Year: 1987 - Album: The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death
Written by Stan Cullimore/Paul Heaton
INTRO: (Fingerpicked) D / / / | / / / / | Em / / / | / / / / | (x2) VERSE: D Em Please don't show your soul to me; G D I think I'd see the light shine through. (D) Em And please don't greet me on the street; G D I'd like to see a world with-out youPlease don't change your uniform, And start to mourn the thousands dead. Please wear what you've always worn, and don't be drawn by what I've said. CHORUS BRIDGE: D / / / | / / / / | Em / / / | / / / / | (x2) F#m / / / | Gm / / / | F#m / / / | Fm / / /| Em / / / | / / / /| D Em So, please don't feel you have to sway, G D Or move away from how you feel. (D) Em Please say what you mean to say, G D And always stay with a heart of steel. (Repeat intro with adlib vocal to fade)(D) G 'Cause I've found there's nothing more that I could say to you; Gm F#m Nothing I could do to change your mind, Fm Em Change your ways, or your tune.