Chords for "Stand Up Comic"

Date: March 7, 2006
From: Leif Thiborg

Riff:      G          D/F#            E    (continue)                            
Now I don't mind if fifty thousand yobos beat me up outside a football ground 
on a Saturday afternoon. I'll still come out fighting. D'you know why? You've 
seen me on television. I'm the lowest common denominator. And this is all about 
yob culture. So welcome to jolly ol' England! I'm the stand up comic. 

E (hold)

E7
Jack the Lad has become Oscar Wilde And the followers of style say it's the latest thing 
A7                                                                                     
And William Shakespeare is the schmooze of the week 
       E7
And anyone who says different is a fuckin' antique 
B7                    A7                     E7
And Noel Coward has become very hard And the comic says 
"bollocks" and everybody laughs 
           A    riff                                        A   B
And that's that        Style, I mean  Never was much, never has been 
        G               D       A           E
But the little bit that was was all that we had 
        G            D            A         E               E
And the clown does a belch and we all belch back And that's that 

E7
Jack the Lad has become Fancy Dan And creating aggroculture with a rub-on tan 
    A7                                              E7
And all the tearaways have got savior faire And the working class hero's got tinted hair 
      B7                      A7               E7
And a well-spoken hero from a yesteryear Walks out onto a stage and they all shout "queer!" 
         A      riff                                          A   B
And that's that        Manners, I mean  Never was much, never has been 
        G               D       A           E   
But the little bit that was was all that we had 
            G            D               A    E
And now the clown does a fart and we all fart back And that's that 


E         D     E  E       G              A
Stand up, stand up Can you hear me at the back? 
        G         D             A                  
All you wide boys standing in a row  
        E D   E             G         A            G         D             A
And the comic shouts and we all shout back And the mob says "follow" so we go 

Stand up, stand up.. 
Can you hear me at the back? 
 
 And that's that 
E7
Well, I'm going down the pub now. You're welcome to join me if you 
like but I know you won't. You've all been watching too much 
television. Well, I'll be in the public bar, minding my own business.


End: riff. e,d,b,g,g,e



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