Biography:
Sonic adventurers, punk rock fundamentalists, exuberant luddites, willing outcasts.
Mekons formed in Leeds, England 34 years ago in 1977 and Ancient & Modern is their 26th album. This current classic line-up has remained intact since the mid-1980s. Throughout their history, they have worked collaboratively and collectively with everything credited to the band, never to individuals. Their mind-boggling output consistently blurs the lines between high art and low and has included exhibitions in the UK and US
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C F C G
The dance floor's nearly empty now
C F C
Everyone's gone home
C F C G
We're fragmented and broken up
C F C
Like love affairs
C F C G
And as I see you for the first time
C F C
Something whispered
C F C G
Looking at you in desperation
C F C
Knowing nothing ever happens
Am G F
I wanted to say fall in love
Am G F
I wanted to say fall in love with me
Am G F
I wanted to say fall in love
D
It'll be alright
So beautiful, you were waltzing
Little frozen rivers all covered in snow
All fragmented and broken up
Oh, well, I guess it's time to go
VIOLIN RIFF (as played on guitar)
C F C G C F C
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------/
B-----1---3-1-------------------------------1---3-1---------------------------/
G--2-----------2---0----0-----2-----------2---------2-----0----0----2---------/
D3--------------------3-----3---3-------3--------------------3----3-----------/
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------/
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------/
*****Correction: Last Dance is wrong on the chorus - should be Am G F X3 then D
The dance floor's nearly empty now
C F C
Everyone's gone home
C F C G
We're fragmented and broken up
C F C
Like love affairs
C F C G
And as I see you for the first time
C F C
Something whispered
C F C G
Looking at you in desperation
C F C
Knowing nothing ever happens
Am G F
I wanted to say fall in love
Am G F
I wanted to say fall in love with me
Am G F
I wanted to say fall in love
D
It'll be alright
So beautiful, you were waltzing
Little frozen rivers all covered in snow
All fragmented and broken up
Oh, well, I guess it's time to go
VIOLIN RIFF (as played on guitar)
C F C G C F C
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------/
B-----1---3-1-------------------------------1---3-1---------------------------/
G--2-----------2---0----0-----2-----------2---------2-----0----0----2---------/
D3--------------------3-----3---3-------3--------------------3----3-----------/
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------/
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------/
*****Correction: Last Dance is wrong on the chorus - should be Am G F X3 then D
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