Squeeze – Piccadilly (Guitar)

(Difford/Tilbrook) Piccadilly (Difford/Tilbrook) [Intro] A D 8x [Verse]

A           D        E               A 
She's not a picture above somebody's fire

D              Bm           G           C
She sits in a towel with a purple hair dryer,

 F               E She waits to get even with me     A            D            E           A She hooks up her cupcakes and puts on her jumper D                    Bm           G        C Explains that she'll be late to a worrying mother, F               E She meets me in Piccadilly [Verse]   C            F             C           F A begging folk singer stands tall by the entrance     C           F         C         F His song relays worlds of most good intentions,   D        G            D          G       D G | D G A five p a ten p in his hat for collection     A           D          A           D She talks about office she talks about dresses       A            D           A          D She's seen one she fancies her smile is impressing, D      A      G     A   G So maybe I'll treat her someday [Verse]     A           D            A             D We queue among strangers and strange conversation A             D       A              D Love's on the lips of all forms of engagements, D      A       G     A       G All queuing to see tonight's play   C          F        C            F A man behind me talks to his young lady      C          F        C           F He's happy that she is expecting his baby,     D             G           D         G                D G | D G His wife won't be pleased but she's not been round lately [Verse] A               D           E         A The girl was so dreadful we left in a hurry D              Bm          G      C Escaped in the rain for an Indian curry, F                 E At the candle lit Taj Mahal    A         D        E            A My lips to a napkin I called for a taxi     D         Bm           G           C The invite of eyes made it tense but relaxed me, F              E My mind took a devious stroll [Verse] C               F              C             F The cab took us home through a night I'd not noticed C              F              C               F The neon club lights of adult films and Trini Lopez, D      G               D         G           D G | D G My arm around love but my acting was hopeless     A             D                A             D We crept like two thieves from the kettle to the fire    A             D            A                 D We kissed to the sound of the silence that we'd hired, D      A           G       A  G Now captured, your love in my arms [Verse]   A           D          A              D A door open'd slightly a voice spoke in worry A           D           A           D Mum went to bed without wind of the curry, D      A    G           A   G Our secret love made it's advance [Verse] C             F           C           F Like Adam and Eve we took bite on the apple C                  F         C          F Loose change in my pocket it started to rattle, [Chorus] D            G            D       G Heart like a gun was just half of the battle  D            G            D       G (Heart like a gun was just half of the battle)      D        G           D           G Like Adam and Eve we took bite on the apple  D            G            D       G (Heart like a gun was just half of the battle) D                  G         D          G Loose change in my pocket it started to rattle,  D            G            D       G (Heart like a gun was just half of the battle) D            G            D       G Heart like a gun was just half of the battle  D            G            D       G (Heart like a gun was just half of the battle)      D        G           D           G Like Adam and Eve we took bite on the apple  D            G            D       G (Heart like a gun was just half of the battle) D                  G         D          G Loose change in my pocket it started to rattle,  D            G            D       G (Heart like a gun was just half of the battle) D            G            D       G Heart like a gun was just half of the battle D            G            D       G Heart like a gun was just half of the battle [Outro] D A G A G