Tom: G
C G D Em
G D G
[Verse]
G D C G
Alfred and Beatrice and Muriel too
Am G D
Over the shop where the train passes through
G D C G
Play happy families the cards falling fast
C G D G
Alderman preacher runs up and down stairs
C G D G D C G
Muriel a sister but never a friend
Am G D
Kept well apart in the same gable end
G D C G
Following father at odds with the world
C G D G
A chip off the old block the scholarship curve
[Chorus]
C G D G
Not any better the devil you know
C G D
Waiting for Margaret to go
C G D Em
Not any better the devil you know
G D G C
Waiting for Margaret to go, Oh!
G D G
Waiting for Margaret to go
[Verse]
C G D G
G D C G
Oxford for chemistry, mend and make do
Am G D
Society turned her the truest of blue
G D C G
Back in the shop Mr. Roberts had taught
C G D G
That people like flour can be sold and be bought
[Chorus]
C G D G
Masters above and servants below
C G D
Waiting for Margaret to go
C G D Em
Masters above and servants below
G D G C
Waiting for Margaret to go, Oh!
G D G
Waiting for Margaret to go
[Verse]
C G D G
G D C G
Up to the house where the loyalty wears
Am G D
Thinner than carpets on father's old stairs
G D C G
Her friends like her enemies stretched on the rack
C G D G
Play happy families but don't turn your back
[Chorus]
C G D G
The grocers and Methodists lay her down low
C G D
Waiting for Margaret to go
C G D Em
The grocers and Methodists lay her down low
G D G C
Waiting for Margaret to go, Oh!
G D G
Waiting for Margaret to go
[Verse]
C G D G
G D C G
Alfred he closes the shop one more time
Am G D
Little girl singing her nursery rhymes
G D C G
Here comes a candle to light you to bed
C G D G
Here comes a chopper to chop off your head
[Chorus]
C G D G
Down with the shutters and on with the show
C G D
No more waiting for Margaret to go
C G D Em
Down with the shutters and on with the show
G D G
No more waiting for Margaret to go
C G D G
No more waiting for Margaret to go
