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the great escape – i Am kloot
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by : dr_silverrose
originally performed by john bramwell , the i Am kloot lead guitar/vocalist , under the
name johnny dangerously . can be found on i Am kloot’s album “b” , A B – side compilation
album , released 2009 . featured prominently in the 2003 bbc comedy early doors , series 2 ,
episode 5 .
this is a very simple song with standard chords and strumming , easy to learn , fun to
sing and play .
standard tuning
C x32010
Dm xx0231
G 320033
F xx3211
capo 4
C Dm G C
you were born with football boots and a suntan complexion
F Dm G
you once thought that on reflection , i’ve really got it made
C Dm G C
you shrugged and smiled and made the usual excuses
F Dm G C
you suffered small abuses , and settled for their pay
F Dm G C
you want to learn to live like an aristocrat
F Dm G
but your girlfriend’s earrings well they soon put pay to that
F Dm G C
and if the whole world came crashing , down around your ears
F Dm G
you could dream of stucco wallpaper and crystal chandeliers
C Dm G C
you cashed in your cards , you want to buy some glamour
F Dm G
you really are enamoured , with that new soap on a rope
C Dm G C
a thousand fat comedians came in disguised as clerics
F Dm G
they got you in hysterics , and walked off with your soul
F Dm G C
and with that cheapskate , royalty , you get your flag and wave
F Dm G
well i’ve seen you on tv grinning at the motorcade
F Dm G
C
pretty soon we’ll hang the traitors , we’ll string them up like drapes
F Dm G
and i’ll ride around like steve mcqueen in the great escape
C Dm G C
you hung around too long , your mother read your letters
F Dm G
you grinned like a go – getter , come and got and gone
C Dm G C
the time the morning slips , blends into the wallpaper
F Dm G
and once you could escape her , but where did you go wrong
F Dm G C
and your father’s at the factory that makes money selling guns
F Dm G
that fought the wars that spent the lives of other peoples sons
F Dm G
C
pretty soon we’ll hang the traitors , we’ll string them up like drapes
F Dm G
and i’ll ride around like steve mcqueen in the great escape
C Dm G C
you were born with football boots and a suntan complexion
F Dm G C
you once thought that on reflection , you’d really got it made
F Dm G C
you once thought that on reflection , you’d really got it made
F Dm G
C
you once thought that on reflection , oh yeah , i’ve really got it made
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