Mott The Hoople – Saturday Gigs (Guitar)

C              G/B
Sixty-nine was cheapo wine,

Am
Have a good time,

E7/G#
What's your sign?

F               C
Float up to the Roundhouse

     Dm7              G7
On a Sunday afternoon.

   C          G/B
In Seventy we all agreed

  Am                       E7/G#
A King's Road flat was the place to be

       F                    G7                       C     G7                    
'Cause Chelsea girls are the best in the world for company.

   C                   G/B
In Seventy-one all the people come,

Am                        E7/G#
Bust a few seats but it's just in fun

F                      C
Take the mick out of  "Top of the Pops"

Dm7                       G7
We play better than they do  (yeah, yeah, yeah)

   C                G/B
In Seventy-two was Born to Lose   

   Am                       E7/G#
We slipped down stakes into yesterday's news

      F
I was ready to quit

    G
But then we went to Croydon

   C                Em
Do you remember the Saturday gigs?

F        G7
We do, we do

   C                Em
Do you remember the Saturday gigs?

F       G7
We do, we do

    C               E7           Am               Dm  
The tickets for the fantasy were twelve and six a time

  Em    F
A fairy tale......... on sale

    C                   G/B
Oh, Seventy-three was a jamboree

Am                        E7/G#
We were the dudes and the dudes were we.

    F                                              C/E
Did you see the suits and the platform boots?

 Dm7              G7             
(oh dear, oh gawd, oh my, oh my, oh my...)

   C                   G/B 
In Seventy-four on the Broadway tour

   Am                        E7/G#
We didn't much like dressing up no more

      F                                G
Don't wanna be hip - but thanks for a great trip.

   C                Em
Do you remember the Saturday gigs?

F        G7
We do, we do

   C                Em
Do you remember the Saturday gigs?

F       G7
We do, we do

    C                  E7                          
But now the kids pay a couple of quid

            Am                  Dm 
'Cause they need it just the same

     Em    F
It's all a game... A grown-up game

    C                    Em
But you got off on those Saturday gigs

F            G7
And we did, we did

       C                    Em
'Cause you got off on those Saturday gigs

    F/      G7
And we did, we did

    C                   Em
And we got off on those Saturday gigs

    F         G7
And you did, you did