Squeeze's songs are so catchy and immediate
yet they often feature unusual structures.
This is a case in point.
Wonderful - from the magnificent Sweets From A Stranger album
Standard tuning
Intro
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I've re-turned
B Abm Gb Esus2 E
I've re-turned
B Abm Gb Esus2 E Esus2 E
I've re-turned
Verse 1
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B Abm
Last night I played the drunken fiddle
Gb E
Dis-abled love with a word of dribble
B Abm
On and on about some jumbled subject
Gb E
I said your friends were a bunch of Muppets
G Em
I said your sister should have grown a moustache
B B/Bb A Abm
Sa-aid you didn't need to take off your mask
G Em
Down the staircase I made my stagger
B B/Bb A Abm
I left you crying but it didn't matter
Verse 2
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B Abm
So I sat inside my car in wonder
Gb E
A headache in my head like the thunder
B Abm
I chewed my nails like a guilty victim
Gb E
I couldn't see or feel the night or nothing
G Em
I wanted to explain but all so desperate
B B/Bb A Abm
Lo-ove was like it was some in-vestment
G Em
Then I don't remember who said what when
B B/Bb A Abm
On a scrap of paper I placed my pen
Refrain
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staccato Abm x 6, Gb
Gb F
When I woke up in the morning
Gb G
Beside you in the bed
Gb F
My mouth was full of nothing
Gb Gb G Ab B C Db
My arm around your head
D /Db /B A
And I don't know how I got there
E Gb A
I didn't want to check
D /Db /B A
Now back between each other
E Gb
We're salvaging our wreck
Now I've returned
Verse 3
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B Abm
You've thrown my jigsaw all over the floor
Gb E
We're at the deepest deep
B Abm
I thought our love had died forever
Gb Esus2 E
But it just went to sleep
Out
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B Abm Gb Esus2 E
I've re-turned
B Abm Gb Esus2 E
I've re-turned
B Abm Gb Esus2 E
I've re-turned
B Abm Gb Esus2 E
I've re-turned
Esus2 E G B
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
October 2012
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