Squeeze – Talk To Him (Guitar)

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(Difford/Tilbrook) From the album, Some Fantastic Place [Intro] B E B (x5) [Verse 1]
B                                  E
  Give me a plate and I’d break it

B                           E
Show me a smile and I’d cry

B                                 E
Give me your love and I’d hate it

            B             Em    B E   B E
Tell me the truth and I’d lie
[Verse 2]
B                                E
  Give me a crust and I’d burn it

B                             E
Show me the way and I’d shout

B                              E
Give me a page and I’d turn it

               B     E        Em7  B   G  Am
Well you could never   put me down,    down
[Chorus]
E       A            E
Misunderstood like a cockroach

          A
(As tasty as a crab)

E                 A            E
Who just tries to live for the day

            A
(My world’s on my back)

E            A          E
People won’t need to be frightened

               A
(As frightened as I am)

D                              Bm                        E
Excepting I was born this way (excepting I was born this way)

E              A         E
Don’t sweep me under the carpet

          A
(Tomorrow I’ll be there)

E             A           E
Don’t file me away for my sins

                A
(There’s some I can repair)

E               A            E
Friends are now beginning to say

                 A
(So pleased with their despair)

    D              C#           Bm
How comes I didn't talk to him

                 B
I didn’t talk to him
[Link]
B    E   B   E
(Na, Na, Na, Na)  x4
[Verse 3]
B            E           B
  Give me an egg and I’d suck it

B                       E
Show me the sun and I’d freeze

B                             E
Give me a nest and some honey

             B             Em7   D   G   Am
Keep all the birds and the bees,     please
[Bridge]
G            C        Bm   D
Helplessness under my wing

G           D             G    C   Bm   D   A
People said don’t talk to him
[Chorus]
E       A            E
Misunderstood like a cockroach

          A
(As tasty as a crab)

E                 A            E
Who just tries to live for the day

            A
(My world’s on my back)

E            A          E
People won’t need to be frightened

               A
(As frightened as I am)

D                              Bm                        E
Excepting I was born this way (excepting I was born this way)

E              A         E
Don’t sweep me under the carpet

          A
(Tomorrow I’ll be there)

E             A           E
Don’t file me away for my sins

                A
(There’s some I can repair)

E               A            E
Friends are now beginning to say

                 A
(So pleased with their despair)

    D              C#           Bm
How comes I didn't talk to him

                 B
I didn’t talk to him
[Outro]
B    E   B   E
(Na, Na, Na, Na)
[Repeat to fade]