Jethro Tull – The Chequered Flag (Guitar)

Bb              F
The disc brakes drag,

F                  Eb - Db - Cm                Gm
The chequered flag sweeps across the oil-slick track 

Bb                F
The young man's home; dry as a bone 

Eb - Db - Cm    Gm        Gm
His helmet off, he waves: the crowd waves back 

C                     F
One lap victory roll  Gladiator soul 

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The taker of the day in winning has to say,

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Isn't it grand to be playing to the stand,

F
Dead or alive 

Bb        F        Eb            Em/5-
Isn't it grand to be playing to the stand,

F
Dead or alive 

Bb          F 
The sunlight streaks through the curtain cracks,

Eb - Db - Cm                  Gm
Touches the old man where he sleeps 

Bb                  F
The nurse brings up a cup of tea

Eb - Db - Cm                       Gm
Two biscuits and the morning paper mystery 

C                     F 
The hard road's end, the white god's-send

Dm         Am        D                   Eb
Is nearer everyday, in dying the old man says,

Bb       F           Eb             Em/5-
Isn't it grand to be playing to the stand,

F
Dead or alive 

Bb       F           Eb             Em/5-
Isn't it grand to be playing to the stand,

F
Dead or alive 

Bb             F
The still-born child can't feel the rain

Eb - Db - Cm           Gm
As the chequered flag falls once again 

Bb                F
The deaf composer completes his final score 

Eb - Db - Cm               Gm
He'll never hear the sweet encore 

C                   F
The chequered flag, the bull's red rag,

Dm                  Am
The lemming-hearted hordes

D                                Eb
Running ever faster to the shore singing,

Bb        F          Eb            Em/5-
Isn't it grand to be playing to the stand,

F
Dead or alive