Tales Of The Semi-detached Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em][Am][C][Am]
A man was [G]spoiled tonight
as he [Em]took the air by the waterside
[Am]He seemed to hesit[G]ate so re[Em]
pentant to participate
[Am]Press pause, [G]the dealing's off,
[Em]events had gone quicker than he'd ever had thought
[Am]Head down but there's [G]no- one around
[Em]into those? but the tights had started waving

[Verse 2]
[C]The local pa[Dm]per screams [Am]his name
[C]They print his [Dm]postcode [Em]to shame him
[C]An honest [Dm]drink, the curtain[Am]s twitch
[C]The perfect [Dm]home and fever [Em]pitch
[Am]He was always pr[G]oud of his scars but the

[Verse 3]
[Em]
wind below me goes so far
[Am]Now he's always [G]first to the bar d[Em]evel
oping a taste for a cool sensation
[Am]Man down, a [G]man overboard,
the [Em]women and the children all stand and applaud
[Am]Down this bumpy [G]of a road the [Em]voices are never
good enough and the laughs had gone too [C]far

[Verse 4]
The local [Dm]pa per screams h[Am]is name
[C]They print his [Dm]postcode but
[Em]he's not ashamed
[C]The social [Dm]ser vice, that's too [Am]swell
[C]Of course it [Dm]leaves a fiery [Em]trail[Am][G][Em]
[Am][G][Em][Am][G]
[Em][Am][G][Em]

[Verse 5]
[Am]It was a myth and I [G]almost believed it but [Em]what about
the part where the dealer's defeated?
[Am]They'd be offended to [G]fire in their own [Dm]city there's
a [Em]formula that works and it should be repeated

[Verse 6]
[C]The local [Dm]pa per screams his n[Am]ame
[C]They print his [Dm]postcode but
[Em]he's not ashamed
[C]An honest [Dm]drink, the curtain[Am]s twitch
[C]The perfect [Dm]home and fever [Am]pitch