Routine
[Verse 1]
F#m D F#m D
What do I do with all the children's clothes
C Em Em D
such tiny things that still smell of them
F#m D F#m D
And the footprints in the hallway
C Em Em D
onto my knees scrub them away
F#m – D – F#m – D | C – Em – Em – D
F#m D F#m D
And how to be of use make the tea and the soup
C Em Em D
All of their favorites throw them away
F#m D F#m D
And all their schoolbooks and the running shoes
C Em Em D
Washing and cleaning the dirty still sink
F#m – D – F#m – D | C – Em – Em – D
[Refrain]
F#m E D
Routine keeps me in line
F#m E D
Helps me pass the time
C#m B A
Concentrate my mind
F Em A
Helps me to sleep
[Verse 2]
F#m D F#m D
And keep making beds and keep the cat fed
C Em Em D
Open the windows let the air in
F#m D F#m D
And keep the house clean and keep the routine
C Em Em D
Paintings they make still stuck to the fridge
[Interlude]
F#m D F#m D
La-la la-da la-la la-da
C Em Em D
Da-da-da la-la-da-da || x4 (the two lattest without lyrics)
C#m – D – Bm – F#m – C#m – A – E
C#m – D – Bm – F#m – C#m – A – G – F – E || (a chord/beat)
(I couldn't figure out exactly the chords in the guitar picking part
here but I reckon the notes are something around F# - G – A – B – C – D – E)
The solo goes with the verse's chords but transposed two steps higher:
G#m – E – G#m – E | D – F#m – F#m – E || x6
[Verse 3]
G#m E G#m E
Keep cleaning keep ironing
D F#m F#m E
Cooking their meals on the stainless steel hob
G#m E G#m E
Keep washing keep scrubbing
D – C#m – B – A – G#m – F#m – E – Eb || (a chord/beat)
Long until the dark comes to bruise the sky
C#m – B – A – G#m – G#sus4 – G# || (a chord/beat)
Deep in the debt to night
G#m – E – G#m – D
G#m – E – G#m
[Part C]
Breaks into heavy distortion:
G5 – F#5
B5 – A5 – G5 – F#5
B5 – A5 – G#5 – G5 – F#5
[Refrain]
F#m E D
Routine keeps me in line
F#m E D
Helps me pass the time
C#m B A
(Concentrate my mind)
F G A
Helps me to sleep
F#m E D
Routine keeps me in line
F#m E D
Helps me pass the time
C#m B A
(Concentrate my mind)
F G A
Helps me to sleep
F#5 - E5 - F#5 - E5 - G5 - C5 || (with distortion, chords changing quickly)
[Part D]
Emadd9 – A6 – Dmaj7 – D
Emadd9 A6 Dmaj7 D
The most beautiful morning forever
Emadd9 A6 Dmaj7 D
Like the ones from far off, far off away
Emadd9 A6 Dmaj7 D
With the hum of the bees in the jasmine sway
[Outro]
Emadd9 A6
Don't ever let go
Dmaj7 D
Try to let go
Emadd9 A6
Don't ever let go
Dmaj7 D
Try to let go
Emadd9 A6 Dmaj7 D || (slows down towards the end)
Don't ever...
-END-
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B|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|---7-7--|
G|--7---7-|--7---7-|--6-----|--6---6-|--6---6-|--6---6-|--7---7-|--7---7-|
D|--------|--------|-5------|-5------|-0------|-0------|-0------|-0-----0|
A|--------|--------|0-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E|-0------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
