Yours Truly Confused N10
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Intro
G A
[Verso 1]
G F#7
Dear sir or madam, I don't normally write to the press
Bm G
But the neighbourhood where I grew up is really quite depressed.
Em F#7
Society is crumbling but the media's obsessed
Em F#7 Em F#7 Em F#7 Em F#7
with boobs, bums, Dot-com millionaires, fame, fashion, FTSE shares
Em F#7 Em F#7
But people they couldn't care less.
G F#7
While parliamentary yobbos shout abuse around the house
Bm G
Do-gooders and reformers lead our nation to defeat.
Em F#7
While murderers and terrorists get compassionate release
Em F#7 Em F#7 Em F#7 Em F#7
You're out now. You're back on the street yeh, back on the street.
G Em G Em G A
That's why I remain yours truly, confused N10.
[Verso 2]
D Bm Bm/A
I close my eyes and lay back and I think of England.
D Bm Bm/A
I dream about that green and pleasant land we knew as England.
G Em
That throne of kings, that sceptred isle set in a silver sea
G Em
Has turned into a laughing stock divided without harmony.
G Em Em F#7
That's why I remain yours truly, confused N10
[Verso 3]
G F#7
The burglars have ransacked all the houses in the street
Bm G
While Mercs and Porsches double park with sheer impunity.
Em F#7
When towed away the ponces plead to all and sundry
Em F#7 Em F#7
Referee what about me?
G F#7
So forgive my lack of confidence and total low esteem
Bm G
But the dog eat dog society has deemed us all has-beens.
Em F#7
While our smiling bland spin doctors slyly lead us down the track
Em F#7
to a stab in the back.
G A G A G
I'm much too terrified to go out at night but the television's boring.
G
They're vandalising all the cars on the street
D Bm Bm A D G
but I won't lay down and take defeat.
G Em G Em F#7 Em F#7
That's why I remain yours truly, confused N10
NC
Thank you goodnight
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