Lately I've Let Things Slide
Nick Lowe

INTRO
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With a growing sense of dread and a hammer in my head
        Am
Fully clothed upon the bed
D                                                   G
I wake up to the world that lately I've been living in

G                                      Bm
There's a cut upon my brow - Must have banged myself somehow
        Am
But I can't remember now
        D                                               G 
And the front door's open wide - Lately I've let things slide

C
I go to the bin, I throw the laundry in and pick out the cleanest shirt
       A                         D7
Then I tell myself again I don't really hurt

G                     Bm                     Am
Smoking I once quit - Now I got one lit - I just fell back into it
D                                           G 
Along with my pride, lately I've let things slide

BREAK
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G     Bm    C     D7    D7    G     G  

C
I go to the bin, I throw the laundry in, dig out the cleanest shirt
            A                          D7
When all at once I'm seized again by exquisite hurt

G                                                         C
That untouched takeaway I brought home the other day has quite a lot to say
D7                                                                                      G
The evidence is clear only resign, piled high and wide about how lately I've let things slide
D                                                      G
I'm just about holding on, but lately I've let things slide