( Cb5 = x3457x )
Verse:
C
Sitting at the old kitchen table
Am
Peace and health and dreams
Stretching out in the darkness
C
Mother's up the stairs with her ageing new boyfriend
Dm
Cathy's staying in to make sure nothing happens
G
All aboard the freak parade
F
I cover up my head and pray
C
I'm praying for the light
Verse:
C
Down amongst the old city chambers
Am
Men in frocks debate all the policy changes
C
Everybody bet on the boom and got busted
Dm
Everybody bet and in the government trusted
G
Grubby little red MP
F
Yellow flapping hopelessly
Chorus:
Am
Tory like the cat with the cream
E
Tory like the cat with the cream
Am
I studied you in history
C
I studied in the library
Dm F
In days of old when knights were bold
Am C
They'd settle it with swords and shields
Dm F
In days of old when knights were bold
C
It's settled by the king
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Verse:
C
Praying for a friend is contagious
Am
Especially when it comes at the old kitchen table
C
Listening for the swoosh of his quickening paces
Dm
Watching for the smile on the bravest of faces
G
How I wish you'd read to me
F
Verses rich in swallows and trees
C
To get me though the night
Verse:
C
Waiting at the old kitchen table
Am
Listening for my code, listening for my instructions
C
Surely now I'm here, I am destined for greatness
Dm
I want to be the Queen pulling kids out of rivers
G
All aboard the freak parade
F
I cover up my head and pray
Chorus:
Am
I'm praying for the cat with the cream
E
I'm praying for the cat with the cream
Am
I studied you in history
C
I studied in the library
Dm F
In days of old when knights were bold
Am C
They'd settle it with swords and shields
Dm F
In days of old when knights were bold
C
It's settled by the king
Cb5
It's settled by the king
C
It's settled by the king
Cb5 C
It's settled by the king
