Luck

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February 22nd 2001, 11.33am

LUCK by THE STYLE COUNCIL

Written by Paul Weller and Mick Talbot

From the LP 'Our Favourite Shop' (Polydor, 1985)

Chords used:

Bbmaj7: 687766 Fm7: x-8-10-8-9-8

Ebmaj7: x68786 Dm7: x57565

Eb/F: x8666x Gm7: 3x3333

Dbmaj7: x46564 Ab/Bb: 6x6544

Cm7: x35343 Eb: x6888x

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Eb/F (x2)

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

Luck fell in the right place for me

Bbmaj7 Eb/F

The day you happened to come by.

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

You caught me feeling all was useless,

Bbmaj7 Eb/F

And left me feeling ten feet high.

Dbmaj7 Cm7

Now nothing again can be quite the same.

Dbmaj7 Fm7 Eb/F

You gather my fears, and threw them away.

Luck dropped in, just at the right time;

The time when I felt most alone.

All my dreams had seemed to vanish.

Now my nightmares have upped and gone.

I'm not scared of farewells. Nothing's the same twice.

I stride through the day, and float through the night.

Ebmaj7 Dm7 Gm7 Ab/Bb

How much choice do we have in this?

Ebmaj7 Dmaj7 Gm7 Ab/Bb

Like some almighty hand, smashing your life into pieces,

Cm7 Dm7

One day you're washed and drowned

Ebmaj7 Eb/F

And the next day you're put back on the land.

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Eb/F (x2)

Now nothing again can be quite the same.

I gather my fears and I throw them away.

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

Luck, when you hold me closely.

Bbmaj7 Eb

Ooh, feels like summertime.

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

Luck, when you hold my hand.

Bbmaj7 Eb/F

I want it all the time.

Luck, in your country kisses.

Ooh, I love your outlook.

Luck, in your hills and valleys.

Go on talking, my babbling brook.