Kevin Rowlands 13th Time
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Intro
|F# G# |A
F# G#
From a youth of waste
A
A life of mess
F# G#
It's a prize to be able
A
To express myself
F# G# A
But first:
[Verso 1]
E E
My name is Kevin Rowland, I'm
Bm Bm
The leader of the band
E E
Herein I wish to clarify
Bm Bm
Relate and state my plans
F#m F#m
Tales from near and foreign parts
G#m G#m
B-but my friends before we start
A A
I would like to call upon
F#m N.C.
PC Barrington
[Verso 2]
E E
Well now, there's no point in punishi---ng
Bm Bm
The guilty with their crimes
E E
I've been chastised so many times
Bm Bm
I get bitter more every time
F#m F#m
PC Barringto---n and me
G#m G#m
We're inclined to disagree
A A
He does not see things like I do
F#m F#m
Am I tired?
Are we---?
[Refrão]
A E E
I was never very su---re about anything until
A E E
I was never very su-----re - eeer
A E E
What won't go for me?
A E
Will not go for me - uu, uu, uuu
N.C.
Y'see
[Verso 3]
E E
I'm not pleading ignorance
Bm Bm
Of fundamental thi---ngs
E E
Politics must be dealt with
Bm Bm
But they should not be dwelt in
F#m F#m
Well I'm a crature of a different breed
G#m G#m
I take what I want say what I need
A A
I don't intend to follow suit
F# F#m
I got blood, veins, bones now here's my po-----int
[Refrão]
A E E
I was never very su---re... Nick!
A
I was never very...
E E
What don't go for me
A
Will not go for me---
E E
What don't go for me---
A E
Will not go for me - uu, uu, uuu
|N.C.
[Ponte]
|E |E |C#m |C#m
|A |A | |
|E |E |C#m |C#m
|A |A | |
|A E |F#m C#m | |N.C.
[Verso 4]
(N.C.) E E
Yeah, well, I thought a little joke might be a good idea, just to sorta
Bm
I dunno, kick off the proceedings, as it were, y'know (oh, yeah)
Bm
Whattaya think, good idea? (lemme know it)
E E
Yeah, did you ever hear the one about the, um, y'know, the middle-class idiots, who, who
Bm Bm
Sorta, spend all their time analysing their own emotions - and writing bullshit poetry
F#m F#m
Y'know, that we're supposed to read? (ha! ha! ha! ha!)
G#m G#m
I mean, ha! I mean as if we're fuckin' interested! (ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! - That's a good one!)
A
Y'like that one, eh? (Where did ya hear that one?)
A
Um (Did ya make it up yourself?)
F#m
No, no, it's a true story that one
F#m
Honestly, it's true, I didn't make it up (ha! ha! ha!)
(Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!)
Outro
A E E
Oh, I was never very su---re... aaa! ooo!
A
I was never very...
E E
It don't go for me
A
It won't go for me - mmm
E E
What don't go for me--- ooo, ooo
A E
Will not go for me - uu, uu, uuu
|N.C.
How to play Kevin Rowlands 13th Time
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