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The Proclaimers - Throw the 'R' Away from their first album "This is the Story"
By Doom Drew

NOTE: I learned this purely by listening so I would appreciate any corrections that may 
be appropriate.
Also there is one particular chord which I (using online chord identifier) identified as 
Emaj7sus4.
The chord looks like this...  It is much simpler than the name suggests.
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|--2-------|
D|--1-------|
A|--2-------|
E|----------|

Capo 4

Intro      E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)Emaj7sus4  (x2)

E (022100@1)          AI've (x02220@1)been so sad
      Am (x02210@1)                   ESince (022100@1)you said my accent was bad
E (022100@1)             A (x02220@1)          Am (x02210@1)       EHe's (022100@1)wearin' a frown   This Caledonian clown

E (022100@1)                            AI'm (x02220@1)just going to have to learn to hesitate
   Am (x02210@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)            Emaj7sus4       ETo (022100@1)make sure my words    On your Saxon ears don't grate
    E (022100@1)                      ABut (x02220@1)I wouldn't know a single word to say
     Am (x02210@1)              Am7 (x02010@1)        Emaj7sus4    EIf (022100@1)I flattened all the vowels   And threw the 'R' away

Some days I stand
On your green and pleasant land
How dare I show face
When my diction is such a disgrace

I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate
To make sure my words
On your Saxon ears don't grate
But I wouldn't know a single word to say
If I flattened all the vowels
And threw the 'R' away

E (022100@1)             E7You (020130@1)say that if I want to get ahead
A (x02220@1)            Am7The (x02010@1)language I use should be left for dead
E (022100@1)        Emaj7sus4  EIt (022100@1)doesn't please your ear
E (022100@1)            E7And (020130@1)though you tell it like a leg-pull
A (x02220@1)             Am7It (x02010@1)seems you're still full of John Bull
E (022100@1)      Emaj7sus4      EYou (022100@1)just refuse       to hear

Oh what can I do
To be understood by you
Perhaps for some money
I could talk like a bee dripping honey.

I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate
To make sure my words
On your Saxon ears don't grate
But I wouldn't know a single word to say
If I flattened all the vowels
And threw the 'R' away

You say that if I want to get ahead
The language I use should be left for dead
It doesn't please your ear
And though you tell it like a leg-pull
I think you're still full of John Bull
You just refuse to hear

He's been so sad
Since you said his accent was bad
He's wearin' a frown
This Caledonian clown

I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate
To make sure my words
On your Saxon ears don't grate
But I wouldn't know a single word to say
If I flattened all the vowels
And threw the 'R' away
Flattened all the vowels
And threw the 'R' away
If I flattened all the vowels
And threw the 'R' away
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