The Crookes - Backstreet Lovers Ukulele

Capo 2nd fret (goes for the whole song)


Intro: F, F, Am, G x2

F         F                 Am 
Razor tea-cups and tip top craic
                G                     F
of the crooked, Backstreet Lovers and sons
            F                    Am
Lawless law men walk the streets of
                 G                        F
Dirty meadows of foul mouthed mothers and guns
                 F                   Am
Brick blacked-up kids mugged me the day I
G                  F
ran off with your sister
               F                    Am
a young school maid, caught up in a world of
           G
Backstreet Lovers.
            F       G        Am        F               F      
Lovers and sons, I waved her away to a friend
    G                     F
at least that's what she said.

F             F            Am
Rotting teeth of a grubby gran
                       G                   F
fill the alleys of the stolen roll-ups and blunts
            F               Am
a skin-head dad came cap in hand
                   G                    F
with a duster and flash of switch blade fun
             F                           Am
still on the dole, though the picket was broken
  G            F
a soiled age ago.
                F                   Am
But he's caught up, caught up in a world of
           G
Backstreet Lovers
            F       G        Am        F          F      
Lovers and sons, I waved her away to a friend
    G                   Am
at least that's what she said.
                F                      F            
tangled in the roots and tangled in the weeds
               G                         Am
of a concrete jungle came that girl from Leeds
                  F
in torn dress and tights,
              F
she ain't no slag.
           G              F
i won her over with a '40 bag.
   G        F          F            F
I waved her away to a friend
    G                     F
at least that's what she said.

F         F                 Am 
Razor tea-cups and tip top craic
                G                     F
of the crooked, Backstreet Lovers and sons
            F                    Am
Lawless law men walk the streets of
                 G                        F
Dirty meadows of foul mouthed mothers and guns
                 F                   Am
Brick blacked-up kids mugged me the day I
G                  F
ran off with your sister
               F                    Am
a young school maid, caught up in a world of
           G
Backstreet Lovers.
            F       G        Am        F               F      
Lovers and sons, I waved her away to a friend
    G                     F
at least that's what she said.
F              F            Am
Rotting teeth of a grubby gran
                       G                   F
fill the alleys of the stolen roll-ups and blunts
            F               Am
a skin-head dad came cap in hand
                   G                    F
with a duster and flash of switch blade fun
             F                           Am
still on the dole, though the picket was broken
  G            F
a soiled age ago.
                F                   Am
But he's caught up, caught up in a world of
           G
Backstreet Lovers
            F          
Lovers and sons