B             B/F#             A            A/E
  Make a new cult every day to suit your affairs
B                B/F#              A            E             
  Kissing girls in english, at the back of the stairs
G                                  B
  You’re a honey, with a following of innocent boys


B           E
 They never know it
                    B
 Because you never show it
                F#
 You always get your way
B            E
 They never know it
                  B
 Because you never show it
                   F#
 You always get your way


B                    B/F#             A                  A/E
Have you and her been taking pictures of your obsessions? 
B                 B/F#                  A            E
 Because I met a [boy] who went through one of your sessions
G
 In his blue velour and silk


        B
You liberated
               E
A boy I never rated
                      B
And now he’s throwing discuss
                  F#        
For liverpool and widnes
B          E
  You liberated
               B
A boy I never rated
                F#
And now he’s doing business


F#
 The stars of track and field, you are
F#
 The stars of track and field, you are
F#                                E
 The stars of track and field are beautiful people


B               B/F#             A             A/E
 Could I write a piece about you now that you’ve made it? 
B          B/F#                     A              E
 About the hours spent, the [worldliness] in your training
G                              B
 You only did it so that you could wear
             E
Your terry underwear
               B
And feel the city air
            F#   
Run past your body
B            E
  Your terry underwear
               B
And feel the city air
            F#   
Run past your body


B               B/F#              A            A/E
 Could I write a requiem for you when you’re dead?
B                 B/F#                 A                E 
 She had the moves, she had the speed, it went to her head
G                                      B
 She never needed [anyone] to get her round the track
               E
But when she’s on her back
             B
She had the knowledge
                 F#
To get her into college
B               E
 But when she’s on her back
            B
She had the knowledge
                F#
To get her [what she wanted]


F#
 The stars of track and field, you are
F#
 The stars of track and field, you are
F#                                E
 The stars of track and field are beautiful people