Psycho Street chords by Richard Thompson
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Verse 1
(E major) A (Esus2) (E minor) (Esus2) (E major) (Esus2) (E minor) (Esus2)
(E major) (Esus2) (E major) (Esus2) (E minor)
(Esus2) (E major) (E minor) (C major) (E minor) (D major) (D minor)
(C major) man sit (D major) s down (C sharp major) to write a (G major) letter,
(G minor) But instead he writes a book (C major)
(G major) The book begins -
Dear Sir, (C major) I don't if you're (G major) in terested
But you're wife (F minor) is a whore
Verse 2
(F minor)
(C minor) A man gets on a train and proceeds
To (F minor) take all his clothes off
He begins to play with himself,
(C minor) and he says
"In my country,
this is definitely not (C major) offens (G major) ive" (A minor) (D major)
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Verse 3
A man (A minor) pours petrol (D major) through his
neighbour's letterbox
And throws in a match
The (C major) house is (F major) engulfed in flames (C major)
As the neighbours jump (A minor) from
the (D major) upstair (B flat major) s window
(B flat minor) He films (C major) the whole thing (E minor) on video (G major)
He plays it back to them (D sharp major) later (C major) in hospital
(C sharp major) "Things have been pretty dull at home
without (C major) you" he says (G major)
(B minor) (D major) (D minor) (F major)
Verse 4
A man (C minor) pushes (F major) a lawn mower
Two hundred miles (Cdim) on his knees
To (C minor) the tomb of the unknown gardener
"Great one" he cries (Cdim)
"I've done my (B major) penance. (Cdim)
(B major) I bring (C sharp minor) my offering.
(F sharp minor) Grant me, grant me, (D major) grant (D sharpdim) me,
(F sharpdim) pest- (D major) free (D sharpdim) roses" (D major)
Verse 5
(G major)
Psycho Street,
(E minor) friendly people down on Psycho (G major) Street
(E minor) Good neighbours down on Psycho (G major) Street
(E minor) And if you (G major) need a hand,
need a friend, (C major) we understand (C minor)
And if you (G major) need a pal, we'll be there, (C major)
any (A major) how (A minor)
(E minor) Psycho (E major) Street, (E minor) Psycho Street,
Psycho Street
(G major)
Verse 6
A man (D minor) stakes his neighbour's (D major) cat
To the bar (G major) be (E minor) cue
and turns (G major) on the gas
"Now are you going to talk" he says
"Or am I (D major) going to have (D minor) to
get nasty?" (F minor)
Verse 7
(C minor)
A man has an inflatable doll made
(G major) That look (C minor) s exactly like his wife
He murders his wife,
dissolves (D flat major) her body in acid
(C minor) And marries the doll
Three (D minor) (C minor) years later,
he leaves her for an (C major) other (A minor) doll
Verse 8
(A minor)
A man hand (D major) s his son a brick and says
"Son, (A major) (A minor) throw this (A major) brick through (D major) the green
(G major) house nex (D major) t door" (D flat major)
The boy does
The boy next door throws one back
It hits the man on the head
and mortally (B flat major) wounds him
"Ah (D major) well" he says,
as his life (B minor) blood (E minor) trickles away
(E major) "Boys (B flat major) will be (D major) (Cdim) boys" (C minor)
Verse 9
A thoughtful woman (C minor) sends
her best friend a parcel (D flat major)
(C minor) Inside, it says, is a free sample,
full (D flat major) body beauty treatment
(E flat major) But really it contains (D flat major) acids and chemicals
When (C minor) her friend tries (B major) it, her hair falls out,
Her face is wrinkled (C sharp major) and
(C major) her body scarred (G major)
The (D major) (C minor) thoughtful woman turns to
her hus (D major) band and winks
And says "Pre- emptive strike"
(G major)
Verse 10
(G major) Psycho Street, friendly (E minor) people
down on Psycho (G major) Street
Good (E minor) neighbors down on
Psycho (G major) Street (E minor)
If you (G major) need a hand, need a friend, (C major)
we understand (C minor)
And if you (G major) need a pal,
we'll be there, (C major) anyhow (C minor)
Oh Psycho (G major) Street, (E minor) (C major) Psycho (G major) Street,
(D major) (G major) (E minor) Psycho Street (B major) (E minor)
Psycho Street, (C major) (E minor) Psycho Street,
(D major) (G major) (D major) (A minor) Psycho (E minor) Street
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(G major) (G major) (E minor) (A minor) (C major) (E minor)
(A minor) (E minor) (A minor) (E minor)
Psycho Street
Richard Thompson
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