Half Man Half Biscuit – New York Skiffle (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] G D7 G G D7 G
      G                                         D
I’m a vendor of quack nostrums born in a Kansas shack

       D7                               C               G
I came down to Greenwich Village with a tea chest on my back

                                               D
I danced a while for Andy and crashed his Cadillac

        D7                      G
And now I’m just waiting for my ban.

             G               D              C             G
Oh does your heroin lose its glamour on the washboard overnight?

          D                                G
When your mother says “Don’t do it” do you crank it up in spite?

                          D            C              G                 
Do you rob your brother’s giro? Do you talk a load of shite?

          D               D7             G
Does your heroin lose its glamour on the washboard overnight?

     G                                                  D
I’ve drank too much black coffee, read too much Bill Burroughs

     D7                                 C               G
I’ve been a “he”, I’ve been a “she”, a “maybe” and “who knows?”

                                        D
I’ve has the CBGBs, I’ve turkeyed way upstate

   D7                      G
So don’t you rock me, Daddio.

             G               D              C             G
Oh does your heroin lose its glamour on the washboard overnight?

          D                                G
When your mother says “Don’t do it” do you crank it up in spite?

                          D            C              G
Do you rob your brother’s giro? Do you talk a load of shite?

          D               D7             G
Does your heroin lose its glamour on the washboard overnight?

          G               D              C             G
Does your heroin lose its glamour on the washboard overnight?

          D                                G
When your mother says “Don’t do it” do you crank it up in spite?

                          D            C              G
Do you rob your brother’s giro? Do you talk a load of shite?

          D               D7
Does your heroin lose its glamour 

          D               D7
Does your heroin lose its glamour

          D               D7             C   G     D D7 G
Does your heroin lose its glamour on the washboard overnight?