Song: Leopold Alcocks
Artist: Jake Thackray
Composer: Jake Thackray
Tabbed by: DJ
28th Mar 2013
Below are two tabbed versions of the song:
LIVE VERSION-
This is based on a live performance, with extra verses not recorded
in the studio version, breezier and slightly more uptempo,
with much simpler chords in the intro and breaks.
Time signature: 3/4 (waltz time)
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in key of A)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
G = 320003 C = x32010
D7 = xx0101 Bm7 = x24232
E7 = 022130 Ddim = xx0101
Am7 = x02010
^ = Emphasise the beat
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[Intro]
G D7 G D7
| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |
[Verse 1]
G E7 Am7
Leopold Alcocks, my distant re - lation,
D7 G
Came to my flat, for a brief visi - tation,
D7 G E7 Am7
He's been here since Februa - ry, damn and blast him,
D7 G G
My nerves, and my furniture, may not out - last him!
^ ^
[Verse 2]
C Bm7 Am7 Bm7
Leopold Alcocks is accident prone,
E7 Am7 D7 G
He's lost my bathplug, he's ruptured my telephone,
D7 C Bm7 Am7 Bm7
My anti - rrhinums, my motorbikes, my sofa,
E7 Am7 D7 G G
There isn't anything he can't trip o - ver!
^ ^
[Verse 3]
G D7 G E7 Am7
As he roams through my rooms, all my pussycats scatter,
D7 G
My statuettes tremble, then plummet, then shatter,
D7 G E7 Am7
My tablelamps tumble with grim regu - larity,
D7 G G
My cut-glass has crumbled, and so has my chari - ty!
^ ^
[Verse 4]
C Bm7 Am7 Bm7
Leopold Alcocks, an uncanny creature,
E7 Am7 D7 G
He can't take tea without some misad - venture,
Ddim C Bm7 Am7 Bm7
He looks up from his teacup, with a smirk on his features,
E7 Am7 D7 G
And a slice of my porcelain between his dentures!
[Verse 5]
G D7 G E7 Am7
He's upset my goldfish, he's jinxed my wis - teria,
D7 G
My budgie's gone broody, my tortoise has hys - teria,
D7 G E7 Am7
He cleans my teapots, my saucepans, with 'Brasso',
D7 G G
And leaves chocolate fingerprints on my Pi - cas - so!
^ ^
[Verser 6]
C Bm7 Am7 Bm7
Leopold Alcocks, never known to fail,
E7 Am7 D7 G
Working his way through my fake 'Chippen - dales',
C Bm7 Am7 Bm7
One blow from his thighs, which are fearsomely strong,
E7 Am7 D G
Would easily fracture the wing of a swan!
[Verse 7]
G D7 G E7 Am7
I brought home my bird for some Turkish mous - saka,
D7 G
Up looms old Leopold, I know when I'm knackered,
D7 G E7 Am7
He spills the vino, the great eager beaver,
D7 G
Drenching her jump-suit, and my 'joie de vivre'!
[Verse 8]
C Bm7 Am7 Bm7
Leopold Alcocks, stirring my spleen,
E7 Am7 D7 G
You are the grit in my life's 'Vasel -ine',
C Bm7 Am7 Bm7
A pox on you, Alcocks, you've been here since Feb'ry,
E7 Am7 D7 G
Go home, and leave me a - lone with my debris!
[Break]
G D7 G D7
| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |
[Verse 9]
G E7 Am7
So Leopold Alcocks, my distant re - lation,
D7 G
Has gone away home, after his visi - tation,
D7 G E7 Am7
I glimpsed him waving bye -bye this last minute,
D7 G G
Waving his hand, with my door knob still in it!
^ ^
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Song: Leopold Alcocks - ALBUM VERSION
Artist: Jake Thackray
Composer: Jake Thackray
Basically the same as the live version, but abridged,
and with different chords in the intro & breaks.
A slightly smoother performance, with the double beat at the end
of each verse not emphasised.
Time signature: 3/4 (waltz time)
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in key of A)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Gadd9 = xx5435 G = 320003 E7 = 022130
G * = xx5433 D7 = xx0212 Bm7 = x23232
Dm7/A = x00211 Am7 = x02010 Dm7 = xx0211
D7 = xx0212 G6 = 320000
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[Intro]
Gadd9 G * Dm7/A D7
| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |
[Verse 1]
G E7 Am7
Leopold Alcocks, my distant re - lation,
D7 G
Came to my flat, for a brief visi - tation,
G E7 Am7
He's been here since Februa - ry, damn and blast him,
D7 G G6 G
My nerves, and my furniture, may not out - last him!
[Verse 2]
C Bm7 Am7 Bm7
Leopold Alcocks is accident prone,
E7 Am7 D7 G
He's lost my bathplug, he's ruptured my telephone,
C Bm7 Am7 Bm7
My anti - rrhinums, my motorbikes, my sofa,
E7 Am7 D G Gadd9 Dm7
There isn't anything he can't trip over! | / / / | / / / |
[Verse 3]
D7 G E7 Am7
He's upset my goldfish, he's jinxed my wis - teria,
D7 G
My budgie's gone broody, my tortoise has hys - teria,
G E7 Am7
He cleaned my teapots, my saucepans, with 'Brasso',
D7 G
And left chocolate fingerprints on my Pi - casso!
[Verse 4]
C Bm7 Am7 Bm7
Leopold Alcocks, an uncanny creature,
E7 Am7 D7 G
He can't take tea without some misad - venture,
C Bm7 Am7 Bm7
He looks up from his teacup, with a smirk on his features,
E7 Am7 D G Gadd9 Dm7
And a slice of my porcelain between his dentures! | / / / | / / / |
[Verse 5]
D7 G E7 Am7
I brought home my bird for some Turkish mous - saka,
D7 G
Up looms old Leopold, I know when I'm knackered,
G E7 Am7
He spills the vino, the great eager beaver,
D7 G
Drenching her jump-suit, and my 'joie de vivre'!
[Verse 6]
C Bm7 Am7 Bm7
Leopold Alcocks, stirring my spleen,
E7 Am7 D7 G
You are the grit in my life's 'Vasel -ine',
C Bm7 Am7 Bm7
A pox on you, Alcocks, you've been here since Feb'ry,
E7 Am7 D G
Go home, and leave me a - lone with my debris!
Gadd9 G * Dm7/A D7
| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |
[Verse 7]
D7 G E7 Am7
So Leopold Alcocks, my distant re - lation,
D7 G
Has gone away home, after his visi - tation,
G E7 Am7
I glimpsed him waving bye -bye this last minute,
D7 G
Waving his hand, with my door knob still in it!
