Key: G major
Verse 1
F#
B
F#
B
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B
You're having
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B
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tea with Graham Greene
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B
And you'll be held in high esteem
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G#
C#
If you're seen in between
B
F#
Stiffly holding umbrellas
B
F#
Catching the fellows making the toast
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To the civil servant Carruthers
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C#
Making the others worser than most
Verse 2
C#
F#
You're making small talk
B
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now with the Queen
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B
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You're very nervous they can all tell
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C#
Pretty well they can tell
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B
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Since the fashion now is to give away
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C#
All the things you love so well
Verse 3
F#
D#m
C#
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Welcome back to Chipping and Sodbury
D#m
C#
You can have another chance
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D#m
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It must all seem like second nature
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B
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B
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B
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they stand
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B
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According to the latest score
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B
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So in fu ture please bear in mind
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Don't see clear don't see far
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When the average social director
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So shocking see the old Church of E
Outro 1
C#
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D#m
C#
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D#m
C#
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D#m
C#
B
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B
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C#
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B
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B
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B
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B
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B
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B
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF# B C# G# D#m
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