed

           C                           Eb

  You were watching the whites of your eyes turn red

  

  The calendar on your wall is ticking the days off

  You've been reading some old letters

  You smile and think how much you've changed

  All the money in the world

  Couldn't buy back those days

  

  You pull back your curtains

  And the sun burns into your eyes

  You watch a plane flying across a clear blue sky

  This is the day - your life will surely change

  This is the day - when things fall into place

  

  You could've done anything - 

     if you'd wnated

  And all your friends and family

  Think that you're lucky

  But the side of you they'll never see

  Is when you're left alone with the memories 

  That hold your life together like glue 

  	   (note: I like to think he says "glue on glue" there)

  

  

  

  Song: Helpline Operator

  

  

  intro organ

  G#m E 2nd inv

  no middle note

  

  bassline

  G# B C# E   x5

  G# B C# E D#

  

  

  G#m          E         G#m/D# G#m  

  I watch the sun go down on London town

  I wait for the night voices to sound

  I smell the pain upon the breath of the lost and the lonely

  Oh Lord

  I hear the thought that whisper in the hearts of all men

  

  I'm the helpline operator and I'll spare you the time

  I'm the intimate stranger. Your problems will be mine

  

  Put your tongue into the mouthpiece

  And whisper in my ear

  Admit to me

  The things you can't admit to yourself

  Admit to me and no one else

  Everybody's looking for someone

  To tell them what they want to hear

  Everybody's looking for true love

  To help them feel what they cannot feel

  

  I'm the helpline operator, can you spare me the time

  I'm the intimate stranger

  Your problems will be mine

  

  I'm the helpline operator

  Helpline operator

  Helpline operator

  Helpline operator

  

  True love will come

  True love will come

  

  Helpline operator

  Helpline operator

  Helpline operator

  Helpline operator

   


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