Part Of The Band

The 1975
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Updated: Mar 2026 Version: #1

Intro

[C] [Dm] [C]

[F] she was part of the air [C]force,

i was part of the [G]band

i always used to [Am]bust into her hand

[F] in my, my, [C]my imagi[G]nation[Am]

[F] i was living my [C]best life,

living with my [G]parents

way before the [Am]paying penance

and verbal prope[F]llants

and my, my, [C]my cance[G]llation[Am], hm yeah

Intro

[F] [C] [G] [Am]

[F] [C] [G] [Am]

and i[F] fell in love with a [C]boy,

it was kinda lame

[G] i was rimbaud and [Am]he was paul verlaine

[F] in my, my, [C]my imagi[G]nation[Am]

[F] so many cringes and [C]heroin binges

i was [G]coming off the hinges,

li[Am]ving on the fringes

of[F] my, my, [C]my imagi[G]nation[Am], oh yeah..

[Dm]-[Em]-[F]-[G] enough about me now..

[Dm]-[Em]-[F] you gotta[G] talk

about the people, baby

[Dm]-[Em]-[F]-[G]

(but that’s kind of the idea)

Chorus

[Am]at home, somewhere [G]i don’t like..

[F]eating stuff off of [C]motorbikes..

[F]coming[Em] to [F]her lookalikes[G].. [E]

[Am]i can’t get the [G]language right..

just [F]tell me what’s un[C]ladylike..

[F]hu[Em] hu [F]hu.[G].

i know [F]some vaccinista

[C]tote bag chic baris[G]tas sitting in east

on their [Am]communista keisters

[F] writing a[C]bout their ejacu[G]lations[Am]

i like my[F] men, like i like my [C]coffee

full of soy [G]milk and so sweet,

it won’t o[Am]ffend anybody

whilst[F] staining the [C]pages

of the [G]nation[Am], oh yeah..

[Dm]-[Em]-[F]-[G] a xanax and a newport..

[Dm]-[Em]-[F] well i take [G]care of my kids,

she said

[Dm]-[Em]-[F]-[G]

Chorus

the [Am]worst inside of [G]us begets..

that [F]feeling on the [C]internet..

it’s [F]like som[Em]eone i[F]ntended it..

[G] [E]

(like advertising cigarettes)

a [Am]diamond in the [G]rough begets

the [F]diamond with a [C]scruff you get

[F]hu[Em] hu [F]hu[G]..

Interlude

[F] [C] [G] [Am]

[F] [C] [G] [Am]

[F] [C] [G] [Am]

[F] [C] [G] [Am]

am i[F] ironically woke?

the [C]butt of my joke?

or am i [G]just some post-coke,

[Am]average, skinny bloke

[F] calling his [C]ego imagi[G]nation?[Am]

i’ve not [F]picked up that

in a [C]thousand four hundred [G]days

and nine hours and [Am]sixteen minutes, babe

[F] it’s kind of my [C]daily ite[G]ration[Am].. [F]