Louis 'The Lip' MacNeice continued chords by John Clarke
Verse 1
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Em
Fm
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Fm
Also from McNeese, flagpole music.
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The appendectification of Yeats,
Em
the Celtification of John,
Fm
the mulliganising of Martello Jim,
Eb
the Nudigate Prize having gone.
D
Em
It's no go the half -time score,
it's no go relaxing,
Gbm
they'll come out of there like
a bull at a gate
after getting a boot
Em
in the jacksie.
G
Roger Casement looking to drive,
splitting the men in the covers,
Em
caught in the lovely republic of irony,
strung up as high as his lovers.
Bernard Shaw went to visit himself,
sequestered away in a castle,
and F .E. Smith, should it please the court,
E
Em
fellated the late king's arsehole.
It's no go Hotel Delac,
it's no go the Amos,
The booker is rigged and boring
as shit
and the publishers want to be famous.
Em
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D
It's no -go the final effort.
G
It's no -go the gumption.
It's into the showers
and out of the steam
and off to the aftermatch function.
It's no -go the Wittgenstein.
It's no -go linguistics.
No -go the sober pricks,
quickly becoming the piss -pricks.
No -go the cabaret.
Em
E
It's no -go the ball gown.
G
All we want is a bang in the dark
with a mate and a bottle of fall -down.
G
It's no -go the juxtapose.
Em
It's no -go the finger.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
join with me now
in formally thanking the singer.
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