Tabbed by: SMASHLEY MATTHEWS & BASSMAN007
Greetings to the New Brunette
Blly Bragg
Capo on fret 1.
[Intro]
G D C D G D Am7
[Chorus 1]
G D Em D C D Em Bm7
Shirley, it's quite exciting to be sleeping here in this new room
G D Em D C D Em Bm7
Shirley, you're my reason to get out of bed before noon
G D Em D C D Em Bm7
Shirley, you know when we sat out on the fire escape talking
G D Em D C D Em Bm7
Shirley, what did you say about running before we were walking
[Instrumental]
Am7 C
[Verse 1]
Am7 C G D Em D
Sometimes when we're as close as this It's like we're in a dream
Am7 C D D
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know
who's in the team
[Chorus]
G D Em D C D Em Bm7
Shirley, your sexual politics have left me all of a muddle
G D Em D C D Em Bm7
Shirley, we are joined in the ideological cuddle
[Instrumental]
Am7 C
[Verse 2]
Am7 C G D Em D
I'm celebrating my love for you With a pint of beer and a new tattoo
Am7 C D
And if you haven't noticed yet I'm more impressionable when my cement
is wet
[Instrumental]
G D C D
G D C D
[Bridge]
Em B
Politics and pregnancy
Am C
Are debated as we empty our glasses
G D Em C D
And how I love those evening classes
[Chorus 3]
G D Em D C D Em Bm7
Shirley, you really know how to make a young man angry
G D Em D C D Em Bm7
Shirley, could we get through the night without mentioning family
[Instrumental]
Am7 C
[Verse 3]
Am7 C G D Em D
The people from your church agree It's not much of a career
Am7 C D
Trying the handles of parked cars Whoops,there goes another year
D D
Whoops,there goes another pint of beer
[Instrumental]
G D Em D C D Em Bm7
G D Em D C D Em Bm7
Am7 C
[Verse 4]
Am7 C
Here we are in our summer years
G D Em D
Living on ice-cream and chocolate kisses
Am7 C
Would the leaves fall from the trees
D
If I was your old man and you were my missus
[Chorus 4]
G D Em D
(Shirley), give my greetings to the new brunette
G D Em D
(Shirley), give my greetings to the new brunette
G D Em D
(Shirley), give my greetings to the new brunette
G D Em D
(Shirley), give my greetings to the new brunette
G D Em D
(Shirley), give my greetings to the new brunette
G D Em
(Shirley), brunette . . . . . . . .
[Outro]
G D C D
G D Am7
