Half Man Half Biscuit – Oblong Of Dreams (Guitar)

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[Intro] F# B C# F# B C# F# B C# F# B C# [Verse 1]
F#                      B
 Move him onto his side, give him dignity,

C#             F#                               B
 Give him some warmth which he’d possibly not received of late

    C#            F#                                       B
I’m not a mate as such; I just used to see him around and about

                       C#
And I could never work out if he was heading for a

A             E           D              A       F#         B               C#
Foodbank or a pharmacy, a fieldpath or indecency; either way he’s out of it now.
[Verse 2]
F#                                      B                C#
Onwards then to the Leasowe Light along Lingham Lane and out of sight

 F#                                   B                       C#
Away from the obvious and the asinine, the soundbites and the party line

  F#                             B                 C#
Escaped from Telepudlian Paul – around about now regaling all

          F#                                                    B            C#
With his “did you see the match and his flat Back Four?” He’s a super Sunday superbore

  F#                           B                  C#
Escape up onto Caldy Hill; the spirit of Olaf and if you will

      F#                         B            C#        F# B F# B
Stand still, wait, sudden breeze, clouds part, showtime
[Break]
A               E        D                 A
 And now I’m in paradise, or that’s how it seems

A7               F#7              B7        E      F#  B C#  F#  B C#
 When spring has sprung upon this oblong of dreams.

A            E                D            A             F#  B C#
Everythink I want is here and everythink I need is here.
[Verse 3]
F#                    B               C#
 Inland: Thor’s Stone, Limbo Lane and into the zone

F#                                     B                         C#
Speedwell, Campion, Jack by the hedge, orange tipped butterflies, Bradley Dredge

F#                                   B                C#
 I’m about a thousand miles away from Claire Jenkins’ gin report

    F#                             B                           C#
And Stuart Bell and dull Adele and Janet from accounts banging on about turmeric.

F#                               B                   C#
 Woodchurch and yonder my ridge, over the Fender and under the bridge

  F#                      B              C#
Estate memories all good, sunbeams on my childhood.
[Verse 4]
F#                                      B            C#
On past where our bonfire burned, where Robbo’s Viva overturned

F#                           B               C#
Early purple orchid blooms releasing me from darker rooms

    F#                         B                     C#
And as creation thus uncorks I cross the field where she still walks

F#                    B                     C#
Stay, sit – this is it and up by the school there will be daffodils.
[Break]
A   E   D   A
Ah  ah  ah  ah

A7              F#7              B7        E   Bm
 Now spring has sprung upon this oblong of dreams.
[Instr] E Bm E Bm D E E7 [Coda]
A            E        F#m           D          A            E        F#m           D
Clouds part, showtime, cowslips and celandine, Clouds part, showtime, cowslips and celandine

A       E          D        A       E          D
 Wake up oblong of dreams,   wake up oblong of dreams

A            E        F#m           D          A            E        F#m           D
Clouds part, showtime, cowslips and celandine, Clouds part, showtime, cowslips and celandine

A   E   D  /  A   E   D  /// F#  B C# F#  B C# F#
Ah  ah  ah,   ah  ah  ah.