Battersea Boys
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
Chris Difford - Battersea Boys
(Difford/Hewerdine)
From the 2008 studio album, The Last Temptation of Chris
The song is played in 3/4 time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVmg7QDxFkc
[Piano Intro]
F | C | G | C
G | G |
[Verse 1]
C E7 F C
Our parents would treat us with carrots and sticks
F C D G
Just two alco-holics up to their old tricks
C E7 F C
Mum played piano and loved Gracie Fields
F C G C G
She would have been famous but we dragged at her heels
[Verse 2]
C E7 F C
Our dad was a big man un-shaven and strong
F C D G
He loved to hear Gracie as she sang her song
C E7 F C
The pub on a Sunday is where she would sing
F C G C
And we’d play out-side ’til the last bell would ring
[Chorus]
F C E Am
My brother was gifted he had a great voice
F C G C
Not like the other young Battersea Boys
[Verse 3]
C E7 F C
He knew every opera and sang in the street
F C D G
With Sally’s Army he’d play tambour-ine
C E7 F C
My dad could not take it he called him a poof
F C D G
For singing Puc-cini so misunder-stood
[Verse 4]
C E7 F C
When he was fourteen my brother was sent
F C D7 G
To the Salvation Army to live with his friends
C E F C
My mum hit the bottle as her son left home
F C G G
Stood in our bedroom and cried all a-lone
[Chorus]
F C E Am
My brother was gifted he had a great voice
F C G C
Not like the other young Battersea Boys
[Bridge]
F G#
He studied his music and we kept in touch
C C7
We still have that old stream of brotherly love
F Fm
He sings for his supper, still wants to be
D D7 G
A voice on the big stage with his own CD
[Instrumental]
C | E | F | C | F | C
G | C | C7
[Verse 5]
C E7 F C
Our parents are long gone cold in the ground
F C D G
I served time in prison but they weren’t a-round
C E7 F C
I love my sweet brother his voice makes me cry
F C G C
We sing for forgiveness as time passes us by
[Chorus]
F C E Am
My brother was gifted he had a great voice
F C G C
Not like the other young Battersea Boys
F C E Am
My brother was gifted he had a great voice
F C G F
Not like the other young Battersea Boys
[Outro]
F C G C
Not like the other young Battersea Boys
How to play Battersea Boys
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.