Half Man Half Biscuit

This Leaden Pall

Half Man Half Biscuit


Tom: F

         F       C
It’s the year 2163
        F                        C
Chester Barnes is risen from the dead
         F                            C
And he’s coming round to creosote the fence
    F                             C
And I for one feel Spartan and monastic.
       F                    C
As the drama unfolds on the lawn
          F                           C
There’s a wager between the staff and me
     F                                C
That Barnsey can’t complete the job before
  F                            C                    Bb
I take my final Stannah up the stairs to the stars.


G          D    C         D     G          D              C    D
Papal entourage give us a song, papal entourage give us a song
G          D    C         D     G          D              C    D         
Papal entourage give us a song, papal entourage give us a song, sssh….

(instr) F C (x4)

F                           C
Granddaughter doesn’t wanna know
F                           C
Ever since she got into the charts
F                        C
Ask her what perfume she wears
      F                   C
“Self-Righteous” by Anita Roddick.
    F                         C
The doctor overrates me in my room
    F                      C
And with the regularity of doom
  F                              C
A geezer with a double-necked guitar
          F                               C      Bb
Comes and tells me Tales from Topographic Oceans.


G          D    C         D     G          D              C    D
Papal entourage give us a song, papal entourage give us a song
G          D    C         D     G          D              C    D
Papal entourage give us a song, papal entourage give us a song.

(instr) Bb Em  Bb Em  Bb Em  Bb D

G          D    C         D     G          D              C    D
Papal entourage give us a song, papal entourage give us a song
G          D    C         D     G          D              C    D
Papal entourage give us a song, papal entourage give us a song, sssh….