Tom: G
Em
Take you to the cinema
D
and leave you in a Wimpy Bar --
C
you tell me that we've gone to far --
Am D
come running up to me.
Em
Make the scene at Cousin Jack's --
D
leave him put the bottles back --
C
mends his glasses that I cracked --
Am D
well that's one up to me.
Em
Buy a silver cloud to ride -
D
pack the tennis club inside -
C
trouser cuffs hung far too wide -
Am D
well it was up to me.
Em
Tyres down on your bicicle -
D
your nose feels like an icicle -
C
the yellow fingered smoky girl
Am D
is looking up to me.
Em A7 Em
Well I'm a common working man
Em A7 Em A7
with a half of bitter -- bread and jam
Am9 A7 C A7 C
and if it pleases me I'll put one on you pan --
Am9 A7 C Em
when the copper fades away.
Em
The rainy season comes to pass -
D
the day-glo pirate sinks at last -
C
and if I laughed a bit to fast.
Am D
Well it was up to me
