Jam - Eton Rifles Chords & Tabs

C                     D
Sup up your beer and collect your fags, 
C                        D
There's a row going on down near Slough, 
C                     D
Get out your mat and pray to the West, 
C                      D
I'll get out mine and pray for myself. 

C                                D
Thought you were smart when you took them on, 
C                                     D
But you didn't take a peep in their artillery room, 
C                     D
All that rugby puts hairs on your chest, 
C                                   D
What chance have you got against a tie and a crest?

F      G        C      G    Am
Hello-hurray - what a nice day - for the Eton Rifles, 
F      G               C    G    Am
Hello-hurray - I hope rain stops play - with the Eton Rifles.

C                                 D
Thought you were clever when you lit the fuse, 
C                                        D
Tore down the house of commons in your brand new shoes,
C                          D 
Composed a revolutionary symphony, 
C                         D
Then went to bed with a charming young thing.
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F      G        C      G    Am
Hello-hurray - cheers then mate - it's the Eton Rifles, 
F      G            C   G    Am
Hello-hurray - an extremist scrape - with the Eton Rifles.

Em               F 
What a catalyst you turned out to be, 
Em                        F                     G
Loaded the guns then you run off home for your tea, 
G 
Left me standing - like a guilty schoolboy. 

Em               F 
What a catalyst you turned out to be, 
Em                        F                     G
Loaded the guns then you run off home for your tea, 
G 
Left me standing - like a naughty schoolboy. 

C                   D
We came out of it naturally the worst, 
C                             D
Beaten and bloody and I was sick down my shirt, 
C                            D
We were no match for their untamed wit, 
C                                        D
Though some of the lads said they'll be back next week.
 
F      G                   C   G  Am
Hello-hurray - there's a price to pay - to the Eton Rifles,
F      G               C   G    Am 
Hello-hurray - I'd prefer the plague - to the Eton Rifles. 
F      G                   C   G  Am
Hello-hurray - there's a price to pay - to the Eton Rifles,
F      G               C   G    Am 
Hello-hurray - I'd prefer the plague - to the Eton Rifles.