Routine Lyrics
What do I do with all the children's clothes
such tiny things that still smell of them
And the footprints in the hallway
onto my knees scrub them away
F#m ?? D ?? F#m ?? D | C ?? Em ?? Em ?? D
And how to be of use make the tea and the soup
All of their favorites throw them away
And all their schoolbooks and the running shoes
Washing and cleaning the dirty still sink
F#m ?? D ?? F#m ?? D | C ?? Em ?? Em ?? D
Refrain:
Routine keeps me in line
Helps me pass the time
Concentrate my mind
Helps me to sleep
And keep making beds and keep the cat fed
Open the windows let the air in
And keep the house clean and keep the routine
Paintings they make still stuck to the fridge
Interlude:
La-la la-da la-la la-da
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
Keep cleaning keep ironing
Cooking their meals on the stainless steel hob
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 ?? C ?? Eb || (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 ?? A5
B5 ?? A5 ?? G5 ?? F#5 ?? A5
B5 ?? A5 ?? G#5 ?? G5 ?? F#5
Refrain:
Routine keeps me in line
Helps me pass the time
(Concentrate my mind)
Helps me to sleep
Routine keeps me in line
Helps me pass the time
(Concentrate my mind)
Helps me to sleep
F#5 - E5 - F#5 - E5 - G5 - C5 || (with distortion, chords changing quickly)
Part D
Em ?? A ?? Dsus2 ?? D
The most beautiful morning forever
Like the ones from far off, far off away
With the hum of the bees in the jasmine sway
Outro:
Don't ever let go
ss2
Try to let go
Don't ever let go
ss2
Try to let go
Em ?? A ?? Dsus2 ?? D || (slows down towards the end)
Don't ever......
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