Robyn Hitchcock – The Cheese Alarm (Guitar)

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As recorded by Robyn Hitchcock (From the 1999 Album JEWELS FOR SOPHIA) [Intro] E D E D E [Verse 1]
A                          G
Roquefort and grueyere and slippery Brie

Bm                        C
All of these cheeses they happen to me

   E 
Oh please
[Verse 2]
A                  G
Rough pecorino and moody Rams Hall

Bm                    C
Stop me before I just swallow it all

   E 
Oh please
[Chorus]
D                 E 
Somebody ring the cheese alarm

   D
Oh please

A                 E 
Somebody ring the cheese alarm
[Verse 3]
A                       G
Goats' cheese cylinder, tangy and white

Bm                  C
Roll over me in the flickering night

   E 
Oh please
[Verse 4]
A                     G
Chaume and Jarlsberg, applewood smoked

     Bm                      C
"The pleasure is mine," he obligingly joked

   E 
Oh please
[Chorus]
D                 E 
Somebody ring the cheese alarm

   D
Oh please

A                 E 
Somebody ring the cheese alarm
[Guitar Solo] A G Bm C E [Verse 5]
A                        G
Hey now, Fletcher, don't keep me up late

  Bm                  C
I can't even fit into size thirty-eights

   E 
Oh please
[Verse 6]
A                           G
Juddering Stilton with your blue-blooded veins

    Bm                       C
You can't build a palace without any drains

   E 
Oh please

   C
Oh please

   F#     E 
Oh please
[Verse 7]
A                           G
Half the world starving and half the world bloats

Bm                         C
Half the world sits on the other and gloats

   E 
Oh please
[Verse 8]
A                     G
Truckle of cheddar in a muslin rind

          Bm                      C
Would you give it all up for some real peace of mind?

D  N.C.
Oh no