[INSTRUMENTAL — pads first, skipping kick joins late] [VERSE 1 — close, matter-of-fact] Listed it Tuesday, sold by Friday Case still smells of '04 Sticker of a band we never were Peeling at the corner Buyer's some kid, seventeen Same hunger in his hands He says "can you play us something" I say I barely can [HOOK — warm chant] One chord, that's all (that's all) One chord, that's all Then it's yours, son One chord, that's all (that's all) One chord, that's all Then it's yours, son [VERSE 2 — clipped, dry] We rehearsed in Gaz's garage Summer we were seventeen Nearest we got to famous Was a pub in Stoke Gaz drives a van for Argos Mic does mortgages now I'm the last one holding out Two hundred quid for giving in [HOOK — warm chant] One chord, that's all (that's all) One chord, that's all Then it's yours, son One chord, that's all (that's all) One chord, that's all Then it's yours, son [INSTRUMENTAL — vocal chops skip over rolling bass] [VERSE 3 — softer, brighter at the end] The kid plays a riff of his own Rough but it's got shoulders I knock twenty off the asking Tell him strings are new Walking home I hear it faint Practiced wrong, played loud Somebody's starting something Good. Good. [FINAL HOOK — fullest, chops stacked] One chord, that's all (that's all) One chord, that's all Then it's yours, son One chord, that's all (that's all) One chord, that's all Then it's yours, son [OUTRO — fragments, soft] One chord, that's all [INSTRUMENTAL OUTRO — hats dissolve, piano holds]
