Dinner Time Is At Home Not Here

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INTRO RIFF: (x8)

VERSE 1:

F#       B
Thinking back now
A
Lazing on hazy days although in many ways
F#          B
It's always a task
A
What we used to see on the TV on Saturdays
F#       B    A
Seems so far away
I think to myself, now's the time to self indulge
F#         B     A
And on the other side
Is a program about someone who died
F#       E             C          D
I get so tired, dinner time is at home (not here)

F#          E            C           D
Mine is the truth, never ending year after year

VERSE 2:
F#          B
A change of scene
  A
I know, oh happy days, meeting people on the way
F#         B  A
And on the TV screen
Oh dear, what's the time? You used to be a friend of mine
F#           B
It's time to go now
A
La la laa, la la laa, la la laa, la la laa,
F#          B
I'm turning round now
A
La la laa, la la laa, la la laa, la la laa,
F#               E      C         D          F#  E  C  D
What's happening now, I never see eye to eye
F#  E     C             D          F#  E  C  D
All ideas blown up high in the sky
CHORUS:
G      C           A        D
I'm so sorry which I cannot show
      E         Bb            Am                F
But I can't say anymore, I've got to go home to my own world
(x2)
(INTRO RIFF)
(VERSE 1)
NOISY BIT:

(x4)
BRIDGE:

A
Used to be a friend of mine
F#
I can sense a change in mind
(x4)
VERSE 3:
F#           B
It's time to go now
A
La la laa, la la laa, la la laa, la la laa,
F#          B
I'm turning round now
A
La la laa, la la laa, la la laa, la la laa,
(x2)
F#  E  C  D  F#  E  C  D
F#  E  C  D  F#  E  C  D
(CHORUS)
E
BRIDGE (MODIFIED):

[Then it goes into the main riff from the bridge with some harmonising
from the synths - after that the riff changes slightly]

(x4)