Pulp
Help the Aged
(Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Mark Webber)
Verse 1
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G
Help the aged
C
One time they were just like you
C7 G
Drinking, smoking cigs and sniffing glue
Verse 2
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Help the aged
Don't just put them in a home
Can't have much fun in there all on their own
Pre-chorus 1
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Cmaj7
Give a hand if you can
Gmaj7
Try and help them to unwind
Cmaj7
Give them hope and give them comfort
Gmaj7 G
'Cause they're running out of time
Chorus
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G
In the meantime we try
B
Try to forget that nothing lasts forever
C
No big deal
D
So give us all a feel
Cm G
Funny how it all falls away
G
When did you first realise?
B
It's time you took an older lover baby
C
Teach your stuff
D
Although he's looking rough
Cm G
Funny how it all falls away
Verse 3
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Help the aged
'Cause one day you'll be older too
You might need someone who can pull you through
Pre-chorus 2
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And if you look very hard
Behind those lines upon their face
You may see where you are heading
And it's such a lonely place oh
[Chorus]
[F G D C]
Break
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C
Oh you can dye your hair
G D C
But it's the one thing you can't change
D
Can't run away from yourself
D
Yourself yourself self self self self self self
Self self self self
[Chorus]
Ending
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Cm G
Oh it's funny how it all falls away
Cm G
Funny how it all falls away
G Cm G
Oh it's funny how it all, it all falls away
G
So help the aged