Biography:
Neil Hannon (born November 7, 1970) is a singer and songwriter, best known as the creator and lead member of the orchestral pop group The Divine Comedy. The band's official website even goes so far as to say, "The Divine Comedy is Neil Hannon," and Hannon is quoted in an interview as saying, "The Divine Comedy will always be my band because... I thought of it first!"
In 2005 he contributed vocals to his long-time collaborator Joby Talbot's soundtrack for the movie version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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[Verse 1]
G C G G
They'd never met, the singer and the swinger
Em D
She walked in, they walked around each other
C G G
Fighting for the mirror and smiling
[Verse 2]
Em Em
She was awkward
D D
I was tongue tied
C C
She was goofy
[Pre-Chorus]
G C G G
And she aspired to perfection as a hipster
Em
And she asked me,
D G
("How should I wear my problem hair
C G G
My dirty, no good problem hair?")
Em Em
She asked me
D D
I blew it
B B
I knew it
[Chorus]
C D G
I always wonder how things could've been
B
(I wouldn't waste time dreaming about me)
C D
Spend every second day just
G B
Dreaming how the ?rst one ought to be
C Am Em D C C
My dream was realised but I was sleeping
Cm Cm
I was sleeping
[Verse 3]
G C G G
I caught the girl, her eyelids started to ?utter
Em
And in my arms
D G
She passed out cold, are you okay?
C G
Just lie still, you'll feel better
[Verse 4]
G
(What happened? I want to go home)
Em
Feel better
Em
(Where am I, what have I got on?)
D
Feel better
D
(You say that but how do you know?)
B
Feel better
B
(Who are you, what do you want?)
[Chorus 2]
C D G
I always wonder how things could've been
B
(I wouldn't waste time dreaming about me)
C D
Spend every second day just
G B
Dreaming how the ?rst one ought to be
C Am Em D C C
My dream was realised but I was sleeping
Am Am
I was sleeping
C C
I was sleeping
Am Am
I was sleeping
[Outro]
C C Am Am C C Am Am C C
G C G G
They'd never met, the singer and the swinger
Em D
She walked in, they walked around each other
C G G
Fighting for the mirror and smiling
[Verse 2]
Em Em
She was awkward
D D
I was tongue tied
C C
She was goofy
[Pre-Chorus]
G C G G
And she aspired to perfection as a hipster
Em
And she asked me,
D G
("How should I wear my problem hair
C G G
My dirty, no good problem hair?")
Em Em
She asked me
D D
I blew it
B B
I knew it
[Chorus]
C D G
I always wonder how things could've been
B
(I wouldn't waste time dreaming about me)
C D
Spend every second day just
G B
Dreaming how the ?rst one ought to be
C Am Em D C C
My dream was realised but I was sleeping
Cm Cm
I was sleeping
[Verse 3]
G C G G
I caught the girl, her eyelids started to ?utter
Em
And in my arms
D G
She passed out cold, are you okay?
C G
Just lie still, you'll feel better
[Verse 4]
G
(What happened? I want to go home)
Em
Feel better
Em
(Where am I, what have I got on?)
D
Feel better
D
(You say that but how do you know?)
B
Feel better
B
(Who are you, what do you want?)
[Chorus 2]
C D G
I always wonder how things could've been
B
(I wouldn't waste time dreaming about me)
C D
Spend every second day just
G B
Dreaming how the ?rst one ought to be
C Am Em D C C
My dream was realised but I was sleeping
Am Am
I was sleeping
C C
I was sleeping
Am Am
I was sleeping
[Outro]
C C Am Am C C Am Am C C
Neil Taylor
Neil Wilson
Neils Children
Neitan
Nekobolo
Nels Leafblad
Nelson
Nelson del Casti (...)
Nelson Del Catil (...)
Nelson Eddy