...EMBARESSMENT... by Madness
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*from 'Absolutely' (1980)*


*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: Bb)


Verse 1:

Gm9/A       Gm
 Received a letter,
         Gm9   Gm
Just the other day,
F9 Dm
   Don't seem they,
Wanna know you no more.

Gm9/A     Gm
  They've laid it down,
      Gm9       Gm
Given you their score.
F9          Dm
 Within the first two lines,
it bluntly read;

Chorus 1:

       C6              C   C6    C
You're not to come and see us no more,
Em
 Keep away from our door,
Gm9    Gm          Gm9     Gm
 Don't come 'round here no more.
Am7      Dm            Am7     Dm
 What on earth did you do that for?

Verse 2:

C6   C              C6    C
 Our aunt she don't wanna know,
She says;
Em
 What will the neighbours think?
They'll think;
Gm9 Gm           Gm9          Gm
 We don't that's what they'll think.
We don't,
Am7    Dm          Am7       Dm
 But I will 'cos I know they think I don't.

Chorus 2:

Bb6  Bb             Bb6   Bb
 Our uncle he don't wanna know,
He says;
Dm
 We are a disgrace to the human race,
He says;
F9   F       F9        F
 How can you show your face,
Bb/C                           C7
 When you're a disgrace to the human race?

Interlude:

Gm9  Gm (x2), Dm

Verse 3:

Gm9/A   Gm
 No com-mittment;
Gm9           Gm
 You're an em-barrassment,
F9 Dm
   Yes, an embarrassment;
A living endorsement.

Gm9/A   Gm           Gm9      Gm
 The in-tention that you have booked,
F9         Dm
 Was an in-tention that was overlooked.

Chorus 3:

C6    C    C6     C
 They say, stay a-way,
Em
 Don't want you home today.
Gm9     Gm  Gm9      Gm
 Keep a-way from our door,
Am7    Dm          Am7     Dm
 Don't come 'round here no more.

Verse 4:

C6   C             C6    C
 Our dad, he don't wanna know,
He says;
Em
 This is a serious matter;
Gm9  Gm      Gm9   Gm
 Too late to recon-sider,
Am7 Dm          Am7   Dm
 No one's gonna wanna know ya!

Chorus 4:

Bb6  Bb             Bb6   Bb
 Our mum, she don't wanna know,
Dm
 I'm feelin' twice as old,
She says;
F9           F     F9
 Thought she had a head,
       F
On her shoulder,
Bb/C              C7
 'Cos I'm feelin' twice as older,
C/D          D
 I'm feelin' twice as older,

Coda:

Am9  Am (x2), Em
Am9  Am

Outro:

Am9           Am          G  Em7
 You're an em-barrassment.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

  Gm9/A    Gm      Gm9     F9      Dm

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x03333  3x033x  355335  101011  xx0231

   C6      C       Em      Am7    Bb6

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32200  x32010  022000  x02013  x13333

   Bb      F      Bb/C     C7      C/D

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x13331  133211  x30331  x32310  x00010

   D       Am9     Am      G       Em7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0232  577557  x02210  320003  022030


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)