The Idol Brooker-Reid (a few fill ins and upbeats are missing)
chorus
[Fm]Oh the i[Fm/Eb]dol, [Bb7/D][Db][Gb]
[Ebm]Oh the i[Ebm/Db]dol [Ab7/C] [Ab] [Db] [Eb]
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[Fm]They knew the m[Fm/Eb]onster's every t[Bb7/D]rick [Db][Gb]
[Ebm]They knew his s[Gb/Dd]ecrets every s[Ab7/C]titch
bass:AbCDbEb Ab
[Fm]All of [Fm/Eb]it had been a [Bb7/D]game [Db][Gb]
[Ebm]Nothing b[Gb/Db]ut a charl[Ab7/C]atan [Bb][Db]
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[Eb]Perhaps there w[Db]as a c[Ab]hance of coming [Eb]through
[Eb]It even [Db]seemed that h[Ab]e might think it [Eb]too
Gm Cm Eb/Bb F (bass:fga) Bb (bass Ab
But he could see no point in diving in
[G7] But he knew that [Cm]he would ne[Cm/Bb]ither s[F]ink [F/A]nor [Bb]swim
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And [Ab]so they f[Cm/G]ound he'd n[Fm]othing [Fm/C] left[Fm/D] to [Eb] say [Eb4-3-2-1-6-1]
[Ab]Just an[Cm/G]other id[Fm]ol t[Fm/C]urned [Fm/D]to cl[Eb]ay
chorus
[Db] [Eb]
verse
It seemed to them he must know what to do
They knew that only he could pull them through
They thought that he would make a plan
He'd work it out, he'd understand
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Like drowning men they clutched at every straw
They knew that he had saved them all before
But he could see no point in diving in
He knew that he would neither sink nor swim
chorus2
chorus
Transcribed by Leif Thiborg 061019
chorus
[Fm]Oh the i[Fm/Eb]dol, [Bb7/D][Db][Gb]
[Ebm]Oh the i[Ebm/Db]dol [Ab7/C] [Ab] [Db] [Eb]
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verse
[Fm]They knew the m[Fm/Eb]onster's every t[Bb7/D]rick [Db][Gb]
[Ebm]They knew his s[Gb/Dd]ecrets every s[Ab7/C]titch
bass:AbCDbEb Ab
[Fm]All of [Fm/Eb]it had been a [Bb7/D]game [Db][Gb]
[Ebm]Nothing b[Gb/Db]ut a charl[Ab7/C]atan [Bb][Db]
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[Eb]Perhaps there w[Db]as a c[Ab]hance of coming [Eb]through
[Eb]It even [Db]seemed that h[Ab]e might think it [Eb]too
Gm Cm Eb/Bb F (bass:fga) Bb (bass Ab
But he could see no point in diving in
[G7] But he knew that [Cm]he would ne[Cm/Bb]ither s[F]ink [F/A]nor [Bb]swim
chorus2
And [Ab]so they f[Cm/G]ound he'd n[Fm]othing [Fm/C] left[Fm/D] to [Eb] say [Eb4-3-2-1-6-1]
[Ab]Just an[Cm/G]other id[Fm]ol t[Fm/C]urned [Fm/D]to cl[Eb]ay
chorus
[Db] [Eb]
verse
It seemed to them he must know what to do
They knew that only he could pull them through
They thought that he would make a plan
He'd work it out, he'd understand
break
Like drowning men they clutched at every straw
They knew that he had saved them all before
But he could see no point in diving in
He knew that he would neither sink nor swim
chorus2
chorus
Transcribed by Leif Thiborg 061019
