I've No Alibi chords by Damien Dempsey, Sharon Shannon

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Intro 1

Verse 1

I've no alibi,

I'm so bad I cry

I've no alibi, I laugh until I cry

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Verse 2

I talk shite, shite, shite

And they buy, buy, buy, buy it

I talk shite, shite, shite

And they buy, buy, buy, buy it

Verse 3
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I  (G major) wish I was cute and I  (F major) looked the part
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Gold  (C major) chain round my  (F major) neck
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and on each  (G major) arm a tart
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I wish I was cool with the  (F major) hip crowd in
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I could  (C major) take all my  (F major) lyrics and
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 (G major) throw them in the bin
I'd have a six pack stomach
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like your  (F major) man Andre
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Drive  (C major) round in my  (F major) jeep and at night  (G major) time,
Parte

Verse 4
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I'd write  (G major) throwaway lyrics,
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with no  (F major) meaning at all
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And I'd  (C major) work on my appear
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 (F major) ance for the  (G major) MTV ball
Care more about how I looked and
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how I  (F major) came across
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Than the  (C major) drivel I was writ (F major) ing,
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for  (G major) words I'm at a loss
I could put out what I liked,
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just as  (F major) long as it had a beat

Verse 5
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And the  (C major) masses would  (F major) love it,
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They would  (G major) mob me on the street
Pour some serious money into
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the  (F major) video
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Have some  (C major) fly girls  (F major) shaking their as
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 (G major) ses don't you know
I could dress up like a gangster
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rap (F major) per
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And pretend I'm from the  (C major) street
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Even  (F major) if I was a  (G major) rich white idiot

Verse 6

I've no alibi, I'm so bad I cry

I've no alibi, I laugh until I cry

Verse 7

I talk shite, shite, shite

And they buy, buy, buy, buy it

I talk shite, shite, shite

And they buy, buy, buy, buy it

Verse 8
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 (G major) Everyone would love me, they'd
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 (F major) Have no feckin' choice
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 (C major) 'Cause I'd be pushed right
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 (F major) down their throat
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Not  (G major) once, not twice but thrice
In the papers, up on billboards,
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In the  (F major) news and on your screens
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I'd be  (C major) haunting you, you'd  (F major) probably
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Even  (G major) see me in your dreams

Verse 9
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And  (G major) the media monster,
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I'd be  (F major) riding on its back
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I'd be  (C major) hunting poor unfor (F major) tunates,
with my
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 (G major) Truncheon eardrums crack
Get an overall tan,
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sign  (F major) my autograph for a quid
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And I'd  (C major) put across a mes (F major) sage
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that would  (G major) say this to a kid
I'm so trendy, I'm so talented,
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I'm so  (F major) handsome, I'm so cool

Verse 10
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 (C major) Buy my tape and  (F major) praise me, I'm
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a  (G major) God you fool
You're not trendy, you're not
talented
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You're not  (F major) handsome, you're not hip
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 (C major) I'll be all these  (F major) things for
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you and my  (G major) lyrics will equip
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Equip you for  (F major) eh,  (C major) equip you  (F major) for eh,  (G major) 
oh eh

Verse 11
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CD's, posters, T- shirts,  (F major) 
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all my ice cool merchand (C major) ise
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So go  (F major) now,
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to your  (G major) nearest retail outlet as quickly as you can
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And don't be shy my friend,  (F major) spend,
spend, spend, spend, spend
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Spend, spend, spend,  (G major) spend, spend,
and remember that
I love you
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 (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (G major) 

Verse 12

I've no alibi, I'm so bad I cry

I've no alibi,

I laugh until I cry

Interlude 1

Verse 13
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 (G major) talk  (C major) shite, shite,  (B flat major) shite  (F major)  (G major) 
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And they  (C major) buy, buy,  (B flat major) buy,  (F major)  (G major) buy it
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I talk  (C major) shite, shite,  (B flat major) shite  (F major)  (G major) 
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And they  (C major) buy,  (B flat major) buy, buy,  (F major)  (G major) buy it