WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Beautiful South - My Book Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
Em G D A Em G D A
[Verse 1]
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This is my life and this is how it reads
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For every chapter, a thousand memories
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A murder, a mystery where everybody bleeds
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A fantasy, a thriller with romance and disease
[Pre-Chorus 1]
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Diary entry, 9th of May '62:
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We've had some ugly babies but none were quite like you
Em G D A
Diary entry, '62, end of May:
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It looks as if the nose and chin are definitely here to stay
Cmaj7 G
They're here to stay, they're here to stay...
[Chorus]
Em G D A
If my lips start smiling and my knees start a-knocking
Em G D A
I'm a failure (You are, you are)
Em G D A
And if I seem half hearted, it's because I'm broken hearted
Em G D A Em G
And I'm a failure (You are, you are, you are)
Em G D A
I am (You are, you are, you are)
Em G
I am...
D A Em G D A
[Verse 2]
Em G D A
This is my life and this is how it reads
Em G D A
A documentary that nobody believes
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Albert Steptoe in Gone With The Breeze
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Mother played by Peter Beardsley, father by John Cleese
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Em G D A
Diary entry '68, end of the year:
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A cardboard Apollo 6 has given the all clear
Em G D A
11th December '68, Captain's log:
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Proposed trip to Mars was cancelled due to fog
Em G D A
It's due to fog, it's due to fog...
[Chorus]
Em G D A
If my lips start smiling and my knees start a-knocking
Em G D A
I'm a failure (You are, you are)
Em G D A
And if I seem half hearted, it's because I'm broken hearted
Em G D A Em G
And I'm a failure (You are, you are, you are)
Em G D A
I am (You are, you are, you are)
Em G
I am...
D A Em G D A
[Verse 3]
Em G D A
This is the play, it was I who wrote the script
Em G D A
Terry meets June in Tales From The Crypt
Em G D A
It was going to be a film but the camera person slipped
Em G D A
They later found him scolding a banana
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Em G D A
Diary entry, 10th of April '89:
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The world is going mad but me, I'm doing fine
Em G D A
I'm doing fine, I'm doing fine...
[Outro]
Em G D A
Back to bed, back to reality
Em G D A
Back to bed, back to reality
Em G D A
Back to bed, back to reality
Em G D A
(Hup, hup, hup, hup, hup)
Em G D A
Back to bed, back to reality
Em G D A
Hmmm, back to bed, back to reality
Em G D A
(Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa)
Em G D A
Back to bed, back to reality
