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Shaun Hand, Birmingham.
27th October 2000, 7.15pm
IT'S NOT CRICKET
(Difford, Tilbrook)
From 'Cool For Cats', 1979
Chords used:
D: xx0232 Eb: x6888x
F: 133211 C: x3555x
Bb: x1333x G: 320033
A: x02220 E: 022100
C#: x4666x
[D]
[D]She used to a topless down at the Surrey docks,
[F]With tassles on her wotsits, she did a t'riffic job,
[D]Of raising all the [Bb]eyebrows, of [Bb]every [A]lunchtime [C#]mob.[C#][Eb]
[F]She went with all the tossers, who kick about a ball,
[A]They say their club's the greatest and she has kissed them all,
[F]At the Arndale [C#]Centre, she's [C#]up [C]against the [D]wall.
I [D]can't [A]name [G]names [A]cos [G]that's [A]not [D]cric[A]ket,
I [D]can't [A]name [G]names [A]that would [G]put[A] me[D] in[A] it,
[Bb]But that's a[F]nother story [E]in the [A]finish.
[D]I saw them at the pictures, a tangled heap of love,
[F]He had so many women, but only classy stuff.
[D]I saw him at the [Bb]clinic, a [Bb]pink card [A]up his [C#]cuff[C#][Eb]
[F]One holiday in Bognor, a stag night hit the town,
[A]The groom was in the car park, with his trousers down,
[F]But that's another [C#]story that [C#]won't be [C]going [D]round.
I [D]can't [A]name [G]names [A]cos [G]that's [A]not [D]cric[A]ket,
I [D]can't [A]name [G]names [A]that would [G]put [A]me [D]in [A]it.
[Bb]But that's a[F]nother story [E]in the [A]finish.
[D] [F] [D] [Bb] [A] [C#] [Eb]
[F] [A] [F] [C#] [C] [D]
[D]The Deptford had a beano, to Southend for the night,
[F]With forty crates of lager, to see the Southend lights,
[D]They got home for their [Bb]breakfast, [Bb]pissed out [A]of their [C#]minds.[C#][Eb]
[F]This girl gave me the minces, so I asked her for a dance,
[A]And in the death I kissed, and so I took a chance,
[F]And when I went to [C#]touch her, she [C#]tried to [C]break my [D]arm.
I [D]can't [A]name [G]names [A]cos [G]that's [A]not [D]cric[A]ket,
I [D]can't [A]name [G]names [A]that would [G]put [A]me [D]in [A]it.
[Bb]But that's a[F]nother story [E]in the [A]finish.
[A]'Know what I mean, eh? Bob?'[D][A]
Shaun Hand, Birmingham.
27th October 2000, 7.15pm
IT'S NOT CRICKET
(Difford, Tilbrook)
From 'Cool For Cats', 1979
Chords used:
D: xx0232 Eb: x6888x
F: 133211 C: x3555x
Bb: x1333x G: 320033
A: x02220 E: 022100
C#: x4666x
[D]
[D]She used to a topless down at the Surrey docks,
[F]With tassles on her wotsits, she did a t'riffic job,
[D]Of raising all the [Bb]eyebrows, of [Bb]every [A]lunchtime [C#]mob.[C#][Eb]
[F]She went with all the tossers, who kick about a ball,
[A]They say their club's the greatest and she has kissed them all,
[F]At the Arndale [C#]Centre, she's [C#]up [C]against the [D]wall.
I [D]can't [A]name [G]names [A]cos [G]that's [A]not [D]cric[A]ket,
I [D]can't [A]name [G]names [A]that would [G]put[A] me[D] in[A] it,
[Bb]But that's a[F]nother story [E]in the [A]finish.
[D]I saw them at the pictures, a tangled heap of love,
[F]He had so many women, but only classy stuff.
[D]I saw him at the [Bb]clinic, a [Bb]pink card [A]up his [C#]cuff[C#][Eb]
[F]One holiday in Bognor, a stag night hit the town,
[A]The groom was in the car park, with his trousers down,
[F]But that's another [C#]story that [C#]won't be [C]going [D]round.
I [D]can't [A]name [G]names [A]cos [G]that's [A]not [D]cric[A]ket,
I [D]can't [A]name [G]names [A]that would [G]put [A]me [D]in [A]it.
[Bb]But that's a[F]nother story [E]in the [A]finish.
[D] [F] [D] [Bb] [A] [C#] [Eb]
[F] [A] [F] [C#] [C] [D]
[D]The Deptford had a beano, to Southend for the night,
[F]With forty crates of lager, to see the Southend lights,
[D]They got home for their [Bb]breakfast, [Bb]pissed out [A]of their [C#]minds.[C#][Eb]
[F]This girl gave me the minces, so I asked her for a dance,
[A]And in the death I kissed, and so I took a chance,
[F]And when I went to [C#]touch her, she [C#]tried to [C]break my [D]arm.
I [D]can't [A]name [G]names [A]cos [G]that's [A]not [D]cric[A]ket,
I [D]can't [A]name [G]names [A]that would [G]put [A]me [D]in [A]it.
[Bb]But that's a[F]nother story [E]in the [A]finish.
[A]'Know what I mean, eh? Bob?'[D][A]
