Madness – Drip Fed Fred (Guitar)

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DIP FED FRED As recorded by Madness feat. Ian Dury (From the 1999 Album WONDERFUL) [Chorus]
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader

                    G
Freddie is a man of class

G
We want Freddie for our leader

                                   Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass
[Verse 1]
Cm
Gentlemen and assassins and ladies of the night

                                    G
I call upon you this evening in the hope of shedding some light

G
I can't go into detail or finger unfounded fools

                                                Cm
But there are some here amongst us that are not playing to the rules

Cm
I've rounded up the low-life and local CID

                               G
Offered a free massage or else the third degree

G
There is no simple solution in this life we lead

                                        Cm
So make things easy for yourself to the baronage concede
[Chorus]
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader

                    G
Freddie is a man of class

G
We want Freddie for our leader

                                   Cm   G Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass
[Verse 2]
Cm
Peace shall not prevail in Purley came the stark warning today

                                             G
From his hospital bed Drip Fed Fred vowed he was here to stay

G                                                                        Cm
"I'll tell you something for nothing", he claimed, "Never in all my nights

       G                          Cm
Have I felt so intimidated by the cheap tactics on display"
[Piano Solo] Cm G7 Cm
[Interlude]
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah

N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
[Chorus]
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader

                    G
Freddie is a man of class

G
We want Freddie for our leader

                                   Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass
[Verse 3]
Cm
And approaching the pulpit, the Right Honourable Reverend Greene

Cm
"We're gathered here this evening to pay our due respects

                                          G
To Drip Fed Fred who late last night fell out of his prison bed

G
We know the nonce behind it, who slipped the night PD - ooh

            G7                        Cm
The word is out now without doubt you will answer to me"

Cm
Gentlemen and assassins and ladies of the night

                                    G
I call upon you this evening in the hope of shedding new light

G
There is a simple solution, one called honour amongst thieves

                                     Cm
So we'll take pity on your souls and only cap your knees

[Interlude]
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah

N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah

N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah

N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
[Chorus]
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader

                    G
Freddie is a man of class

G
We want Freddie for our leader

                                   Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass

Cm
We want Freddie for our leader

                    G
Freddie is a man of class

G
We want Freddie for our leader

                                   Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass...