xTalking Wag Club Blues
Billy Bragg
Brewing Up With (Bonus CD)
Intro: G D E D (x4)
G D E D
Well the sun goes down on London Town
G D E D
But it never sets on Oxford Street
G D E D
Those well spoken young men and their bouncers
G D E D
Are trying to create a well dressed elite
C
(And all on private medicine, tut! tut!)
G D E D (x2)
G D E D
Once inside join the rising tide
G D E D
Of people who are so proud to get in
G D E D
Who think their face is their fortune
G D E D
But under their skin they're ugly as sin
C D
(Didn't I meet you down at the clinic ?)
G D E D (x2)
G D E D
Lots of boys with lots of poise
G D E D
And hair right down to their hips
G D E D
Lots of pretty girls with sun tans
G D E D
And cold sores on their lips
C G D E D
Is he your boyfriend ? Or is he just here to hold your coat ?
G
Take it off
G
Take it off
G G D E D
Take it off and let's find out
G D E D
Eh ?
G D E D
Half-arsed tries with half caste eyes
G D E D
Are sucking in their cheeks until it hurts
G D E D
Lots of twats with funny hats
G D E D
With Karl Marx printed on their shirts
C G D E D
Who'll tell you revolution is just a state of mind
C
Oh, this is Saturday night in the West End alright
D G D E D (x4)
And these people are not my kind
(PM)G D E D
You can cut the rug with this week's drug
(PM)G D E D
Make 'em all queue up to lick your arse
(PM)G D E D
Wear a T-shirt that says 'Young, Free & Single'
(PM)G D E D
Or a big badge that says 'I'm hip & working class'
(PM)G D E D
The place is full of ear'oles
(PM)G D E D
Who hang on every word that they speak
(PM)G D E D
Who believe what they write about themselves
(PM)G D E D
Week after week after week after week
C
(I don't know how they get away with it
G D E D
They should be ashamed)
C
Well if it's all so bloody beautiful
D G D E D
Take it home and have it framed
G D E D(x2) C D
G D E D (x4)
G D E C G
