Chords for Kae Tempest - Pictures on a Screen (Live on KEXP)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
On the second floor of [D] the new build block with the yellow door, next to the boarded
[Gm] up independent record store, Bradley is awake.
He's watching notches on his clock face, lying
there [Dm] thinking his limbs are like fallen buildings and he's feeling like every single day he's
lived is out to kill him.
Now Bradley's got a good job.
He works in PR, he moved south
a few months back.
Top whack flat, all mod cons, [Gm] got them wall size windows.
He's a Manchester
boy done good in the big smoke.
Young professional, [Dm] single, tinder and flings.
Life seems simpler
than it's ever [Gm] been.
He's doing well.
He's living the dream and he's paying his mortgage
off.
Bradley doesn't know why he's not sleeping at night.
[A] He could get up, try and walk it
off, but he's got to get to work in a matter of hours.
Is he awake or asleep?
He can't
tell, he can't [Gm] dream, he can't feel, he can't scream, he just stares at his screen.
It says
4.18 and life's just a thing that he [Bb] does.
Bradley [Dm] rolls over, cold pillow, warm [Bb] body.
At the end [Gm] of his tether, as usual, he breathes softly.
He burrows down deep and he closes
his eyes and he thinks, man, is this really what it means to be alive?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] The days go past like pictures on a screen.
Sometimes I feel like my life is someone [Gm] else's
dream.
Most days I'm dazed, walking around, I'm working, talking, perking up, but I always
feel I can't be certain that I've woken up [F] at all.
Is this life?
Will this pass?
This
feeling like I'm looking at the world from behind glass, [D] even when I'm laughing hard
or falling on my, or half plastered before it's even dark or when some hard [Gm] boss to barge
his boss.
When I'm passing my targets at work, I can't shake the [F] feeling that life hasn't
started.
It's worse in the evenings at parties.
I'm standing apart, my heart's [Bm] hard, I can't
hardly be heard.
Still I'm harping on, barking out words.
Is this me?
Is this what I'm doing?
[Cm] I know I exist, but I don't feel a thing.
I'm eclipsed, I'm elsewhere [Bb] and the worst
part is I don't think that I care.
What am I gonna do to wake [Gm] up?
I know it's happening,
but who's it happening to?
Has this happened to you?
[Cm] I know it's happening, but who is
it happening to?
Has it [F] happened to you?
[Bb] I know it's happening, but who's it happening
to?
Has this happened to [Cm] you?
I know it's happening, but who is it happening to?
Has
it happened to you?
I [Gm] try new things.
I shoot films on my phone and I play them back when
I'm alone.
Did that happen?
I walk around trying to understand every sound, trying to
make my feet connect with every inch [Am] of ground.
The sky flattens my cap, battens me down.
[F] Everything's in its category, [Am] package and sell.
Flattering [Gm] girls, battle reality is
battle royale.
Everyone's chattering, nothing is real.
Collect my [F] salary, cooking a meal.
Rice and vegetables I exercise regularly, but how do I feel?
Whistle [D] a melody.
Is this
all that's ahead of me?
I always thought that life would mean more to me.
Eventually [Gm] I hate
to think I'll make it to 70, potentially 75.
[F] Realize I've never been alive.
Spend the
rest of my days regretting, wishing [Gm] I could keep forgetting.
I know it's happening, but
who's it happening to?
Has this happened to you?
[Cm] I know it's happening, but who is it
happening to?
Has it [F] happened to [Bb] you?
I know it's happening, but who's it happening to?
Has this happened to [Cm] you?
I know it's happening, but who is it happening [Dm] to?
[Gm] What am I gonna do to wake up? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Discover new music at _ listenerpoweredkexp