The Beautiful South – Just Checkin (Guitar)

  C                                   Am   G
I came in here just to see his guilty face

         C        Am  G
I'm just checkin'

          C                                          Am   G
He's been dead twenty years, but I sort of miss the chase

         C        Am  G
I'm just checkin'

     C                                 C
I've seen folk just like her pop their noses 'round the door

            C         Am  G
They're just checkin'

   C
If this is where the husband was between 1 and 4?

            C         Am7 G
They're just checkin'

F                                Am
Nothing hits so definite, hits so hard

          F                                  Am                 G
When he's moved from Old White Hart and he's doing the old graveyard

                C            F                  G
We're running a check on the love we had taken away

                C                       F          G
We're running a check that death wasn't fortnight astray

F                                Am
Nothing hits so definite, hits so hard

          F                                  Am                 G    C
When he's moved from Old White Hart and he's doing the old graveyard

    C                                    Am   G
The mask of sobriety for afternoons he'd save

         C        Am G
I'm just checkin'

            C                                           Am    G
If he could fool me regularly, he'd certainly fool this grave

         C        Am G
I'm just checkin'

     C                              C
I've seen those widows pray for the heart they had taken away

            C         Am G
They're just checkin'

       C
They pretend they've just popped by like they popped by yesterday

            C         Am7 G
They're just checkin'

F                                Am
Nothing hits so definite, hits so hard

          F                                  Am                 G
When he's moved from Old White Hart and he's doing the old graveyard

                C            F                  G
We're running a check on the love we had taken away

                C                       F          G
We're running a check that death wasn't fortnight astray

F                                Am
Nothing hits so definite, hits so hard

          F                                  Am                 G    D
When he's moved from Old White Hart and he's doing the old graveyard

D             A               Em           G D
I came 'round here in case he left a slate

               A                       Em              G   D
No one settles up around here like the widowed or the late

                A               Em               G    D
We've seen folk like you settle bills or family feuds

             A                  Em                G
But no one's bought a drink for those that death excludes

           C        Am G
We're just thinkin'

           C        Am G
We're just checkin'

           C        Am G
We're just thinkin'

           C        Am G
We're just thinkin'

           C        Am G
We're just sinkin'

           C        Am G  C
We're just sinkin'