Song: The Light Is Always Green
Artist: The Housemartins
Album: Now That's What I Call Quite Good (1988)
Tabbed By: Alex Blackburne
You can either play this song with the chords I've used
or you can use a capo on the first fret with the following chords:
No Capo / Capo on 1st
Cm / Bm
F / E
Bb / A
Eb / D
Intro
Cm / F / Bb / Eb (x2)
Verse
Cm F Bb Eb
We dig our models with the brains the size of models
Cm F Bb Eb
And cars that we can trust with out wives
Cm F Bb Eb
And we dig converstations with girls from every nation
Cm F Bb Eb
But not the ones that whisper or tell lies
Pre-Chorus
Cm F
Wherever theres a will theres a motorway
Bb Eb
Wherever there is greed there is speed
Cm F
And theyve always got to be there for yesterday
Bb Eb
Welcome to the new scalextrics breed
Chorus
Cm F
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm F
And the heels they always show to me
Bb Eb
Are clean, clean, clean
Cm F
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm F
Green, green
Verse
Cm F Bb Eb
Were only flying past so we dig our sevice fast
Cm F Bb Eb
From the waiters to the women to the wine
Cm F Bb Eb
Never mind the match, I've an urgent date to catch
Cm F Bb Eb
Get me to the concert hall on time
Pre-Chorus
Cm F
Pretending to be pilots in a war
Bb Eb
Pretending to weave between the flak
Cm F
No-one knows what the missions for
Bb Eb
Blinkered horses on the track
Chorus
Cm F
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm F
And the heels they always show to me
Bb Eb
Are clean, clean, clean
Cm F
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Bridge
Cm F
Green, green (x4)
Chorus
Cm (one strum) F (one strum)
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm F
And the heels they always show to me
Bb Eb
Are clean, clean, clean
Cm F
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm F
Green, green
