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
