Bill Bailey - The Leg Of Time Chords

Album version is sharp of concert pitch 
(about +40 on chromatic tuners)


[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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 The jester hops on 'The Leg of Time', 

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      F5                  D5    D5
The scourge of the wizard na - tion,
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Madrigal chanting is no crime,  |  /__/   /__/  /__/  /__/ |
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              F5                    D5    D5
When you're suckled by a blind al - sa - tion!
                                     ^     ^

      F5    F5 G5               A5
Who stole       ...'The Leg of Time'?


[Verse 2]
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   Seen through the eyes of a Mur - gar's kestrel,

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  F5                      G5             F5       G5
Where's the tiny mouse? (There it is!)   Ha, ha, haaaaa!
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Ride a white pig to the edge of Lapland!

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F5                  G5                           
Why did I do that?  Why did I do that?  (I don't know!)
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    Who stole    ...'The Leg of Time'?    /__/   /__/ 
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[Verse 3]
      F5          G5                 G5 A5   A5     G5 A5   A5
When Time had one leg, it couldn't march,
            F5            D5
It stopped!    It hopped!
      F5    G5               A5
Who stole    ...'The Leg of Time'?

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Was it the wizards? (No!)   Was it the goblins?
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Was it the elves?           Was it the dwar - ves? (No!)
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Or was it the kestrels? (No!)   Was it the satyrs? (No!)
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Was it the Brain Police?  | /  /  /__/   /  |        (What?)
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Was it the man with the key to the door of reality,
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    Underneath the mat of insig - nificance? | /  /  /__/   /  | 
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     (Nope!)        Who was it then?
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     Was it the terrorists? (Nope!)    Ptero - dactyls? (Nope!)  Oh!

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(It was Terry!) | /  /  /__/   /  |    Terry!  |  /  /  /  /__/  |

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Terry stole 'The Leg of Time'!


[Verse 4]
(Cockney middle eight!)
      A                    D
Oh, Terry, you slag, you nicked 'The Leg of Time',
 A                              E
Give it back, before you get a slap!
     D                                     A                 F#7
Oh, take it down 'The Dog and Duck', and leave it behind the bar,
    Bm7          E            A                                F#7
Or you'll get a slap, Sun - shine!  (Don't gi' mi' no rabbit!)
 Bm7           E        A                F#7
Leave it be - hind the bar! (Get off m' sister!)
 Bm7           E        A                     F#7
Leave it be - hind the bar!  (Give m' 'alf a pound!)
 Bm7           E        A
Leave it be - hind the bar----!


[Verse 5]
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Who stole    ...'The Leg of Time'?
  F5    G5                         A5     G5
Terry------  ...stole 'The Leg of Time',
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The theft ...of Time's Leg ...was his crime!