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Tedious people, tiresome town under the gaze of the mayoral frown
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Always calm with a gentle breeze - Tarkus in black vinyl please.
G              C  G
What would you do?
       Am                     D                     G  D    C       D
If the sexton's wife from the best kept village nearby came running
     G     D         C   D
With bells round her neck and said
      Am                  D
You'd better move away, tomorrow or today
              G   D      C       D        G   D    C    D
'Cos when the owl starts laughing we will all fall down
           Am                    D7            G    D C  D7
There's an outbreak of Vitas Gerulaitis on the way.

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Why it's Mr Kowalski - it was you all along
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That ski lodge would have been mine if it wasn't for you meddling kids.
    G            C  G
But what can you do?
          Am               D
When your mum's in Rampton bouncing off the walls
             G     D C   D      G  D  C    D
And singing 'Who's afraid of Virginia Wade?'
Am                             D                         G      D C D
Why do that today when you can always put it off until tomorrow?
        G    DCD  G           D           C     D
Was our motto, subsequently engraved on a plaque
       G      D        C       D7        G      D C D
As a reminder of the attack of Vitas Gerulaitis.

   G   D    C   D    G   D    C    D
We all fall down, we all fall down,
   G   D    C   D    G   D    C    D
We all fall down, we all fall down,
G     D C   D      G  D  C     D
Who's afraid of Virginia Wade?
G     D C   D      G  D  C     D
Who's afraid of Virginia Wade?
   Am                    D7            G    D C D
An outbreak of Vitas Gerulaitis in the town
       G   DCD      G   DCD      G    D C
In the town, in the town, in the town
   D        G
We all fall down.