F# A#m G#m C#
[Chorus]
F# A#m
This summer I'm gonna get us a motorbike
G#m
To ride us up to Ilfracombe
C# F#
And over to Ravenscliffe
[Verse 1]
C#
And it won't be the fancy kind:
D#m
Light, good for the easy wind.
B
Hang with me in the corners
G#m
Careful to hold on tight
C#
And we would never highway ride
D#m
We'd take the quiet roads beside
B
And park along a cornfield
G#m
When it suits us right
C#
Suits us right
[Chorus]
F# A#m
This summer I'm gonna get us a motorbike
G#m
To ride us up to Ilfracombe
C#
And over to Ravenscliffe
F# A#m
And this summer I'm gonna get us a motorbike
G#m
To ride us up to Ilfracombe
C# F#
And over to Ravenscliffe
[Verse 2]
C#
And my brother will be terrified
D#m
He's had some friends that nearly died
B
I said that I'd be careful
G#m
And try not to ride at night
C#
And he said, "That's what they always say
D#m
"Then a transport truck gets in your way.
B
"I want you holding flowers there
G#m
"At my wedding day"
C#
Wedding day
[Chorus]
F# A#m
This summer I'm gonna get us a motorbike
G#m
To ride us up to Ilfracombe
C#
And over to Ravenscliffe
F# A#m
This summer I'm gonna get us a motorbike
G#m
Something cheap on gasoline
C#
To get us into town and back
[Bridge]
C# F#
And when the fascists lock the city down
C# F#
And the riot police gather all around
B
Will we laugh
Will we laugh
G#m
Will we laugh
C#
That once we romanticized
C#
And we practically [expletive] fantasized
C#
About the downfall of a city
C#
About the downfall of a country
C#
About the downfall of a lifetime
[Guitar Solo]
F# A#m G#m C#
[Chorus]
F# A#m
This summer I'm gonna get us a motorbike
G#m
Something with some saddlebags
C#
That we can pack a picnic in
F# A#m
This summer I'm gonna get us a motorbike
G#m
Something cheap on gasoline
C#
To get us into town and back
