Plastic Palace People
(Engel)

	
	
	C                 Bb
	Over the rooftops sails Billy
	
	  Ab                 C
	A string tied to his underwear
	
	                              F
	Through cobblestone streets a child races
	
	    Eb                  C
	And shouts "Billy! Come down from there!"
	
	                           Bb
	"My Mother's calling", his voice whimpers
	
	  Ab                     C
	A string clutched in his tiny hand
	
	                        F                   Eb
	"Not 'til I've seen the sky's not lit up in tears"
	
	                C
	"Child, try and understand"
	
	       Ab/C                  C
	"Don't pull the string, don't bring me down"
	
	       Ab/C
	"Don't make me land..."
	
	
	
	Eb Ebsus4 Eb Eb(add9) Eb Ebsus4 Eb
	
	
	    Eb(add9)   Eb (etc)
	Plastic palace people
	
	
	Sing silent songs, they dream too long
	
	                    Gb
	Their memories just stare
	
	                Eb
	Plastic palace Alice
	
	
	She steals her cards, tomorrow deals
	
	                  Gb  Gb(b5)
	With deafening despair
	
	
	
	Gm            Cm/G          Gm        
	Hurry! You've got to get in line
	
	     Cm/G                Gm
	Your nose might start to shine
	
	    Ebm
	And sweat it out and dance about
	
	                         Gbm
	The whole world's out of line
	
	
	
	C                     Bb
	A harvest of stars surrounds Billy
	
	    Ab                  C
	The night clings to his happy eyes
	
	                          F
	A sleepin' town square, beneath the fountain
	
	  Eb              C
	A child murmurs a weary sigh
	
	    Ab/C             C                    Ab/C
	"My mother weeps and weaves her hair with worries"
	
	             C               Ab
	"Please come down from there"
	
	
	
	Eb Ebsus4 Eb Eb(add9) Eb Ebsus4 Eb
	
	
	    Eb(add9)   Eb (etc)
	Plastic palace people
	
	
	Through fields of clay and granite grey
	
	                    Gb		
	They play without a sound
	
	                 Eb
	Plastic palace Alice
	
	
	Blows gaping holes to store her fears
	
	                   Gb   Gb(b5)
	Inside her lover's head
	
	
	
	Gm              Cm/G            Gm   
	Listen, they're laughing in the halls
	
	     Gm/G               Gm
	They rip your face with lies
	
	   Ebm
	To passing eyes, you cry for help
	
	                       Gbm
	Like dogs they bark replies...
	
	
	
	C                 Bb              Ab
	Over the rooftops bursts Billy Balloon
	
	          C
	Sadly the string descends
	
	                       F                      Eb    
	Searching its way down through blue submarine air
	
	              C
	The polka dot underwear
	
	   Ab/C              C
	To meet the trees in morning square
	
	     Ab/C                C
	Just hanging there, just hanging there
	
	
	Bb Cmaj7 repeat to fade