Intro
|G Bm | Em Em7 | C | C |
Verse 1
G
I read the
Bm
news
today, oh
Em
boy
Em7
C
About a
C/B
lucky
man who
A2
made
the grade
G
And though the
Bm
news
was rather
Em
sad
Em7
C
Well, I just
F
had
to laug
Em
h
Em7
C
I saw the
F
photogra
Em
ph
C
Verse 2
G
He blew his
Bm
mind
out in a
Em
car
Em7
C
He didn't
C/B
notice
that the
A2
lights
had changed
G
A crowd of
Bm
people
stood and
Em
stared
Em7
C
They'd seen his
F
face
before
Em
Nobody
was really sure
If
Em7
he
was from the House of
C
Lords
Verse 3
G
I saw a
Bm
film
today, oh
Em
boy
Em7
C
The English
C/B
Army
had just
A2
won
the war
G
A crowd of
Bm
people
turned
Em
away
Em7
C
But I just
F
had
to look
Em
Having
Em7
read
the
C
book
| Em/F
I'd love to turn you on (orchestral glissando)
Middle 8
Woke
E
up,
fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my
D2
head
Found my
E
way
downstairs and
B7sus4
drank
a cup
And
E
looking
up I
B7sus4
noticed
I was late
Found my
E
coat
and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds
D2
flat
Found my
E
way
upstairs and
B7sus4
had
a smoke
E
Somebody
spoke and I
B7sus4
went
into a dream.
Interlude
| C | G | D | A | E | C | G | D | A | E D C D |
(Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
Verse 4
G
I
read the
Bm
news
today oh
Em
boy
Em7
C
Four
thousand
C/B
holes
in Blackburn,
A2
Lancashire
G
And
though the
Bm
holes
were rather
Em
small
Em7
C
They
had to
F
count
them all
Em
Now
they know how many holes it
Em7
takes
to fill the Albert
C
Hall
| Em/F
I'd love to turn you on (orchestral glissando)
Coda
E