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We all got our runnins chords by The Streets

  • Am

  • E

  • G

  • F#

    2
  • Gm

    3
  • Bb

  • Bbm

  • Bb#m

  • Em

Intro 1
Am
E
Am
Verse 1
Am
Again I step out my yard
E
Head swings round,
Am
clocks my landlord
Start chippin' up the road cos I owe
him three- weeks dough

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Verse 2
E
The ship's sinkin',
tele's on the blink
Am
'N' in the pub it's one
beer to last all evening
Later on chips for feedin'
Verse 3
E
When the quids are down
Am
Try sneakin' a bottle of brandy round
bouncers into the Ministry Of Sound
Scored, Moffat,
back indoors with a profit
E
'Cos they do say havin' no money forces one
Am
to make the right choices on life each day
If you can't pay you can't play
Verse 4
E
Success hides a multitude of sins
Am
But I ain't successful and my
piggy- bank's still in the bin,
Been there since I was a kid
Verse 5
E
Goin' round in circles,
Am
not being careful but say;
"I get paid on Friday,
E
Am
can't wait to live life my way"
Verse 6
Am
'Cos on the streets I'm just a geezer
E
I gotta make ends meet, yeah?
Am
Gotta do what I need to
E
Am
Shit, we all got our
runnin's now
On the streets I'm just a geezer
E
Gotta make ends meet, yeah?
Am
Gotta do what I need to
Shit, we all got our runnin's now
Verse 7
E
Brut pocket I'm back in the
Burassic seat again
Am
After spending sixty pound last
week on beers with friends
E
Brought it all on myself see, granted
Am
Now I'm scorin' draw for everyone
to get my next spliff sorted
E
Hang round mum's house
to get smothered
Am
Got no tins in the cupboard this week
Hold on to your seat 'cos
it's all gone a bit Pete
E
Live for the moment said he
*wrong*
Am
Downin' beers out of my tree,
now the moment's passed the cash is a distant memory
E
You know things are bleak when you're tellin'
Am
the birds you asked out last week that things
Verse 8
Am
Are busy When
really you've got no
dough in the piggy
E
Two days after pay day's clocked
Am
And it's back at The Black Dog stuffin' them socks
Interlude 1
into pool table pockets
Am
E
Am
E
Am
Verse 9
E
[Chorus] I'm
Am
E
Am
skint, got
E
Am
no moolah
E
Need to get some colour in my
Am
cheeks says mum
That'll be my English inner city tan
I'm skinny like a woman,
E
Am
need to get some punan' through the door
*Please Sir, can I have some more?*
Oi.
Oi, lend me a tenner so I
can go to the chip- shop,
E
Twenty- four garage and
Am
then for a quick top,
This time opting for the reassuringly
cheap option
G
When the quids are down,
Verse 10
G
My Schott hoodie's my
Am
F#
ball gown
Am
My essential accessory is
G
Gm
Bb
my bad day frown 'cos,
Bbm
F#
Bb#m
Life in the third- class
G
carriage can be evil
Bb
When your only ticket to freedom
Bbm
F#
Am
is a permit to travel
G
So, Uncle Shiner,
Em
you best go get the spade and dig me a grave
Am
'Cos I can't pay the rent but I got ' hundred- and- nine pound pair
E
Am
o' trainers
Interlude 2
on
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E
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E
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E
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E
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Verse 11
Am
[Chorus]
E
Am
La la la
And then this geezer turned
round to me and said
E
Am
"What are you doing, you twat"
And I was like
E
E
"What the fuck, is this,
Am
what are you saying, you div?"
Am
E
E
Oi that's it.
Am
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