Song: Right said Fred
Artist: Bernard Cribbins
Composers: Myles Rudge & Ted Dicks
Tabbed by DJ
7th Feb 2016
CAPO: 1st fret (Starts in the key of C and modulates to C#)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
B = x24442 E = 022100 Am7 = x02213
E7 = 022130 C# = x46664 D7 = xx0212
A = x02220 F# = 244322 G7 = 320001
B * = 799877 D#7 = xx1323 C7 = x32310
Bb = 688766 G#7 = 464544 F = 133211
A * = 577655 C#m7 = x46454 D = xx0232
G#m7 = 464444 D#7/A# = x11323 G = 320033
C#7 = x46464 C = x32010 A7 = x02020
F#7 = 242322 F7 = 131211 Dm7 = xx0211
B7 = x24242 Bb * = x13331 E7/B = x20100
^ = Chord stabs
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[Intro]
B E7 B E7 B
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[Verse 1]
B E7 B E7
"Right," said Fred, "Both of us to - gether,
B E7 B A
One each end, and steady as we go!"...
B E7 B E7
Tried to shift it, couldn't even lift it,
B E7 B * Bb
We was getting nowhere-----,
A G#m7 C#7 F#7
And so ...we ...'ad a cup o' tea!
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[Verse 2]
F#7 B E7 B E7
And, "Right," said Fred, "...give a shout for Charlie!"
B E7 B A
Up comes Charlie from the floor be - low,...
B E7 B E7
After strainin', 'eavin' and com - plainin',
B E7 B * Bb
We was getting nowhere-----,
A G#m7 C#7 F#7
And so ...we ...'ad a cup o' tea!
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[Verse 3]
F#7 B B7
And Charlie had a think,
E E7 B B7 E E7
And he thought we ought ...to take off all the 'andles,
C# C#7 F#
And the things what held the candles,
G#m7 C#7 F#
But it did no good, well, I never thought it would!
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[Verse 4]
F#7 B E7 B E7
"Al - right!", said Fred, " ...'ave to take the feet off,
B E7 B A
To get them feet off wouldn't take a mo'!"...
B E7 B E7
Took its' feet off, even took the seat off,
B E7 B * Bb A * D#7 G#7
Should have got us somewhere---, but no----,
C#m7 F#7 B D#7/A# G#m7
So, Fred said, "Let's 'ave a - nother cup o' tea!"
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C#m7 F#7 B E7 B E7
And we said, ..."Right -o------!" | / / / / |
[Link]
C F7 C F7
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[Verse 5]
C F7 C F7
"Al - right!", said Fred, "...'ave to take the door off,
C F7 C Bb
Need more space to shift the so -and -so!"...
C F7 C F7
Had bad twinges, taking off the hinges,
C F7 C B
And it got us nowhere-----,
Bb Am7 D7 G7
And so ...we ...'ad a cup o' tea!
^ ^ ^
[Verse 6]
G7 C F7 C F7
And, "Right," said Fred, "...'ave to take the wall down,
C F7 C Bb
That there wall is gonna have to go!"...
C F7 C F7
Took the wall down, even with it all down,
C F7 C B
We was getting nowhere----,
Bb Am7 D7 G7
And so ...we ...'ad a cup o' tea!
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[Verse 7]
G7 C C7 F F7
And Charlie had a think, and he said, "Look, Fred,
C C7 F F7 D D7 G
I got a sort of feelin', if we re - move the ceilin',
Am7 D7 G
With a rope or two we could drop the blighter through!"
^ ^ ^
[Verse 8]
C F7 C F7
"Al - right!", said Fred, climbing up a ladder,
C F7 C Bb C F7
With his crowbar gave a mighty blow, ...was he in trouble,
C F7 C F7 C B Bb * E7 A7
Half a ton of rubble landed on the top of----- his dome,
Dm7 G7 C E7/B Am7
So Charlie and me 'ad a - nother cup o' tea,
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Dm7 G7 C F7 C F7
And then we ...went home------! | / / / / |
[Coda]
C F7 C F7
||: / / / / | / / / / :|| [Repeat for spoken coda]
(I said to Charlie, "We'll just have to leave it standing on
the landing, that's all!" You see, the trouble with Fred is,
he's ...he's too hasty! Now, you never get nowhere if you're
too hasty!)
[Ending]
C F7 F C
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