Half Man Half Biscuit – The Bliss Of The Hereafter (Guitar)

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[Intro] F D7 G C7 F Gm Bb C F D7 G C7 F Gm Bb C [Verse 1]
    F             D7          G              C7
The day after the bike-athon, after the half-marathon

F Gm                 Bb   C
  That’s when you’ll find me

   F          D7           G            C7
No designated cycleway, no promise of a sunny day

F Gm           Bb   C
  That’s all behind me.

Bb                F     G                      C    C7
  I need Betjeman pills; I’ve been summoned by bills.
[Verse 2]
F       D7       G              C7         F    Gm        Bb C
Comedy, tragedy, neither much appeal to me; nor pathos or farce

F               D7            G             C       F       Gm          Bb C
Trying to get a trestle table back off Beth Tweddle; such a pain in the arse.

Bb              F    G                    C C7
  I use obvious rhyme when I haven’t much time.

F   D7   G          C7            F     Gm  Bb  C
One fine day in the middle of the night

F   D7   G          C7            F     Gm  Bb  C
One fine day I will peddle out of sight.
[Verse 3]
       F           D7              G               C7
To the safety of familiar things I look to throw a grappling hook

F    Gm           Bb C
  It always falls short

F         D7      G       C7
Whitbread big head Trophy Bitter

F               Gm            Bb C
  The pint that thinks it’s a quart.

Bb                       F     G                     C  C7
  I’ve done ten thousand steps, I’ve reached Stygian depths.

F   D7   G                C7             F    Gm  Bb  C
One fine day while you’re gassin’ at the gate

            F              D7     G       C7     F      Gm  Bb  C
There’ll be bubbles on the surface of the Bering Strait         Happy Time!
[Instr] F Gm Bb C C7 F Bb G C C7 [CODA]
F   D7   G        C7           F     Gm  Bb  C
One fine day as I pedal out of sight

F   D7   G          C7            F     Gm  Bb  C
One fine day in the middle of the night.

            F              Bb             C7     F
There’ll be bubbles on the surface of the Bering Strait

                 Bb             C7     F
(Bubbles) on the surface of the Bering Strait

                 Bb             C7     F
(Bubbles) on the surface of the Bering Strait

                 Bb             C7     F
(Bubbles) on the surface of the Bering Strait

                 Bb             C7     F
(Bubbles) on the surface of the Bering Strait

                 Bb             C7     F
(Bubbles) on the surface of the Bering Strait

                 Bb             C7
(Bubbles) on the surface of the Bering

    D7        C7            F
The pint that thinks it’s a quart!