The Parrots Of Simple Street chords by David Cumming

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Verse 1
C 
F 
 (C major) The  (F major) kids all hang around
you in the coffee bar
Dm 
They  (D minor) treasure every word you say,
you're a star
Bb 
 (B flat major) Cos they're too dim to see
G 
C 
you're just  (G major) another hy (C major) pocrite
Bb 
G 
 (B flat major) They echo everything you say  (G major) 
C 
as though it's  (C major) holy writ
Yes, it's for sure, they're nothing more
F 
Ab 
than the  (F major) parrots of Simple  (A flat major) 
F 
Ab 
Street  (F major)  (A flat major) 
F 
C 
Repeat (F major) ing parrot fash (C major) ion,
F 
C 
what you say  (F major)  (C major) 
F 
Ab 
F 
The parrots  (F major) of  (A flat major) Simple Street  (F major) 
Ab 
F 
C 
 (A flat major) Cos they  (F major) don't even know  (C major) 
F 
C 
the time of  (F major) day  (C major) 
F 
The  (F major) girls are all on offer
and you take your pick
Dm 
You're  (D minor) just a con man
who is on to every trick
Bb 
They  (B flat major) see you as a poet
G 
C 
an (G major) d  some sort of prophet  (C major) too
Bb 
Don't  (B flat major) realize the things you say
G 
C 
 (G major) are not the thing (C major) s you do
They quote each word that they have heard
F 
Ab 
F 
Ab 
All the  (F major) parrots of  (A flat major) Simple Street  (F major)  (A flat major) 
F 
C 
F 
Repeat (F major) ing parrot fash (C major) ion what you say  (F major) 
C 
F 
Ab 
F 
The  (C major) parrots  (F major) of  (A flat major) Simple Street  (F major) 
Ab 
F 
 (A flat major) Cos they  (F major) don't even
C 
F 
C 
know  (C major) the time of  (F major) day  (C major) 
F 
Be  (F major) careful, cause one day you'll
wake up and you'll find
Dm 
Your  (D minor) so -called followers
are leaving you behind
Bb 
You'll  (B flat major) look ridiculous
G 
C 
where one  (G major) time you appeared  (C major) sublime
Bb 
Cause  (B flat major) you can't kid
G 
all of the people,  (G major) 
C 
no, not all  (C major) the time
But until then, I'll say again
F 
Ab 
They're the  (F major) parrots of  (A flat major) Simple Street
F 
Ab 
F 
 (F major) Repeat (A flat major) ing  (F major) parrot
C 
F 
fash (C major) ion what you say  (F major) 
C 
F 
Ab 
F 
The  (C major) par (F major) rots of Simple  (A flat major) Street  (F major) 
Ab 
F 
Cos  (A flat major)  (F major) they don't even
C 
F 
know  (C major) the time of  (F major) day
C 
F 
Ab 
F 
 (C major) The parrots  (F major) of  (A flat major) Simple Street  (F major) 
Ab 
F 
Ab 
F 
The  (A flat major)  (F major) parrots of  (A flat major) Simple Street  (F major) 
Ab 
F 
Ab 
The  (A flat major) parrots  (F major) of  (A flat major) Sample Street
F 
F 
 (F major)  (F major) 