The Boy With The Arab Strap Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Keyboards]
[G][G][G][G]
[G][G][G][G]

[Verse 1]
A [G]mile and a half on a bus takes a long time
The odor of old prison food
takes a long time to [C]pass you by
[G]Day upon day of this wandering
gets you down
Nobody gives you a chance or a dollar
in [C]this old town

[Verse 2]
[G]Hovering silence from you is a giveaway
Squalor and smoke's not your style
"I don't like this place"
[C]We better go
[G]Then I compare notes with your older sister
I am a lazy get,
she is as pure as the [C]cold driven snow

[Interlude 1]
[D][D][D][D]
[G][G][G][G]

[Verse 3]
[G]What did you learn from your time
in the solitary
Cell of your mind?
There was noises,
the distractions from [C]anything good
And the old prison food
[G]Colour my life with the chaos of trouble
'Cause anything's better than posh isolation
[C]I missed the bus
You were laid on your back
With the boy with the Arab [D]strap
With the boy from the Arab [G]strap

[Interlude 2]
[G][G][G][G]
[C][C][C][C]
[G][G][G][G]
[C][C][C][C]
[D][D][D][D]
[C][C][C][C]
[G][G][G][G]

[Verse 4]
It's [G]something to speak
of the way you are feeling
To crowds there assembled
Do you ever feel you have [C]gone too far?
[G]Everyone suffers in silence a burden
The man who drives minicabs
down in old Compton
The [C]Asian man
With his love hate affair
With his racist clien[D]tele

[Verse 5]
A [G]central location for you is a must
As you stagger about
making free with your lewd
and las[C]civious boasts
We [G]all know you are soft
'cause we've all seen you dancing
We all know you're hard
'cause we've all seen you drinking
from [C]noon until noon again
You're the boy with the filthy [D]laugh
You're the boy with the Arab [G]strap

[Interlude 3]
[G][G][G][G]
[C][C][C][C]
[G][G][G][G]
[C][C][C][C]

[Verse 6]
[G]Strapped to the table
with suits from the shelter shop
Comic celebrity takes a back seat
as the cig[C]arette catches
And sets off the smoke alarm
[G]What do you make of the cool set in London?
You're constantly updating your hit parade
of your [C]ten biggest wanks
She's a waitress and she's got [D]style