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Herbert chords by 
Madness 
N/A•
Key: E minor•BPM: 122
Verse 1
Em
Bm
Em
Bm
Em
She was fur
Bm
ther than her father
Em
Bm
But I was really rather
Em
Bm
Partial to the way.
Em
To the way she took her stand
Bm
Am
Bm
She glanced over his shoulder
Em
Am
Urging me to be bolder
Bm
Em
I subtly tried to push past her old man
Verse 2
Em
Bm
But he stepped sideways firmly
Em
Bm
A prop forward from Burnley
Em
Bm
Em
I felt like I'd walked into a brick wall
A
He menacingly whispered:
Am
Bm
"Sonny Jim,
Em
Am
I know exactly where you've been
A
Bm
Em
Stop now or believe me - you will fall"
Verse 3
C
Em
She was a preacher's daughter
Bm
Em
A rugby playing porter
C
Em
Who'd become a wealthy
Am
C
hotelier
Em
Before he got the calling
Bm
That fuels his stonewalling
Em
A
Bm
Now he wants to put me my derriere
Em
Verse 4
G
Em
Oh yeah, the wages of sin
Bm
B
There's a big fat bloke trying to do me in
Bm
Em
Well I can't hide and I can't run
D
A
Em
He's chasing me around with an old shotgun
Interlude 1
D
A
Em
Bm
C
D
Em
Bm
F#m
Bm
Em
Bm
C
D
Em
Bm
Verse 5
Em
Bm
Well it was some time later, that
Em
Bm
I overheard her pater
Em
B
Bm
Holding forth and splendidly well
Em
F#m
Em
D
oiled:
Am
"Where there's muck
Bm
there's brass
Em
Am
And I'll tell you now no lass
Bm
Of mine will be sullied or despoiled
Em
Bm
By a rotten little Herbert
Em
Bm
My princess made of sherbert
Em
Bm
A lavender, my cupcake,
Em
coo ca choo"
A
Am
Bm
My chance's get ting slimmer
Em
Am
My hopes were going dimmer
Bm
Em
So I grabbed her and I took her in the loo
Verse 6
C
Em
She was a preaches daughter
Bm
Em
And I really didn't oughta
C
Em
Am
Have taken her and done what I have done
C
Em
He wants to take me to the cleaners
Bm
Em
For previous misdemeanours
Am
Bm
Em
And get me up the aisle with his shotgun
Am
Bm
And take me up the aisle
Em
with his shotgun
Verse 7
G
Em
Oh yeah, the wages of sin
Bm
B
There's a big fat bloke trying to do me in
Bm
Em
Well I can't hide and I can't run
D
A
He's chasing me around
Em
with an old shotgun
Verse 8
G
Em
Yeah, yeah, the wages of sin
Bm
B
There's a big fat bloke trying to do me in
Bm
Em
Well I can't hide and I can't run
D
A
Em
He's chasing me around with an old shotgun
Interlude 2
Em
Bm
C
Bm
Em
Bm
F#m
Bm
Em
Bm
C
Bm
Em
Bm
Em
Bm
C
Em
Bm
Em
Bm
C
D
Em
Bm
Em
Bm
C
D
Em
Verse 9
Bm
He's an antique shotgun
Outro 1
Em
Bm
C
Em
Bm
Em
Bm
C
D
Em
B
Bm
Em
C
Em
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