Key: B major•
Intro 1
B
F#
B
G#m
F#
B
F#
B
F#
Verse 1
B
F#
While they fish out the fisheries
C#m
B
G#m
I wish on the wisheries
Every night every night
Verse 2
B
F#
I pedal hope now from port to port
C#m
B
I never stay at the last resort
G#m
F#
I'm not tall but I never come up short
I always pay, I pay and pay
B
F#
I got arrested and I got away
C#m
B
I met Clint and he made my day
G#m
B
C#m
Tarred and feathered in La Brea
E
F#
E
F#
What a pit, what a pit
Verse 3
B
F#
I formed my own government
C#m
B
I cast pearls before the parliament
G#m
F#
Got some girls for the ex- president
E
F#
No not him, another one
Verse 4
B
F#
Though I appear none too glamorous
C#m
E
B
I have of ten been amorous
G#m
B
F#
C#m
Though I am an
ignoranimous
Verse 5
B
F#
My chances were ludicrous
C#m
E
B
She was grace ful and luminous
G#m
B
F#
My heart sank Bituminous
C#m
F#
But I asked anyway
Verse 6
B
F#
Through a window she kissed my face
C#m
E
Pushed me down and put
C#m
E
C#m
F#
No, that's not my native tongue
Interlude 1
B
F#
C#m
B
G#m
F#
E
F#
C#m
F#
Verse 7
B
F#
Found a raincoat in a London fog
C#m
E
B
Got a kit ten from a catalog
G#m
B
F#
Got a demo from a demagogue
E
F#
I played it loud, it pleased the crowd
Verse 8
B
F#
While they fish out the fisheries
C#m
E
B
I miss the missing and the mysteries
G#m
B
F#
I broke a dish signed by Cyd Charisse
Yea, I pay, I always pay
E
B
I pay and pay
Outro 1
F#
C#m
B
G#m
F#
E
F#
E
F#
C#m
B
F#
C#m
B
G#m
B
F#
E
F#
E
F#
E
B
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB F# G#m C#m E
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