Thick as a Brick

Intro: 0:00
D | G | D | G  - x2

Verse 1: 0:08
D               Am          G
  Really don't mind if you sit
         D  | G | D | G
This one out.
0:15
    D            Am           G
My words but a whisper, your deafness
    D  | G | D | G
A shout.
0:23
   D            Am         G
I may make you feel but I can't
           D  | G | D | G
Make you think.
0:30
       D             Am           G
Your sperm's in the gutter, your love's
        D  | G | D | G
In the sink.

Chorus 1: 0:37
        G              A
So you ride yourselves over
     D
The fields,
         G            A
And you make all your animal
 D
Deals,
0:46
          G               A
And your wise men don't know how it
 D
Feels

A | A!

        A          D ->
To be thick as a brick.

Instrumental: 0:55
D | G | D | G
D | G | D | G

Verse 2: 1:03
         D           Am         G
And the sand-castle virtues are all
       D  | G | D | G
Swept away
1:11
        D         Am           G
In the tidal destruction, the moral
   D | G | D G
Melee.
1:18
      D         Am              G
The elastic retreat rings the close
     D | G | D | G
Of play
1:26
        D           Am         G
As the last wave uncovers the newfangled
 D | G | D | G
Way.

Chorus 2: 1:33
          G             A
But your new shoes are worn at the
 D
Heels,
          G           A
And your suntan does rapidly
 D
Peel,
1:42
          G               A
And your wise men don't know how it
 D
Feels

A | A!

        A          D ->
To be thick as a brick.

Instrumental: 1:51
D | G | D | G
Dm | G | Dm | G

Bridge: 1:59
D!                     Am | Am
  And the love that I feel
C             Em | Em
  Is so far away.
2:08
G
  I'm a bad dream that I
 Bm     | Bm  |   D |     D | F#  | F#
Just ha-a-a-ad today, ee, ee,   ee.
2:17
G                        | A
  And you shake your head,   hmm.
A                  D ->
  And say it's a shame.

Instrumental: 2:22
D | G | D | G
Dm | G7 | Dm | G7

Coda: 2:30
Dm         G7            Dm  | G7
  Spin me back down the years
         Dm  G7        Dm | G7
And the days   of my youth.
2:39
Dm          G7             Dm     | G7
  Draw the lace and black curtains
         Dm     G7       Dm       | G7
And shut    out    the whole truth.
2:47
Dm         G7           Dm
  Spin me down the long ages;
      G7           Dm ->
Let them sing the so-ong.
2:51
Dm | G7  - x4