Wagner At The Opera chords by Chumbawamba

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Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) I'm laying on the pavement
And the last thing I recall
Picked up by the arms and legs
And taken from the hall
For squaring up to culture

Verse 2
In the circle and the stall
Em 
 (E minor) All because they're playing
Wagner at the opera
All because they're playing
Wagner at the opera

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Verse 3

Hurt can make you act without

Apology or regret

Over half a century

But still I can't forget

Ideology makes a mockery

Of the string quartet

All because they're

Verse 4

play

ing Wagner at the opera

All because they're playing

Wagner at the opera

Verse 5
Em 
When  (E minor) they came to take me
D 
C 
B 
 (D major) I was  (C major) standing  (B major) on a chair
Em 
D 
Em 
I  (E minor) can't  (D major) keep  (E minor) quiet
D 
Em 
B 
I have  (D major) something  (E minor) to  de (B major) clare
Em 
D 
 (E minor) Listen to my  (D major) rattle
C 
B 
For my  (C major) rattle says "Be (B major) ware"

Verse 6

All because they're playing

Wagner at the opera

All because they're playing

Wagner at the opera

Verse 7
A rattle for remembering
B 
Em 
B 
The  (B major) rattle  (E minor) of the  (B major) chains
Em 
A  (E minor) rattle for remembering
D 
Em 
B 
The  (D major) rattle  (E minor) of the  (B major) trains
Em 
From  (E minor) Warsaw down the decades
C 
B 
To  (C major) hell and home  (B major) again
Am 
 (A minor) All because

Verse 8
they're playing
B 
Em 
 (B major) Wagner at the oper (E minor) a
Am 
 (A minor) All because they're playing
B 
 (B major) Wagner at the opera
Em 
B 
 (E minor)  (B major) 

Verse 9
Em 
 (E minor) For everyone we lost
Am 
B 
I swing the rattle  (A minor) loud and  (B major) long
Em 
 (E minor) I swing it 'til I drown out
B 
All the music and the  (B major) songs
Em 
D 
This  (E minor) tattoo will last  (D major) forever
Em 
C 
B 
 (E minor) And my  (C major) memory is  (B major) long
Am 
B 
 (A minor) Here's to no more playing  (B major) Wagner

Verse 10
Em 
at the op (E minor) era
Am 
 (A minor) Here's to no more playing
B 
Em 
 (B major) Wagner at the oper (E minor) a
Am 
Here's to  (A minor) no  more playing
B 
Em 
 (B major) Wagner at the op (E minor) era