The Drum Chords & Lyrics by Slapp Happy
The Drum
guitar chords lyrics
G D
Get in line, keep in time with the Drum
G
& don't forget you're nothing yet but water.
D
Are you coming to or coming from
C
the understanding that I'm handing it to you?
G
Or is that a job you don't dare do?
C
Hey, my pretty flower, there's a letter for you
G
you'll find it on the shelf
F
Well though it was posted in Calcutta
G
I know it's just another that you've written to yourself
bridge*: - - - - - B - - - - - Am - - - - - -
G D C D
We watched a distant drummer flashing
G D C D
on the beat in all his parrot fashions.
G D
Get in line keep in time with the Drum
G
& Don't forget you're nothing yet but water
D
Don't move your feet until the next beat comes
C
One of the laws says pause between
G
I would hate to make the game seem mean
C
Hey my pretty flower can you guess where I've been?
G
Can you guess at all?
F
Well I've been to your rooms and learned
G
you have all the mirrors turned against the wall.
Bridge*:- - B - - - - - - - Am - - -
G D C D
We watched a distant drummer flashing
G D C D
on the beat in all his parrot fashions.
- - -
G "D for Drum!"
Listen now to the sound of the Drum -
G
& don't forget we're nothing yet but water.
D
It won't be pleasant when the present time is done
C
testing nightly 'neath a sprightly summer moon
G
your spirit like a jelly in a spoon.
C
Hey ma pretty flower there's a cat in the room
G
& it's not the type you're used to
F
Though I think I led it to the sink
& tried to make it drink
G
it refused to.
G D G D G D G D G
woohlalalaalalalalalalala
*The earlier version of this song is different at this part as follows:
Bridge:-----B----------------Am-----------
(all Barre Chords:)
G F A# (6th fret) G
One one money two one show three la la la la Be- four wanna go
Sorry I can't understand what Dagmar Krause is singing here, but these chords work!
The Drum by Slapp Happy
From: Casablanca Moon/Desperate Straights
