Being Boring chords by Pet Shop Boys

Written by Tennant/Lowe
Transcribed by Andreas Ahlfors

Bb C Am7 Dm x2 Bb Am7 Gm7 Fmaj7

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 I came across a cache of old photos
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and invitations to teenage parties
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 Dress in white one said with quotations
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from someone’s wife,
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a famous writer in the nineteen-twenties

D
 When you’re young you find inspiration
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in anyone who’s ever gone
C
 And opened up a closing door
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 She said we were never feeling bored

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‘Cos we were never being boring
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We had too much time to find for ourselves
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And we were never being boring
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We dressed up and fought then thought make amends
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And we were never holding back or worried that
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time would come to an end

When I went I left from the station
with a haversack and some trepidation
Someone said if you’re not careful you’ll have nothing left
and nothing to care for in the nineteen-seventies

But I sat back and looking forward,
my shoes were high and I had scored
I’d bolted through a closing door
and I would never find myself feeling bored

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‘Cos we were never being boring
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We had too much time to find for ourselves
          Bb     C
And we were never being boring
          Am7           Dm
We dressed up and fought then thought make amends
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And we were never holding back or worried that
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time would come to an end
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We were always hoping that, looking back
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you could always rely on a friend

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Now I sit with different faces in rented rooms and foreign places
All the people I was kissing, some are here and some are missing
in the nineteen-nineties

I never dreamt that I would get to be
the creature I always meant to be
But I thought in spite of dreams, you’d be sitting her with me

‘Cos we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought then thought make amends
And we were never holding back or worried that
time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
you could always rely on a friend

          Bb     C
And we were never being boring
     Am7     Dm
We were never being bored
          Bb     C
‘Cos we were never being boring
     Am7      Dm
We were never feeling bored

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