Capo 4th fret

         C5                  F5
He had a stroke at the age of 24
              F5                 C5
It could have been a brilliant career
          A5          E5             F5
Painting lines in a school that was too well known
          A5          E5              F5       
Painting lines with a friend that had gone before
    F5          D5     G5  
She challenged everyone to a fight
        F5      C5          G5
But the people all backed down
         F5       C5      G5
And they ran her out of town
            F5         C5         G5
Because she drank and swore and spoke
       F5         C5       D5
Out of turn, she was the village joke

          C5                  F5
She had a stroke at the age of 24
              F5                C5
It could have been a brilliant career
        A5          E5          F5
Getting clients to finance her strategies
              A5         E5          F5
She's filling time in on Safeways on Saturday
    F5         D5         G5
She wears the clothes of an emperor
        F5         C5     G5
But her paintings are a sham
            F5     C5     G5
And they're going for a grand
          F5      C5       G5
When the dealers come to view
          F5      C5    D5
Do they ever see the real you?

          C5                 F5
He had a stroke at the age of 24
              F5                C5
It could have been a brilliant career
        A5          E5            F5
Selling lies to the boys with the old Dansettes
            A5                E5            F5
Pulling the wool, playing the fool, it's no wonder that
F5     D5      G5
He is dribbling spit tonight
        F5      C5    G5
And the one he sent away
        F5    C5       G5
Was the only one who stayed
       F5           C5      G5
With a spoon and a decent book
            F5           C5       G5
And you can tell by the way she looks
      F5     C5     G5
He is sorry and resigned
      F5       C5            D5
As he wets himself for the final time