Mott The Hoople – Pearl N Roy England (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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[Intro] Em C F# B G Em C D
G Em C D
       Shut up!
[Verse 1]
C               G/B                     D  G
 It's clean the chimneys kids, and it's 1974

C                   G/B                   D                G
 Shake a fist, make Oliver Twist, there's no way you ain't poor

C                        G/B                     D                           G
 Work the mine, work the factory line, watch the news, get the blues, blow a fuse

C                 G/B                        D                 G
 Number one ain't gettin' it done and number two always got to lose
[Instrumental] Em C F# B [Chorus]
G                 Em                  C                  D
Pearl 'atta girl, high school hooker, money funny honey, cook book looker

G              Em                 C                D
Roy atta' boy, silk suit slicker, easy fee degree, cute boot licker
[Verse 2]
C                 G/B                     D                           G
Now I'll tell you something, it seems like the rich dudes live in the sun

C                   G/B           D                G
 And if Eton be a democracy, well I'm gonna get me some

C                           G/B                  D                              G
 They got no chins and they always win, piece of glass hides the class from the mass

    C             G/B                    D                             G
The union jack is starting to crack, the greed breed's killin' off the grass

Em C                                                 F#
    Come on, own up! You're blown-up, you're shown-up

B
Amatuers, amateurs, bullshit calamitors!
[Chorus]
G                 Em                  C                  D
Pearl 'atta girl, high school hooker, money funny honey, cook book looker

G              Em                 C                D
Roy atta' boy, silk suit slicker, easy fee degree, cute boot licker
[Instrumental] C G/B D G C G/B D G C G/B D G C G/B D [Bridge]
G                        Eb             D
 Thought you said, you'd make us into a star

G                      Eb
 You just jive, you connived with our lives

         D
You're a scar, a disgrace, such a waste, filthy taste, lost your case
[Chorus]
G              Em                   C                    D
Hi number ten, how's things goin'? Times are a-changin', winds are blowin'

G                Em                       C                        D
Big white chief, false teeth showin'. I'm sittin' here growin, I'm sittin' here knowin'
[Chorus]
G                   Em                C                   D
You're on the lamm, can't control it. You're just a sham, you mink stole it

G              Em                 C                D
Roy atta' boy, silk suit slicker, easy fee degree, cute boot licker

G                 Em                  C                  D
Pearl 'atta girl, high school hooker, money funny honey, cook book looker
[Outro] G Em C D