Talking Wag Club Blues
Billy Bragg
Brewing Up With (Bonus CD)


Intro: G  D E  D  (x4)

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Well the sun goes down on London Town
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But it never sets on Oxford Street
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Those well spoken young men and their bouncers
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Are trying to create a well dressed elite
C

(And all on private medicine, tut! tut!)

G  D E  D (x2)

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Once inside join the rising tide
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Of people who are so proud to get in
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Who think their face is their fortune
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But under their skin they're ugly as sin
C                                         D
(Didn't I meet you down at the clinic ?)

G  D E  D (x2)

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Lots of boys with lots of poise
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And hair right down to their hips
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Lots of pretty girls with sun tans
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And cold sores on their lips
C                                                      G  D E  D
Is he your boyfriend ? Or is he just here to hold your coat ?
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Take it off
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Take it off
G                          G  D E  D
Take it off and let's find out
G  D E  D
Eh ?

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Half-arsed tries with half caste eyes
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Are sucking in their cheeks until it hurts
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Lots of twats with funny hats
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With Karl Marx printed on their shirts
C                                            G  D E  D
Who'll tell you revolution is just a state of mind
C
Oh, this is Saturday night in the West End alright
          D                  G  D E  D (x4)
And these people are not my kind

(PM)G                    D     E         D
You can cut the rug with this week's drug
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Make 'em all queue up to lick your arse
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Wear a T-shirt that says 'Young, Free & Single'
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Or a big badge that says 'I'm hip & working class'
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The place is full of ear'oles
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Who hang on every word that they speak
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Who believe what they write about themselves
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Week after week after week after week
C
(I don't know how they get away with it
                G  D E  D
They should be ashamed)
C
Well if it's all so bloody beautiful
         D               G  D E  D
Take it home and have it framed

G  D E  D(x2) C D 

G  D E  D (x4)

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