Tom: C
The Teardrop Explodes - Reward (Julian Cope & Alan Gill)
E|E|---------|E|---------|E|---------|E|---------|E|---------|E|---------|--|
The intro riff below repeats for the end of each verse line "Learn to accept my reward".
The horn riff follows this starting immediately on the Dm at the end of the intro riff (except at the end
of the second stanza which has a short one bar drum fill).
[Intro]
F G F C F C Dm
E|-5--3--1--3--1--0--1----|
B|-6--3--1--5--1--1--3----|
G|-5--4--2--5--2--0--2----|
D|E|---------|E|---------|-0----|
A|E|---------|E|---------|------|
E|E|---------|E|---------|------|
Horn Riff
E|---------|
Dm G/D Dm Gsus2/D
e|-5--5--7------5--5---5------|
B|-6--6--8------6--6---3------|
G|-7--7--7------7--7---0------| x4
D|-0--0--0------0--0---0------|
A|E|---------|E|---------|E|---------|-|
E|E|---------|E|---------|E|---------|-|
[Verse]
Dm
Bless my cotton socks I'm in the news
Dm
The king sits on his face but it's all assumed
Dm
All wrapped up the same, all wrapped up the same
Dm
They can't have it, you can't have it, I can't have it too
F G F C F C Dm
Until I learn to ac-cept my re-ward (Horn Riff x4)
Dm
Prisoners stand in queues and stand accused
Dm
Live in solitude like Howard Hughes
Dm
All wrapped up the same, all wrapped up the same
Dm
Silence has it, arrogance has it, I can't have it ooh
F G F C F C Dm
Until I learn to ac-cept my re-ward (1 bar drum fill) (Horn Riff x4)
Dm
Suddenly it struck me very clear
Dm
Oh suddenly it struck me very clean
Dm
We're all wrapped up the same, all wrapped up the same
Dm
They can't have it, you can't have it, I can't have it too
F G F C F C Dm
Until I learn to ac-cept my re-ward (Horn Riff x2)
F G F C F C Dm
Until I learn to ac-cept my re-ward (Horn Riff x2)
F G F C F C Dm
Until I learn to ac-cept my re-ward (Horn Riff x1)
[Outro]
F G F C F
Until I learn to ac-cept my
F G F C F
I learn to ex-pect my
F G F C F C Dm
I learn to ac-cept my re-ward
