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Capo 1
All chords relative to capo D: xx0232 D*: x30232 G: 320003 G*: 300003 Bm: x24432 Em: 022000 Em7: 022030 F#: 244322
D D* G G* D D* G G*
D D* G Robert Smith is secure at his villa in France
D D* G
Any child knows how to do the spiderweb dance
G Bm Siouxsie has enough hits to keep the bills paid
Em Em7 A
Every New Year’s in Los Angeles, you can still see Richard Blade
G F#m Em D
But the world forgot about Gene Loves Jezebel
G A D
Yes the world forgot about Gene Loves Jezebel
D D* G G* D D* G G* x2
D D* G They charted once or twice, they were on a major label
D D* G
When the singer went solo, he left money on the table
G Bm
The two main guys are related, they’re at war with other
Em Em7 A
Now there’s two Genes loving Jezebel – one for each brother
G F#m But the world Bm Came to agree G F#m What you see is what you get Em And what you get is what you see
G A
Whether you’re the March Violets or the Bolshoi
Bm
Bands who had to leave the darkness for the sun G F#m Red Lorry Yellow Lorry were on Cherry Red, I think
G A
They’ve been playing clubs since 1981
D D* G
To be fair to Gene Loves Jezebel, Billy Corgan brought them onstage
D D* G It was in 2011, it’s on their Wikipedia page
G Bm
But for the most part, however big that chorused bass may throb,
Em Em7 A
You and me, and all of us, are going to have to find a job
G F# Bm
Because the world will never know or understand
G The suffocated splendor
A Of the once and future goth bands
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