The Knicker Elastic King Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]He used to travel in bat[Am]h cubes
[C]until the slu[Fm]mp came
[G]Faced with re[F]dundancy
he [G]turned his mind to [F]other things
and [G]soon became a [F]household [C]name
[G]Knicker Elastic [F]- everybody used it
[G]Knicker Elastic [F]- nobody refused it
The Knicker [Bb]Elastic [C]King
The Knicker [Bb]Elastic [C]King
[G]A self-made man man with a
busi[Em]ness to [Ebaug]run
A [G]something to sell - to [Em]everyone
[Ebaug]The Knicker Elast
[Bb]ic King[C][Bb][C]
[D]He grew so rich the Gnomes of Zur[Bm]ich
[D]were green with env[Gm]y
The [A]darling of [G]the Stock Exchange
[A]made the New Year's [G]Honours List
and [A]won the Queen's [G]Award to Industry
[D]Kni[A]cker Elastic - e[G]ssence
of propriety
[A]Knicker Elastic - u[G]pholder of society
The [Bb]Knicker [C]Elastic [D]King
[Bb]Ooh la l[C]a...[D][Bb][Eb]
[C#][F#][B][G#m]
[E]His rubber business kept expan[C#m]ding
[E]but then disast[Am]er...
Ee bah gum!
The [B]price of raw ma[A]terials
[B]coupled with infla[A]tion
[B]squeezed his global [A]holdings
his li[B]quid assets bot[A]tomed out
[B]and shrunk his retail outlet operation
[E]..And that's the story of
The [C]Knicker [D]Elastic King...
[E]and market forces
The [C]Knicker [D]Elastic King...
[E]'Horses for courses'
[B]A self-made man with a
busi[Abm]ness to r[Ebaug]un
And [B]something to sell - to [Abm]everyone
[Ebaug]The Knick[G]er [C]Elast
[D]ic Kin[E]g[E]
[C]Ooh la [D]la...[E]
The [C]Knicker [D]Elastic [E]King

[Outro 1]
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