Key: B major•
Verse 1
E
B
E
B
C#m
B
In the earliest days of my
A
G#m
shoplifting career,
F#m
C#m
G#m
B
You could safely say I was filled with fear.
A
B
It was nail biting work from the very start,
E
B
C#m
B
Af ter a while I could pick
A
B
or nick or steal,
F#m
C#m
G#m
Some shirts some trousers
E
G#m
B
A
and a few LPs.
No- one ever stopped me,
Verse 2
C#m
A
Things were as normal for an hour or so,
were a bit too slow.
E
B
C#m
B
Two store detectives made
a fast approach,
(you're nicked!)
G#m
B
The other grabbed my throat.
Interlude 1
E
C#m
B
A
G#m
B
C#m
G#m
B
A
B
E
B
Verse 3
F#m
B
A
Em
youthful folly.
Verse 4
Em
Dm
Em
But what will me social worker say,
D
Em
If I don't come home today?
Dm
Em
He'll give me a clout!
Dm
D#
Em
What if they don't let me out?
Dm
D
I'm from a broken home!
Verse 5
E
C#m
I'll tell them I'm the pro
C#m
G#m
B
And I always went out on my own.
A
B
Was it too late to say I'd pay,
E
B
C#m
Because I have no friends
G#m
B
did not have much,
A
B
So I started to steal in order
to get by.
B
E
deceives the eye.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B C#m A G#m...
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