The Great Escape Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]You were born with football [Em]boots
[A]an d a sun tan complexion
[D]You onc[G]e thought that on reflection,
[Em]you'[A]d really got it made
[D]You shrugged an[Em]d smiled
and made [A]the usual excuses
[D]You[G] suffered small abuses,
[Em]and settled for [A]their pay
[G]You want to learn to [Em]live lik[A]e earnerest the
[D]cra[G]t (an aristocrat)
You bought your girlfriends earring
[Em]s well that [A]soon put paid to that
and if [G]the whole world came crash[Em]ing,
[A]down around [D]your ears
[G]You could dream of stuck old wall
[Em]paper [A]and crystal chandeliers
[D]You [Em]cashed in your cards [A]now you want

[Verse 2]
to buy some glamour
[D]You[G] really are ena[Em]moured,
[A]with that new soap on a rope
A thousand [D]fat [Em]comedians [A]came in
disguised as cler[D]ics
[G]They got [Em]you in [A]histerics, and walked
off with your soul
and with [G]that cheap, skate, roy[Em]alty,
[A]you get your flag [D]and wave
[G]Well I saw you on TV [Em]grinning
[A]at the motorcade
Pretty [G]soon we'll hang the trait[Em]ors,
[A]string them up like drapes
[D]So we [G]can ride around like Steve
[Em]McQueen [A]in the great escape
[D]You hung around

[Verse 3]
[Em]to long,
[A]your mother read your letter[D]s
[G]You grinned like [Em]a go-getter, come
[A]come and got and gone
[D]The time [Em]the morning slips,
[A]blends into your wallpaper
[D]and[G] once you could escape her[Em] ,
[A]but where did you go wrong
and [G]your fathers at [Em]the factory
that [A]makes money seeling guns
[D]To [G]fight the wars that spends
[Em]the lives [A]of all the peoples sons
Pretty [G]soon we'll hang the traitor[Em]s,
[A]and we'll string them up like drapes
[D]So we can[G] ride around like Steve
[Em]McQueen [A]in the great escape

[Verse 4]
[D]You were born with [Em]football boots and
a [A]sun tan complex[D]ion
You once [G]thought that on reflec[Em]tion,
you'd [A]really got it [D]made
You once [G]thought that on reflec[Em]tion,
you'd [A]really got it [D]made
[G][Em][A]