1    +    2    +    3    +    4    +    1    +    2    +    3    +    4    +

These are all bass notes as far as the album is concerned, 
at live gigs Linnell plays the sax over those notes 
and Flans uses THE STICK to keep time as he sings.

Bb  -  Db  -  C  -  Eb-F

    Bb   Db       C      Eb F
Lie still, little bottle, 

    Bb       Db    C     Eb F
And shake my shaky hand

      Bb       Db  C      Eb  F
Black coffee's not enough for me, 

  Bb   Bb A  A   Ab - G - F# - F
I need a  better friend

    Bb  Db      C      Eb F
One pill at the bottom

   Bb         Db       C     Eb F
Is singing my favorite song

  Bb     Db   C       Eb   F
I know I must investigate

  Bb        Bb    A    A     Ab - G - F# - F
I hope that I can sing along

Bb         Db       Eb   F    F(low)
There's no time for metaphors cried 

    Bb     Db      Eb   F   F(low)
The little pill to me

          Bb      Db   Eb    F   F(low)
He said, "Life is a placebo,

       Bb    Bb   A  A Ab - G - F# - F
Masquerading as a simile."

        Bb        Db       Eb     F   F(low)
Well, I knew that pill was lying

       Bb Db       Eb    F   F(low)
Too gregarious, too nice

    Bb    Db       Eb     F    F(low)
But as he walked I had to sing this

Bb    Bb  C#  C#  C   C   B   B
Twice

    Bb   Db       C      Eb F
Lie still, little bottle

      Bb              Db       C     Eb F
Don't twist, it ain't twistin' time

     Bb             Db               C         Eb F
With every move you make you just disintegrate 

   Bb Bb A   A    G# - G - F# - F
My ev er-troubled mind


'Circus-Break-Sax-Solo':

Eb - Eb - Eb - Eb    F  C#

Eb - Eb - Eb - Eb    F  C#

C#   

C# - Eb (and other random notes mixed in)


    Bb   Db       C       Eb F
Lie still, little bottle,

     Bb      Db    C      Eb F
And shake my shaky hand

      Bb       Db    C        Eb  F
Black coffee's not enough for me, 

  Bb   Bb A  A   Ab - G - F# - F
I need a  better friend

    Bb   Db     C      Eb F
One pill at the bottom 

   Bb         Db       C      Eb F
Is singing my favorite song

  Bb     Db   C      Eb   F
I know I must investigate

  Bb        Bb    A    A Ab - G - F# - F
I hope that I can sing along

    Bb   Db       C      Eb F
Lie still, little bottle

    Bb   Db       C      Eb F
Lie still

    Bb   Db       C      Eb F
Lie still, little bottle

    Bb   Db       C      Eb F
Lie still

    Bb   Db       C      Eb F
Lie still

    Bb   Db       C      Eb F
Lie still 

Bb

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