Squeeze – What The Butler Saw (Guitar)

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(Difford/Tilbrook) The B-side to the 1980 single, Pulling Mussels (from the Shell) [Intro] Ab Gb Abm [Verse 1]
Am                            Bb
Pacing through the flickering light

                        Db
A velvet patch upon his eye

                                  Gb
His pacing creaks the floorboards loose

                                                Ab
As he tailors his thoughts for the truth around truths

Gm                                              Fm
But his butler keeps eyes through a hole in the door

Gm                                           Fm
What the butler don't see ain't a lot that's for sure
{Verse 2]
Am                            Bb
Francesca lays across the couch

                                    Db
They fight with words from mouth to mouth

                              Gb
And then with handfuls of her flesh

                                    Ab
See how the zipper broke off of her dress

Gm                                        Fm
Strangling her neck with his hands in her gloves

Gm                                       Fm
The port and the brandy mix cocktails of love
[Chorus]
Eb              Gm
The porchlight, the torchlight

    Ab              Fm
The frosted morning lawn

    Eb       Cm           Fm           Db
The cloak of daylight has finally been drawn

       Cm      F               Bb  Gm  Ab Gb G Ab
On the tale of what the butler saw...
[Verse 3]
Am                          Bb
He kept his world all to himself

                               Db
And locked it tight inside his belt

                             Gb
But she preferred his belt undone

                                        Ab
She bathed in his fortune but never his fun

Gm                                   Fm
He cracked on a mixture of opera and drink

Gm                                       Fm
The butler still fetches and carries for him
[Verse 4]
Am                             Bb
The butler dragged down to the lake

                      Db
Francesca's body in a cape

                               Gb
No private eye was gonna trace this

                                          Ab
The old man was shaking, his marbles were missed

Gm                                        Fm
The shadows and footprints and flickering lights

Gm                                      Fm
The butler's up late with a cold in his eye
[Chorus]
Eb             Gm
The porchlight the torchlight,

    Ab              Fm
the frosted morning lawn

    Eb       Cm           Fm           Db
The cloak of daylight has finally been drawn

       Cm      F               Bb  Gm  Ab Gb G Ab
On the tale of what the butler saw
[Outro] Am Bb Db Gb