The Jam – The Eton Rifles (Bass Tab)
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Sup up your beer and collect your fags, there's a
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row going on Down near slough,
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Get out your mats and pray to the west
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I'll get out mine and pray for myself
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[Verse 2]
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Thought you were smart when you took them on
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But you didn't take a peep in their artillery room
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All that rugby puts hairs on your chest
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What chance have you got against a tie and a crest?
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[Chorus]
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Hello, hooray! What a nice day for the
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Hello, hooray! I hope rain stops play with the
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[Verse 3]
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Thought you were clever when you lit the fuse
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Tore down the house of commons in your brand new shoes
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Composed a revolutionary symphony then
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went to bed with a charming young thing
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[Chorus]
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Hello, hooray! cheers then mate it's the
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Hello, hooray! an extremist scrape with the
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[Bridge]
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What a catalyst you turned out to be
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Loaded the guns then you ran off home for your tea
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Left me standing like a
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guilty schoolboy
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[Instrumental/guitar solo]
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[Bridge]
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What a catalyst you turned out to be
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Loaded the guns then you ran off home for your tea
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Left me standing like a
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naughty schoolboy
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[Verse 5]
(2.16)
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We came out of it naturally the worst
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Beaten and bloody and I was sick down my shirt
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We were no match for their untamed wit
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Though some of the lads said they'll be back next week
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[Chorus]
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Hello, hooray! there's a price to pay to the
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Hello, hooray! I'd prefer the plague to the
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Hello, hooray! I'd prefer the plague to the
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[Outro]
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