Being Boring Written by Tennant/Lowe Transcribed by Andreas Ahlfors Bb C Am7 Dm x2 Bb Am7 Gm7 Fmaj7 F#m I came across a cache of old photos Em7 and invitations to teenage parties F#m Dress in white one said with quotations Em7 from someone’s wife, G/A A a famous writer in the nineteen-twenties D When you’re young you find inspiration G6 in anyone who’s ever gone C And opened up a closing door Am A She said we were never feeling bored Bb C ‘Cos we were never being boring Am7 Dm 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 Bb Am7 And we were never holding back or worried that Gm7 Fmaj7 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 Bb C ‘Cos we were never being boring Am7 Dm 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 Bb Am7 And we were never holding back or worried that Gm7 C time would come to an end Bb Am7 We were always hoping that, looking back Gm7 Fmaj7 you could always rely on a friend Em7 Fmaj7 x2 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 Bb Am7 Gm7 Fmaj7