Billy Bragg – Talking Wag Club Blues (Ukulele)

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Brewing Up With (Bonus CD) Intro: F G A G (x4)
F                    G     A         G
Well the sun goes down on London Town

F                    G     A         G
But it never sets on Oxford Street

F                    G     A         G
Those well spoken young men and their bouncers

F                    G     A         G
Are trying to create a well dressed elite
F (And all on private medicine, tut! tut!) F G A G (x2)
F                    G     A         G
Once inside join the rising tide

F                    G     A         G
Of people who are so proud to get in

F                    G     A         G
Who think their face is their fortune

F                    G     A         G
But under their skin they're ugly as sin

F                                         G
(Didn't I meet you down at the clinic ?)
F G A G (x2)
F                    G     A         G
Lots of boys with lots of poise

F                    G     A         G
And hair right down to their hips

F                    G     A         G
Lots of pretty girls with sun tans

F                    G     A         G
And cold sores on their lips

F                                                      F  G A  G
Is he your boyfriend ? Or is he just here to hold your coat ?

F
Take it off

F
Take it off

F                          F  G A  G
Take it off and let's find out

F  G A  G
Eh ?

F                    G     A         G
Half-arsed tries with half caste eyes

F                    G     A         G
Are sucking in their cheeks until it hurts

F                    G     A         G
Lots of twats with funny hats

F                    G     A         G
With Karl Marx printed on their shirts

F                                            F  G A  G
Who'll tell you revolution is just a state of mind

F
Oh, this is Saturday night in the West End alright

          G                  F  G A  G (x4)
And these people are not my kind

(PM)F                    G     A         G
You can cut the rug with this week's drug

(PM)F                    G     A         G
Make 'em all queue up to lick your arse

(PM)F                    G     A         G
Wear a T-shirt that says 'Young, Free & Single'

(PM)F                    G     A         G
Or a big badge that says 'I'm hip & working class'

(PM)F                    G     A         G
The place is full of ear'oles

(PM)F                    G     A         G
Who hang on every word that they speak

(PM)F                    G     A         G
Who believe what they write about themselves

(PM)F                    G     A         G
Week after week after week after week

F
(I don't know how they get away with it

                F  G A  G
They should be ashamed)

F
Well if it's all so bloody beautiful

         G               F  G A  G
Take it home and have it framed
F G A G(x2) F G F G A G (x4) F G A F F