The Knockout Artist

Transpose
Year: 2021
Album: Song of Co-Aklan

CHORUS 1
Abm7 
Now, 
 
 
Bbm7 
everything is an  
Ebm 
act
Ebm7/C# 
Don’t be fooled by the  
Abm7 
facts
Ddim7 
The world wants you  
Ebm 
back
VERSE 1
Bsus4 
Golden ears and  
Bbaug 
brass 
 
patella
D 
My children Publius and  
E 
Fontanella
Gmaj7 
My statu  
A 
ettes, my country  
B 
pile
 
Bsus4 
Write their names on the  
Bbaug 
good school wait list
D 
Nips and tucks and the  
E 
optometrist
Gmaj7 
Engine sounds and  
F#m7 
kitchens make me  
E 
smile
CHORUS 2
Abm7 
Now 
 
 
Bbm7 
for the cranium  
Ebm 
hack
Ebm7/C# 
The eye-socket  
Abm7 
flash
Ddim7 
The spine-stack  
Ebm 
collapse
Abm7 
Please 
 
 
Bbm7 
smash your  
Ebm 
own 
 
jaw
Ebm7/C# 
To ironic ap
Abm7 
plause
Ddim7 
The world wants you  
Ebm 
back
VERSE 2
Bsus4 
You took the train to the  
Bbaug 
coast to gamble
D 
Rain of ruin, just a  
E 
tearful 
 
shambles
Gmaj7 
Opponents not re
A 
quired to seal de  
B 
feat
 
Bsus4 
See the lights of the  
Bbaug 
seafront 
 
arcade
D 
Gold bars, cherries and me
E 
tallic 
 
cascades
Gmaj7 
Stake erased, in
F#m7 
cluding hostel  
E 
fee
CHORUS 3
Abm7 
Now, 
 
 
Bbm7 
we’re fading into the  
Ebm 
dark
Ebm7/C# 
Think upon me, dear  
Abm7 
heart
Ddim7 
As the slow handclaps  
Ebm 
start
Abm7 
Now, 
 
 
Bbm7 
let the consciousness  
Ebm 
lapse
Ebm7/C# 
The light-switches  
Abm7 
snap
Ddim7 
The world wants you  
Ebm 
back
INTERLUDE
Em 
They set you up a pitch out near the  
C 
cliffs
Em 
Proscenium shell, alfresco  
C 
glitz
 
The  
Em 
limelight arcs, announcements blare
Am 
Skip on the canvas, swing for there
 
And  
Em 
there, no, there, no,  
C 
there!
CHORUS 4/OUTRO
Abm7 
Zapped 
 
 
Bbm7 
on your dishonour  
Ebm 
lap
Ebm7/C# 
Dance about, fade to  
Abm7 
black
Ddim7 
Canvas cradles your  
Ebm 
back
Abm7 
Snap! 
 
 
Bbm7 
You lumbered into a  
Ebm 
trap
Ebm7/C# 
Watch Poseidon’s jaws  
Abm7 
flap
Ddim7 
The world wants you  
Ebm 
back