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The Great Escape - I AmKloot (x02210@1)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
By: dr_silverrose
Originally performed by John Bramwell, the I Am Kloot lead guitar/vocalist, under the
name Johnny Dangerously. Can be found on I Am Kloot's Album "B", a B-side compilation
album, released 2009. Featured prominently in the 2003 BBC Comedy Early Doors, Series 2,
Episode 5.
This is a very simple song with standard chords and strumming, easy to learn, fun to
sing and play.
Standard tuning
C (x32010@1) x32010
Dm xx0231
G (320003@1) 320033
F (133211@1) xx3211
Capo 4
C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) CYou (x32010@1)were born with football boots and a suntan complexion
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GYou (320003@1)once thought that on reflection, I've really got it made
C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) CYou (x32010@1)shrugged and smiled and made the usual excuses
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) CYou (x32010@1)suffered small abuses, and settled for their pay
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) CYou (x32010@1)want to learn to live like an aristocrat
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GBut (320003@1)your girlfriend's earrings well they soon put pay to that
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) Cand (x32010@1)if the whole world came crashing, down around your ears
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GYou (320003@1)could dream of stucco wallpaper and crystal chandeliers
C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) CYou (x32010@1)cashed in your cards, you want to buy some glamour
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GYou (320003@1)really are enamoured, with that new soap on a rope
C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) CA (x32010@1)thousand fat comedians came in disguised as clerics
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GThey (320003@1)got you in hysterics, and walked off with your soul
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) Cand (x32010@1)with that cheapskate, royalty, you get your flag and wave
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GWell (320003@1)I've seen you on TV grinning at the motorcade
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1)CPretty (x32010@1)soon we'll hang the traitors, we'll string them up like drapes
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GAnd (320003@1)I'll ride around like Steve McQueen in The Great Escape
C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) CYou (x32010@1)hung around too long, your mother read your letters
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GYou (320003@1)grinned like a go-getter, come and got and gone
C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) CThe (x32010@1)time the morning slips, blends into the wallpaper
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Gand (320003@1)once you could escape her, but where did you go wrong
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) Cand (x32010@1)your father's at the factory that makes money selling guns
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GThat (320003@1)fought the wars that spent the lives of other peoples sons
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) CPretty (x32010@1)soon we'll hang the traitors, we'll string them up like drapes
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) GAnd (320003@1)I'll ride around like Steve McQueen in The Great Escape
C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) CYou (x32010@1)were born with football boots and a suntan complexion
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) CYou (x32010@1)once thought that on reflection, you'd really got it made
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) CYou (x32010@1)once thought that on reflection, you'd really got it made
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) CYou (x32010@1)once thought that on reflection, oh yeah, I've really got it made
