...EMBARESSMENT... by Madness
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*from 'Absolutely' (1980)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Bb)
Verse 1:
Gm9/A Gm
Received a letter,
Gm9 Gm
Just the other day,
F9 Dm
Don't seem they,
Wanna know you no more.
Gm9/A Gm
They've laid it down,
Gm9 Gm
Given you their score.
F9 Dm
Within the first two lines,
it bluntly read;
Chorus 1:
C6 C C6 C
You're not to come and see us no more,
Em
Keep away from our door,
Gm9 Gm Gm9 Gm
Don't come 'round here no more.
Am7 Dm Am7 Dm
What on earth did you do that for?
Verse 2:
C6 C C6 C
Our aunt she don't wanna know,
She says;
Em
What will the neighbours think?
They'll think;
Gm9 Gm Gm9 Gm
We don't that's what they'll think.
We don't,
Am7 Dm Am7 Dm
But I will 'cos I know they think I don't.
Chorus 2:
Bb6 Bb Bb6 Bb
Our uncle he don't wanna know,
He says;
Dm
We are a disgrace to the human race,
He says;
F9 F F9 F
How can you show your face,
Bb/C C7
When you're a disgrace to the human race?
Interlude:
Gm9 Gm (x2), Dm
Verse 3:
Gm9/A Gm
No com-mittment;
Gm9 Gm
You're an em-barrassment,
F9 Dm
Yes, an embarrassment;
A living endorsement.
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Gm9/A Gm Gm9 Gm
The in-tention that you have booked,
F9 Dm
Was an in-tention that was overlooked.
Chorus 3:
C6 C C6 C
They say, stay a-way,
Em
Don't want you home today.
Gm9 Gm Gm9 Gm
Keep a-way from our door,
Am7 Dm Am7 Dm
Don't come 'round here no more.
Verse 4:
C6 C C6 C
Our dad, he don't wanna know,
He says;
Em
This is a serious matter;
Gm9 Gm Gm9 Gm
Too late to recon-sider,
Am7 Dm Am7 Dm
No one's gonna wanna know ya!
Chorus 4:
Bb6 Bb Bb6 Bb
Our mum, she don't wanna know,
Dm
I'm feelin' twice as old,
She says;
F9 F F9
Thought she had a head,
F
On her shoulder,
Bb/C C7
'Cos I'm feelin' twice as older,
C/D D
I'm feelin' twice as older,
Coda:
Am9 Am (x2), Em
Am9 Am
Outro:
Am9 Am G Em7
You're an em-barrassment.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Gm9/A Gm Gm9 F9 Dm
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x03333 3x033x 355335 101011 xx0231
C6 C Em Am7 Bb6
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32200 x32010 022000 x02013 x13333
Bb F Bb/C C7 C/D
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x13331 133211 x30331 x32310 x00010
D Am9 Am G Em7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0232 577557 x02210 320003 022030
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
