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intro: % Bm |Am G D(D E F#)

D% Bm F#
If I give up the seat I've been saving
Bm G
To some elderly lady or man
A
Am I being a good boy
A7 D
Am I your pride and joy
G C D D%
Mother please if your pleased say I am

Bm F#
And if while in the course of my duty
Bm G
I perform an unfortunate take
A
Would you punish me so,
A7 D
unbelievably so
G C D D%
Never again will I make that mistake

Gsus4 Bm
This feeling inside me could never deny me
G D6
The right to be wrong if I choose
Gm
And this pleasure I get
D
From say winning a bet
C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 |G
Is to lose

Bm F#
When I'm drinking my Bonaparte Shandy
Bm G
Eating more than enough apple pies
A A7 D
Will I glance at my screen and see real human beings
G
Starve to death
C D
Right in front of my eyes

Bm F#7
Nothing old, nothing new, nothing ventured
Bm Bm7 G
Nothing gained, nothing still-born or lost
A A7 D
Nothing further than proof nothing wilder than youth
G A
Nothing older than time nothing sweeter than wine
F# F#7 Bm Bm7
Nothing physically, recklessly, hopelessly blind
G
Nothing I couldn't say
Em A7
Nothing why 'cos today
D
Nothing rhymed