Biography:
The Auteurs was a British alternative rock band of the 1990s.
Unfairly dismissed as the egotrip of acclaimed songwriter Luke Haines, The Auteurs were one of the unsung bands of the mid-nineties Britpop movement. Releasing their first record, New Wave, in 1993, the Auteurs were compared to Suede, and the resurgent glam-rock movement, and began to amass a reasonable cult following. 1994's second album, and commercial highlight, Now I'm A Cowboy, saw the band embracing at times a more contemporary sound
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[Verse 1]
F Bb
Never saw
Gm
Your driver's eyes
C F
Or me on parking street
Bb Gm
We were planning your demise
C
Your chauffeur's tired
Bb
But you're still on heat
[Chorus 1]
Bb Am Dm
Downtown
Bb C
You're burning down
Gm Am Dm
I'm sick of parking cars
Bb C
Sick of parking cars
Bb Am Dm C
Parking cars, parking cars
[Bridge]
F Bb Dm
There are only
C
Two people here
F
Who are worthy
Bb
Of your pool and your palace
Dm C Bb
So stand down now
[Chorus 2]
Am Dm
Stand down
Bb C
You're standing down
Gm Am Dm
I'm sick of parking cars
Bb C Bb
Sick of parking cars
Am Dm C
Parking cars, Parking cars
[Instrumental]
F A F A Bb A Bb A
[Chorus 3]
Bb Am Dm
Downtown
Bb C
You're burning down
Gm Am Dm
I'm sick of parking cars
Bb C
Sick of parking cars
Bb Am Dm C
Parking cars, parking cars
[Verse 2]
F Bb
Never thought
Gm
I'd see the day
C
When your blue face
Turned grey
F Bb Gm
Got no guts, got no fame
C
Your epitaph
[Chorus 4]
Bb
Sorely missed
Am Dm
Your unfaithful slave
Bb C
Gm Am Dm
I'm sick of parking cars
Bb C
Sick of parking cars
Bb Am Dm C
Parking cars, parking cars
[Outro]
F Bb
Never saw
Gm
Your driver's eyes
C F
Or me on parking street
Bb Gm
We were planning your demise
F Bb
Never saw
Gm
Your driver's eyes
C F
Or me on parking street
Bb Gm
We were planning your demise
C
Your chauffeur's tired
Bb
But you're still on heat
[Chorus 1]
Bb Am Dm
Downtown
Bb C
You're burning down
Gm Am Dm
I'm sick of parking cars
Bb C
Sick of parking cars
Bb Am Dm C
Parking cars, parking cars
[Bridge]
F Bb Dm
There are only
C
Two people here
F
Who are worthy
Bb
Of your pool and your palace
Dm C Bb
So stand down now
[Chorus 2]
Am Dm
Stand down
Bb C
You're standing down
Gm Am Dm
I'm sick of parking cars
Bb C Bb
Sick of parking cars
Am Dm C
Parking cars, Parking cars
[Instrumental]
F A F A Bb A Bb A
[Chorus 3]
Bb Am Dm
Downtown
Bb C
You're burning down
Gm Am Dm
I'm sick of parking cars
Bb C
Sick of parking cars
Bb Am Dm C
Parking cars, parking cars
[Verse 2]
F Bb
Never thought
Gm
I'd see the day
C
When your blue face
Turned grey
F Bb Gm
Got no guts, got no fame
C
Your epitaph
[Chorus 4]
Bb
Sorely missed
Am Dm
Your unfaithful slave
Bb C
Gm Am Dm
I'm sick of parking cars
Bb C
Sick of parking cars
Bb Am Dm C
Parking cars, parking cars
[Outro]
F Bb
Never saw
Gm
Your driver's eyes
C F
Or me on parking street
Bb Gm
We were planning your demise
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