It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career

E A He had a stroke at the age of 24 A E It could have been a brilliant career C#m B A Painting lines in a school that was too well known C#m B A Painting lines with a friend that had gone before E B She challenged everyone to a fight A E B But the prefects all backed down A E B And they ran her out of town A E B Cause she drank and swore and spoke A E F# Out of turn, she was the village joke E A She had a stroke at the age of 24 A E It could have been a brilliant career C#m B A Getting clients to finance her strategies C#m B A Filling time in on Safeways on Saturday E B She wears the clothes of an emperor A E B But her paintings are a sham A E B And they're going for a grand A E B When the dealers come to view A E F# Do they ever see the real you? E A He had a stroke at the age of 24 A E It could have been a brilliant career C#m B A Selling lies to the boys with the old Dansettes C#m B A Pulling the wool, playing the fool, it's no wonder that B He is dribbling spit tonight A E B And the one he sent away A E B Was the only one who stayed A E B With a spoon and a decent book A E B And you can tell by the way she looks A E B he is sorry and resigned A E F# As he wets himself for the final time