Squeeze – Pulling Mussels From The Shell (Guitar Acoustic)

Am         Am/G     Am/F              Am/E             Dm   Am Dm
They do it down on Camber Sands, they do it at Waikiki

C                G                                     F     C F
Lazing about the beach all day, all night the crickets creepy

E                      F      C               D/F#
Squinting faces at the sky, a Harrold Robbins paperback

E                             F        C                D/F#
Surfers drop their boards and dry, and everybody wants a hat

D/A Bm7  Am   Am/G Am/F      Am/G  Am  Am/G   Am/F
But be - hind the Chalet, my holiday's complete

Am/G  Am        Am/G    Am/F  Am/E
And I feel like William Tell

     Dm        Bb  C/A     G#  G
Maid Marion on her tiptoed feet

                         C     G
Pulling mussels from the shell,

                         F       G
Pulling mussels from the shell

Am               Am/G   Am/F          Am/E             Dm   Am Dm
Shrinking in the sea so cold, topless ladies look away

C             G                                F   C F
A he-man in a sudden shower, shelters from the rain

E                        F        C               D/F#
You wish you had a motor boat, to pose around the harbour bar

E                            F        C            D/F#
And when the sun goes out to bed, you hook it up behind the car

D/A Bm7  Am   Am/G Am/F      Am/G  Am  Am/G   Am/F
But be - hind the Chalet, my holiday's complete

Am/G  Am        Am/G    Am/F  Am/E
And I feel like William Tell

     Dm        Bb  C/A     G#  G
Maid Marion on her tiptoed feet

                         C     G
Pulling mussels from the shell,

                         F      G
Pulling mussels from the shell

Am      Am/G          Am/F            Am/E             Dm   Am Dm
Two fat ladies window shop, something for the mantelpiece

C                    G                               F     C F
In for bingo all the nines, a panda for sweet little niece

E                       F  C            D/F#
Coach drivers stand about, looking at a local map

E                       F     C                   D/F#
About the boy he's gone away, down to next door's caravan

D/A Bm7  Am   Am/G Am/F      Am/G  Am  Am/G   Am/F
But be - hind the Chalet, my holiday's complete

Am/G  Am        Am/G    Am/F  Am/E
And I feel like William Tell

     Dm        Bb  C/A     G#  G
Maid Marion on her tiptoed feet

                         C     G
Pulling mussels from the shell,

                         F
Pulling mussels from the shell

D/A Bm7  Am   Am/G Am/F      Am/G  Am  Am/G   Am/F
But be - hind the Chalet, my holiday's complete

Am/G  Am        Am/G    Am/F  Am/E
And I feel like William Tell

     Dm        Bb  C/A     G#  G
Maid Marion on her tiptoed feet

                         C     G
Pulling mussels from the shell,

                         F
Pulling mussels from the shell