[Intro]
G Bm/F# Em Em7 C
[Strophe]
G           Bm/F#         Em
 I read the news today oh boy
 Em7/D Em 
 
 I read the news today oh boy 
C        Em/B          Am      
 About a lucky man who made the
      Asus2 A Asus2 
 grade
 About a lucky man who made the grade
G           Bm/F#         Em
 And though the news was rather
 Em7/D Em 
 sad
 And though the news was rather sad
C       Asus2/F          Em Em7/D 
 Well I just had to laugh
C         Asus2/F   Em Em7/D C 
 I saw the photograph.
[Strophe]
G           Bm/F#        
He blew his mind out in a
 Em Em7/D Em 
 car
He blew his mind out in a car
C        Em/B          Am           
He didn't notice that the lights had
 Asus2 A Asus2 
 changed
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
G           Bm/F#        
A crowd of people stood and
 Em Em7/D Em 
 stared
A crowd of people stood and stared
C       Asus2/F          Em Em7/D 
They'd seen his face before
Em                                   
Nobody was really sure if he was from
              C
 the House of Lords
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords
[Strophe]
G           Bm/F#    
I saw a film today oh
     Em Em7/D Em  
 boy
I saw a film today oh boy
C        Em/B          Am        
The English Army had just won the
    Asus2 A Asus2 
 war
The English Army had just won the war
G           Bm/F#       
A crowd of people turned
  Em Em7/D Em 
 away
A crowd of people turned away
C       Asus2/F          Em Em7/D 
But I just had to look
C         Asus2/F   Em Em7/D C 
Having read the book.
C            Bm       Em 
 I'd love to turn.... you.... on....
[Pont]
F - F# - G - G# - A - A# - B - C - C# - D - D# - E
F - F# - G - G# - A - A# - B - C - C# - D - D# - E
[Refrain]
E                                  
Wake up, fell out of bed, dragged a
                D 
 comb across my head
Wake up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head
         E                  B 
Found my way downstairs and drank a
 cup
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
    E             B 
And looking up, I noticed I was late
         E                       
Found my coat and grabbed my hat,
                         D 
 made the bus in seconds flat
Found my coat and grabbed my hat, made the bus in seconds flat
         E                B 
Found my way upstairs and had a
 smoke
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
    E                    B 
And somebody spoke and I went into a
 dream
And somebody spoke and I went into a dream
 C   G   D   A   E   C   G   D   A  
 Ahhh....
E D C D
[Strophe]
G           Bm/F#        
I heard the news today oh
 Em Em7/D Em 
 boy
I heard the news today oh boy
C        Em/B          Am        
Four thousand holes in Blackburn,
    Asus2 A Asus2 
 Lancashire
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
G           Bm/F#         Em
And though the holes were rather
 Em7/D Em 
 small
And though the holes were rather small
C       Asus2/F          Em Em7/D 
They had to count them all
                                     
Now they know how many holes it takes
                   C 
 to fill the Albert Hall
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
Em                        
I'd love to turn... you...
                         C 
 on.
I'd love to turn... you... on.
[Pont]
F - F# - G - G# - A - A# - B - C - C# - D - D# - E 
F - F# - G - G# - A - A# - B - C - C# - D - D# - E
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