Squeeze – Ive Returned (Ukulele)

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Squeeze's songs are so catchy and immediate yet they often feature unusual structures. This is a case in point. Wonderful - from the magnificent Sweets From A Stranger album Intro ===== I've re-turned
B          Abm     Gb   Esus2  E
   I've re-turned

B          Abm     Gb   Esus2  E  Esus2  E
   I've re-turned
Verse 1 =======
B                         Abm
  Last night I played the drunken fiddle 

Gb                      E
  Dis-abled love with a word of dribble 

B                      Abm
  On and on about some     jumbled subject 

Gb                           E
  I said your friends were a bunch of Muppets 

G                                Em
  I said your sister should have grown a moustache 

   B              B/Bb    A        Abm
Sa-aid you didn't need to take off your mask 

G                      Em
  Down the staircase I made my stagger 

B          B/Bb          A              Abm
I left you crying but it didn't matter
Verse 2 =======
B                    Abm               
  So I sat inside my car in wonder

Gb                      E
  A headache in my head like the thunder

B                          Abm
  I chewed my nails like a guilty victim

Gb                           E
  I couldn't see or feel the night or nothing

G                         Em
  I wanted to explain but all so desperate

   B               B/Bb  A       Abm
Lo-ove was like it was   some in-vestment

G                       Em
  Then I don't remember who said what when

B             B/Bb    A         Abm
On a scrap of paper I placed my pen  
Refrain ======= staccato Abm x 6, Gb
Gb                              F
  When I woke up in the morning

Gb                     G
  Beside you in the bed

Gb                              F
  My mouth was full of nothing

Gb                   Gb G Ab B C Db
  My arm around your head

D             /Db        /B        A
  And I don't know how I got there

    E              Gb    A
  I didn't want to check

D          /Db          /B     A
  Now back between each other

      E             Gb
We're salvaging our wreck
Now I've returned Verse 3 =======
B                              Abm
   You've thrown my jigsaw all over the floor

Gb                      E
   We're at the deepest deep

B                        Abm
  I thought our love had died forever

Gb                    Esus2  E
  But it just went to sleep
Out ===
B          Abm     Gb   Esus2  E
   I've re-turned

B          Abm     Gb   Esus2  E
   I've re-turned

B          Abm     Gb   Esus2  E
   I've re-turned

B          Abm     Gb   Esus2  E  
   I've re-turned
Esus2 E G B ----------------------------------------- I hope I've done it justice! Kevin O'Brien Watford England October 2012 [email protected]