THE BRITISH WAY OF LIFE by THE CHORDS Mod revival from UK 1980 INTRO: C C / G D G D G D / x2 C (strum) VERSE: C G dirty streets like dirty dreams ????????????? for your best friend plenty of shops with nothing in stock D never seems to end (never seems to end) C G a cinema, a bowling green a culture to preserve everyone always staring at each other D but no one speaks a word PRE CHORUS: A D (is it a) dream or is it ?????????? (does it) always rain or is it sunny, sunny E D sunny............... CHORUS: (G A ) D E A A this is the british way of life (A G ) D E A A G F# E i swallow my dreams like my beer D E A Asus4 sunday dinner with the wife now D E A A cos nothing new happens here........... VERSE: C G i work all week in the company office don't even know my name i feel so cold, make me feel old D nothing will ever change (nothing will ever change) C G drink with the boys every weekend to the future and the queen think i'll marry the girl who lives down the road D and support my local team PRE CHORUS: A D (is it a) dream or is it ?????????? (does it) always rain or is it sunny, sunny E D sunny............... CHORUS: (G A ) D E A A this is the british way of life (A G ) D E A A G F# E i swallow my dreams like my beer D E A Asus4 sunday dinner with the wife now D E A A cos nothing new happens here........... BREAK: E E A A this is my life (this is my life) x8 CHORUS: D E A A this is the british way of life D E A A i swallow my dreams like my beer D E A A sunday dinner with the wife now D E A A cos nothing new happens here........... (G A ) D E A A this is the british way of life (A G ) D E A A G F# E i swallow my dreams like my beer D E A Asus4 sunday dinner with the wife now D E A A cos nothing new happens here........... E E A A this is my life (this is my life) x2