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Window Shopping For Blinds

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The Beautiful South were a British pop group formed in 1989, from the ashes of Hull, England group The Housemartins. The band was put together by lead singer, Paul Heaton, and drummer, Dave Hemingway. They were joined by Sean Welch (Bass), Dave Stead (Drums) and Dave Rotheray (Guitar). Rotheray also co-writes the songs with Heaton.

In The Beautiful South, Heaton shared the lead singer's role with Hemingway and female singer Briana Corrigan to create a trio of lead vocalists.

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D Em
One day I'm loaded, next day I'm broke
Em D
Spent all my money on whisky and coke
D Em
Riding high 'till the rock hit the spoke
N.C D
It's like window shopping for blinds

Spent all my money on a sunbed tan
Spoke the best that a young girl can
Ended up with a blind drunk man
It's like window shopping for blinds

G
It's like the heartbreak hotel,
D
with the heartbreak but nowhere to stay
A
The doors are shut on us,
A7 D D7
the neon light fading to grey

G
They say I drink too much,
D
to me, well that's just profound
A A7
How do you know you can't swim
D
until you have drowned?

N.C.
Well there's always a drop in the bottle lady
D Em
Always a sip of the wine
A
The glass doesn't seem quite so empty
Em7 D
When window shopping for blinds

G
It's like gatecrashing a field, that's not true,
A7
they've a harvest they yield
Save your tears for your evening meal,
Em7 D
when you're window shopping for blinds

One day you're sober, next day you're not
One day remembered, the next day forgot
Spent all my money on cocaine and pot
It's like window shopping for blinds

Covered in bruises from head to toe
No-one to speak to, and nowhere to go
A map of nowhere, and nowhere I know
It's like window shopping for blinds

It's like the heartbreak hotel,
with the heartbreak but nowhere to stay
The doors are shut on us,
the neon light fading to grey

They say I drink too much, to me, well that's just profound
How do you know you can't swim, until you have drowned?

Well there's always a drop in the bottle lady
Always a sip of the wine
The glass doesn't seem quite so empty
When window shopping for blinds
G
But what if my husband should come?
A7
Well tell me what have you done?
I've cherished your vodka, I've cherished your rum
Em7 D
Don't mind us, we're just licking our wounds in the sun

G
It's like writing 'I love you' in snow
A7
You know when you write it the message will go
I want a message my lover will find
Em7 A D
Don't mind us, we're just window shopping for blinds