Key: D major
Verse 1
G
E
G
E
Call me morbid, call me pale
G
E
I've spent six years on your trail
Bm
A
G
E
A
Six long years on your trail
G
E
Call me morbid, call me pale
G
E
I've spent six years on your trail
Bm
A
G
E
A
Six full years of my life on your trail
Chorus 1
F#m
F#
G
D
A
And if you have five seconds to spare
F#m
F#
G
Then I'll tell you the story of my life
D
A
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
F#
Bm
G
I went to London and I
D
A
F#m
F#
I booked myself in at the Y. W.C. A.
Verse 2
G
E
I said I like it here, can I stay?
G
E
I like it here, can I stay?
Bm
A
G
Do you have a vacancy
E
A
for a back- scrubber
G
E
She was left behind, and sour
G
E
And she wrote to me equally dour
A
G
when you were hopelessly poor
E
A
I just liked you more
Chorus 2
F#m
F#
G
D
A
And if you have five seconds to spare
F#m
F#
G
Then I'll tell you the story of my life
D
A
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
F#
Bm
G
I went to London and I
D
A
F#m
F#
I booked myself in at the Y. W.C. A.
Verse 3
G
E
I said I like it here, can I stay?
G
E
I like it here, can I stay?
Bm
A
G
Do you have a vacancy
E
A
for a back- scrubber
G
E
Call me morbid, call me pale
G
E
I've spent too long on your trail
Bm
A
G
Far too long
E
A
chasing your tail, oh
Chorus 3
F#m
F#
G
D
A
And if you have five seconds to spare
F#m
F#
G
Then I'll tell you the story of my life
D
A
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
F#
Bm
G
That's the story of my life
D
A
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
F#m
F#
The story of my life
Outro 1
G
E
That's the story of my life
G
E
That's the story of my life
G
E
That's the story of my life
G
E
The story of my life
G
E
That's the story of my life
G
E
That's the story of my life
G
E
That's the story of my life
G
E
That's the story of my life
[Repeat and fade]
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