Robber — The Weather Station

Chords and lyrics for Robber by The Weather Station (key of F).

Riff

[Cm] [Cm7]
[F] [Fsus(b9)]

Intro

[Cm] [Cm7] [Cm] [F]

Verse 1

I never [Cm]believed in the robber[Cm7]
I never saw nobody climb over my fence[F]
No black bag, no gloved hand
I never [Cm]believed in the robber[Cm7]
[Cm]I figured everything he took was gone
Nothing to [F]do, nothing to be done
I never [Cm]believed in the robber[Cm7]
[Cm]No, I never believed in the robber

Verse 2

You never [Cm]believed in the [Cm7]robber
[Cm]You thought, "A robber must hate you to wanna take from [F]you"
[F]The robber don’t hate you
[F]You never believed in the robber
But the robber never [Cm]believed in you[Cm7]
[Cm]You were two halves of the same piece, divided into two
[F]No, the robber don’t hate you

Verse 3

No, the robber don’t [Cm]hate you, he had [Cm7]permission
[Cm]Permission by words, permission of thanks
[F]Permission by laws, permission of banks
White [F]table cloth dinners, convention centres
It was all done real [Cm]carefully
Make [Cm7]real imagination, make unreal that which can be taken
[F]Turn your gaze from the window’s light
[F]Turn your attention to this sharp knife

Interlude

[Cm] [Cm7] [Cm] [F]

Verse 4

I never [Cm]believed in the robber[Cm7]
When I was young, I learned how to make love to the [F]robber
To [F]dance with the other
To [F]wring from his hand the touch of a lover
I never [Cm]believed in the robber[Cm7]
Nobody [Cm]taught me nothing was mine
If [F]nothing was mine, taking was all there was
[F]Looting at dawn, [F]looting at dusk
Hold [Cm]open the gates for the [Cm7]want with [Cm]lust
And [Cm]all I saw was the dust, kicked up[F]

Outro

[Cm] [Cm7] [Cm] [F]
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