XTC – The Everyday Story Of Smalltown (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
A G+9 D C
[Chorus 1]
G C C/B Small town snoring under blankets woken by the clank its just the A D milkmans dawn round G C C/B A Small town hiding under covers the lodgers and the lovers are asleep D Dmaj7 D round small town
[Verse 1]
E G+9/A E A Amaj7/G# E G+9/A Shiney grey black snake of bikes he slithers bearing up the men A Amaj7/G# and boys to work F#m G+9 F#m G Were standing in poplar lines making alarm clocks thatll wake our wives up F#m G+9 F#m G+9 Dont ask us we havent the time were racing the hooter thatll signal F#m C lifes up
[Chorus 2]
G C C/B A D Small town crouching in the valley woken by the Sally Army Sunday march round G C C/B Small town coughing in the toilet now who on earth would spoil it A D Dmaj7 D would they pull down small town?
[Verse 2]
E G+9/A E A Amaj7/G# E G+9/A A Amaj7/G# If its all the same to you Mrs Progress think Ill drink my Oxo up and get away F#m G+9 F#m G Its not that youre repulsive to see in your brand new catalogue nylon nightie F#m G+9 F#m G+9 Youre too fast for little old me next youll be telling me its 1990
[Bridge]
G D I have lived here for a thousand years or maybe more G D and Ive sheltered all the children who have fought the wars C Em and as payment they make love in me F G A in squeaky old beds, in bicycle sheds, inside of their heads B C as singles and weds, as tories and reds, D E A G+9 D C D E and thats how Im fed and thats how Im fed A D D/Db B Small town snoring under blankets woken by the clank its just the milkmans E dawn round A D D/Db D Small town hiding under covers the lodgers and the lovers are asleep round E small town A D D/Db B E Small town crouching in the valley woken by the Sally Army Sunday march round A D D/Db Small town coughing in the toilet now who on earth would spoil it B E would they pull down small town? A+9 G+9 D+9 E+9 Small to....wn small to.....wn