Wire - "Lowdown"

Here's one we could take a crack at...
Wire - Lowdown (mp3)

Lyrics with tab:

e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|-10---7--------|
D|-10---7--------|
A|-8----5--0-3-0-|
E|---------------|

The time is too short
but never too long
to reach ahead
to project the image
which will in time become a concrete dream

Another cigarette
another day
from A to B
again avoiding C, D, and E
'cos E is where you play the blues
Avoiding a death is to win the game
to avoid relegation, the big E

[A5] Drowning in the big swim
[B5] rising to the [C5] surface
[F5 D5]

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------|

e|-----------------|----------|
B|-----------------|----------|
G|-4-4-4-4-5-5---5-|-7--------|
D|-4-4-4-4-5-5---5-|-7--------|
A|-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-3-|-5--------|
E|-----------------|----------|

The smell of you
That's the lowdown