The Main riff is a muted G to C

Verse 1:
G-C
One fine day near the end of the tax year
CMr (x32010@1)Richards was gripped by a new fear
D (xx0232@1)       Am (x02210@1)   C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)          G-C
Who would be at his retirement party


Verse 2:
G-C
And though he still had years to go before he
CSlipped (x32010@1)over the edge of the workforce
D (xx0232@1)           Am (x02210@1)               C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)         G-C
The question remained and in his wake there came an army



Chorus:
Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)         DWhat (xx0232@1)price creature comforts, what is this life really all about?
Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)           
He drew a line between work and living, and work was winning out
Em (022000@1)              C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)             DAnd (xx0232@1)he worked for half his life, to spend the end just feeling tired out
Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)              (Back to main riff)G-C
That's when his roof caved in



Verse 3:
G-C
And so he made a list of all the people he worked with
CAnd (x32010@1)cut it down to the ones he got on with
D (xx0232@1)         Am (x02210@1)             C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)        G-C
Paired each one off with the decade of his career


Verse 4:
G-C
And then he thought of all his friends from back home
CThe (x32010@1)crazies, the ladies, the lovers he'd known
D (xx0232@1)                           Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)              G-C
And then he looked around his office and wondered why he was still here



Chorus:
Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)         DWhat (xx0232@1)price creature comforts, what is this life really all about?
Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)           
He drew a line between work and living, and work was winning out
Em (022000@1)              C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)             DAnd (xx0232@1)he worked for half his life, to spend the end just feeling tired out
Em (022000@1)                             GThat's (320003@1)when he realised that he scrimped and saved all his precious days
FSo (133211@1)he could buy icers and microwaves
Em (022000@1)              D (xx0232@1)            CAnd (x32010@1)he only looks forward to his holidays

That's when his roof caved in.


Bridge:
D (xx0232@1)              Em (022000@1)                Am (x02210@1)      C (x32010@1)          C/B (x2555x@1)      
And it would be nice to have holiday homes and healthy bank statements and 
Am (x02210@1)         Dfat (xx0232@1)little kids,
D (xx0232@1)                    Em (022000@1)                    Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)       C/B (x2555x@1) 
And I guess you can be happy to dream all your dreams as camcorder records 
Am (x02210@1)                   Dof (xx0232@1)the things that you did,
D (xx0232@1)                 Em (022000@1)                    Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)          C/BBut (x2555x@1)as soon as your sleeping does it really matter what mattress you happen 
Am (x02210@1)             Dto (xx0232@1)be sleeping on?
D (xx0232@1)              Em (022000@1)                       F(Let Ring)
As long as your living and your having fun; he always laughed at the
                         C(Let Ring)         G-C
drop-outs, that he could never live that way.
        F (133211@1)                        F (133211@1)              EmBut (022000@1)the truth is Mr Richards was a coward, he was afraid.


Instrumental Break.    Em C G D Em C G G F F G Em C


Final Verse:
C-G
Mr Richards decided on the very next morning
CTo (x32010@1)make his life and work the same thing
D (xx0232@1)        Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)      GCleared (320003@1)he desk, he hit the road and he never retired.