| D     | D   A   |


[Verse 1]
D                                             A
 We are private detectives onward back from a musical pilgrimage
D                                    A
 We work under the name of the Fall
             D
Who would suspect this?

It is too obvious
              A
Our office is secluded
D
 Those there to suspect
      A                        D
Would not see the wood for the trees
                                A
We were six like dice but we're back to five
D                           A           D
 Up here in the North there are no wage packet jobs for us

Thank Christ
A                   D
While young married couples discuss the poverties
              A
Of their self-built traps
D                                        A
 And the junior clergy demand more cash
        D                                      A      D  A
We spit in their plate and wait for the ice to melt


[Interlude]
| D     | D   A   | D     | D   A   |  x3


[Verse 2]
  D                   A
I must create a new regime
   D                       A     D  A
Or live by another man's
           D           A
Before the moon falls
           D           A     D  A
Before the moon falls
  D                  A
I must create a new scheme
        D                     A    D  A
And get out of others' hands
           D           A
Before the moon falls
           D           A     D  A
Before the moon falls


[Interlude]
| D     | D   A   | D     | D   A   |


[Verse 3]
        D                  A
I could use some pure criminals
           D                  A       D  A
And get my hands on some royalties
           D            A
Before the moon falls
           D            A
Before the moon falls


[Interlude]
| D     | D   A   | D     | D   A   |  x2


[Verse 4]
  D                   A
A problem of this new scheme
   D                       A       D  A
Is answering obscene phone calls
           D            A
Before the moon falls
           D            A
Before the moon falls


[Bridge]
G
 Gotta stop drifting around
G
 Kill this ugly duckling
G
 We've got the power
G
 And must not misuse it
            D                          A   D  A
Cos life is short and full of thought
          D       A
I use the power
          D       A
I use the power


[Interlude]
| D     | D   A   | D     | D   A   |  x2


[Verse 5]
D           A    D                    A      D  A
And will forever end this reign of terror
           D            A
Before the moon falls
           D            A
Before the moon falls
           D            A
Before the moon falls
           D            A
Before the moon falls
           D               A
Before the tide subsides
           D                        A
Before the moon falls for the fifth time
           D            A
Before the moon falls
           D            A
Before the moon falls
           D             A
Before The Fall swoons
           D             A
Before The Fall swoons