Lord Bateman's Motorbike chords by Chumbawamba
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Verse 1
(D major) (B minor) (G major) (variable amounts of clouds,
but some
(D major) Sunny spells as well
There is going (G major) to be the odd shower)
Lord (D major) Bateman
Verse 2
runs an inn
out on the (B minor) (G major) A65
(D major) Sort of place where everybody
Drink (B minor) s be (G major) fore they drive
(E minor) Weekends runs a motorbike to
Scar (A major) borough and back
(E minor) He’s not too many brandies from
A second (A major) heart attack (D major) (G major)
John (D major) Barleycorn he works the land
And (G major) drinks at Bateman’s Inn
(D major) An d every evening toasts to all the
Thing (G major) s that might have been
(E minor) Tells the world that once he had
A tri (A major) al for Hull KR
Now he (E minor) watches them on TV in
The corner (A major) of the bar (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major)
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Verse 3
Lord (D major) Bateman gets up early lifts
The latches (G major) on the gate
Sev (D major) en horses stabled and the
Fam (G major) ily sleeping late
(E minor) Fourteen hundred acres two (A major) daughters
And a son (E minor) he’ll ride
the eastern coast and
Back be (A major) fore the morning’s done (D major) (G major)
John (D major) Barleycorn he’s up at dawn
And (G major) working off the beer
Same (D major) thing every day of every
Week (G major) of every year
(E minor) Hears Lord Bateman racing by
Along (A major) the county lanes
And (E minor) pulls his jacket tight against
The (A major) coming of the rain (D major)
(G major)
Interlude 1
(D major) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Lord (D major) Bateman
Verse 4
meets
the storm that’s
Coming in (G major) from the shore
Speed (D major) ing over Quarry Hill
at (G major) 85 or more
(E minor) There’s rain to take the wheels
Away (A major) rain among the glass
And (E minor) rain to wash the blood into
The tarmac (A major) and the grass (D major) (G major)
In the months (D major) to come John Barleycorn
He (G major) sit's and drinks his fill
(D major) Measures out his life between his
(G major) Pocket and the till
So (E minor) down the generations Batem (A major) an’s
Son behind the bar
While (E minor) Barleycorn he sips his beer
And (A major) watches Hull KR
(I'm having a wonderful time (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major)
Drunk on (G major) com (D major) (G major) mu (D major) (G major) nion
(D major) (G major) (D major) wine
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major)
I'm (D major) having a wonderful time (G major)
Drunk (D major) on communion wine)
Outro 1
(D major)
Lord Bateman's Motorbike
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