Inanity Over Christmas chords by
Madness

N/A

Key: Eb major

Verse 1
C C 
 
Hello, everyone out there. This is Carl
and the rest of Madness
We'd just like to bring you a bit of
Christmas cheer
Please remember to keep a smile
F F 
 
on your face 'till the New Year
C C 
 
Hello, this is Woody.

Verse 2

And we've got

a little song for ya. Merry Christmas

1, 2, 3, 4

Verse 3

Hi ya, Merry Christmas everyone,

Mark here. I'm going to play a bit of bass for you now.

Verse 4

Hello, this is Chris,

Happy Christmas

Verse 5

Hi, Lee Kix here, filling your stocking

I play sax

Verse 6

But also, I sing at the same time

Baffling, eh?

Well, it's

Verse 7
C C 
 
jingling bells,
D D 
 
it's Christmas time
F F 
 
C C 
 
As Santa fetches his sack
D D 
 
Snowdrop glitter falls from the skies
F F 
 
To settle upon each and
C C 
 
everyone's back

Verse 8
C C 
 
D D 
 
Chimney sweeps take to the streets
F F 
 
C C 
 
In the ongoing situation
D D 
 
Pages freeze upon your pension book
F F 
 
C C 
 
And up flies the flag of inflation
G G 
 
But oh

Verse 9
D D 
 
F#m F#m 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
this time  I'll be waiting
D D 
 
up by the chimney stack
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
On this coldest year since brr, up
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
up up above a reindeer's back
G G 
 
F F 
 
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
Stop off at
D D 
 
the Rock of Gibraltar
F F 
 
C C 
 
Tea under the blue lagoons of Malta
D D 
 
F F 
 
Wrap up warmer in Warsaw
C C 
 
Cruise over the flats of Alaska
G G 
 
And all

Verse 10
D D 
 
G G 
 
this time I'll be
D D 
 
waiting up by the chimney stack
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
On this coldest year since brr,
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
up up up above a reindeer's back
G G 
 
F F 
 
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
Bb Bb

Verse 11
F F 
 
I hope
you've enjoyed this song so far.
G G 
 
This is Suggs,
Bb Bb 
 
and now I am go  ing to take it away
F F 
 
OK, lads, get closer together

Interlude 1

Verse 12
D D 
 
G G 
 
And all this time I'll be waiting
D D 
 
up by the chimney stack
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
On this coldest year since brr, up
up up above a reindeer's back
G G 
 
F F 
 
Em Em 
 

Verse 13

OK,

quiet everybody. You should come on here

Er, hit me with those backing vocals,

Verse 14
yeah
G G 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Ooh
Ooh
F F 
 

Verse 15
G G 
 
"You'll never take me alive,
copper"
Bb Bb 
 
"Look, reindeer, don't be silly,
F F 
 
just settle down"
"I'm gonna get that
coney to ma"
G G 
 
"We've got you on six counts
of disturbing the peace"
Bb Bb 
 
"Shove it, copper,
F F 
 
I'll stick a grapefruit in your face"
C C 
 
D D 
 
"We're gonna keep singing "
"You are so..You are so...out of a job!
G G 
 
D D 
 
Now come on down here"
G G 
 
D D 
 
"Nothings going to stop us singing, copper,
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
even if I have gotta come down that chimney myself and Stick it in your face"
D D 
 
"I'm going to send in the troops if
you don't come down here""
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
"We're going to keep singing in every
home in the nation"
G G 
 
"Do whatever you want to do. Do
what you...fuck! That's it!
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
"You stupid flatfoot,
G G 
 
D D 
 
you'll never take me alive.
G G 
 
I'm on top of the world Ma
D D 
 
G G 
 
Top of the world Ma- Ma?"
Em Em 
 
Get those stickers on you

Verse 16
know...Chris, quieten down over there, will you,
I'm trying to get a Message across, you know
D D 
 
I'm going to change the world overnight,
yeah
Thank you
Thank you

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