You Know It Couldnt Last

morrissey - you know i couldn’t last ( from album you are the quarry ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C Em the whisperings , may hurt you Am F but the printed word might kill you C Em the whisperings , may hurt you Am F but the printed word might kill you C Em Am so don’t let the blue , the blue eyes fool you A they’re just gelignite , loaded and aiming right between your eyes D G D/F# Em cds and t - shirts , promos god knows - oh! A D you know i couldn’t last D G D/F# Em A someone , please take me home C Em Am F the teenagers , who love you , they will wake up , yawn and kill you C Em Am F the teenagers , who love you , they will wake up , yawn and kill you C Em Am so don’t let the blue , the blue eyes fool you A they’re just gelignite , loaded and aiming right between your eyes D G D/F# Em cds and t - shirts , promos god knows - oh! A D you know i couldn’t last D G D/F# Em A someone , please take me home D G D/F# there’s a cash register ringing and Em A it weighs so heavy on my back D G D/F# Em A someone please take me home C Em the critics who , can’t break you Am F they somehow help to make you C Em the critics who , can’t break you Am F unwittingly they make you C Em Am so don’t let the good days , of the gold discs , creep up and mug you A no , no - no , no , no - oh! D G D/F# Em A with evil legal eagles , you know i couldn’t last D G D/F# Em A accountants rampant , you know i couldn’t last D G D/F# Em A every - ist and every - ism , thrown my way to stay D G D/F# Em A and the northern leeches go on , removing , removing , removing C F C F then in the end , your royalties bring you luxuries , your royalties bring you Dm F G luxuries , oh but D G D G D G the squalor of the mind , the squalor of the mind , the squalor of the mind