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intro : % Bm | Am G D ( D E F# )

d% Bm F#
if i give up the seat i’ve been saving
Bm G
to some elderly lady or man
A
Am i being a good boy
A7 D
Am i your pride and joy
G C D d%
mother please if your pleased say i Am

Bm F#
and if while in the course of my duty
Bm G
i perform an unfortunate take
A
would you punish me so ,
A7 D
unbelievably so
G C D d%
never again will i make that mistake

Gsus4 Bm
this feeling inside me could never deny me
G D6
the right to be wrong if i choose
Gm
and this pleasure i get
D
from say winning a bet
C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 | G
is to lose

Bm F#
when i’m drinking my bonaparte shandy
Bm G
eating more than enough apple pies
A A7 D
will i glance at my screen and see real human beings
G
starve to death
C D
right in front of my eyes

Bm F#7
nothing old , nothing new , nothing ventured
Bm Bm7 G
nothing gained , nothing still – born or lost
A A7 D
nothing further than proof nothing wilder than youth
G A
nothing older than time nothing sweeter than wine
F# F#7 Bm Bm7
nothing physically , recklessly , hopelessly blind
G
nothing i couldn’t say
Em A7
nothing why ’cos today
D
nothing rhymed