Key: A minor
Verse 1
Am
C
Am
F#m
C
F
C
Couldn't get ahead
Am
C
F
I just couldn't get
C
F
Am
ahead
Interlude 1
C
A
C
A
Verse 2
C
A
A5
Come out of pub, the shop is closed
C
F
A
Come out of pub, Harry wants to know
F
Dm
F
When the next bus is
Bb
Dm
F
I said five or ten minutes
Dm
F
Bb
Dm
I had my change in my hands
C
A
The bus flashes past.
C
F
A
My hands are caught
Verse 3
C
F#m
Am
F#m
C
Couldn't get ahead. I just
F
C
F#m
A5
F#m
C
couldn't get ahead.
F
C
A
C
A
C
In a week,
C
A
Got all my jobs done
F
Dm
My eyelids were sick of it
F
Bb
Dm
Gist was I could sleep for a day?
F
Dm
F
But bad bills have no respect for
Bb
Dm
C
a decent man's rest
A
C
Flopping on the doorstep
F
A
Outlined in color red
Verse 4
C
F#m
A5
A
C
F
C
F#m
A
Couldn't get ahead. Just couldn't get ahead.
F#m
Am
C
F
Am
Dm
F
Dm
Am
F
Am
Dm
Am
F
Dm
F
Am
F
C
A
C
On an Asiatic plane with
C
A
Toilet queue was endless
C
F
A
Couldn't get a beer
F
Dm
F
Dm
The hostesses were muslims
F
Dm
When I get in toilet,
F
Bb
Dm
Light flashes: "Return to seat."
C
A
I feared withdrawal
Verse 5
C
Am
A
Am
C
Couldn't get ahead. Just couldn't
F
C
F#m
A
F#m
Am
C
F
C
A
C
get ahead.
F
A
C
A
C
Now my problems are solved
F
A
C
It's a remedy of old
C
F
A
Put on some Armani clothes
F
Dm
And act like ET
F
Bb
Dm
F
Where I'm at is a cabbage patch,
F
Bb
Dm
Have a Gandhi at me
C
A
Colour mags wish me well
C
F
A
C
F#m
No more, no get
F#m
C
F
ahead.
Verse 6
C
A
F#m
Couldn't get ahead.
C
F
Just couldn't get ahead.
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