Transcribed by Justin Watson, mentalman@bigpond.com 
Any comments, correspondence, criticisms or corrections welcome. 
 
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Oh by the way Nigel died yesterday 
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A quiet guy he never had too much to say 
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He'd been seriously ill, he'd been going downhill 
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For a very long time 
       D          G 
But he had a good time 
 

          D         G          D 
Oh by the way Nigel died yesterday 
        D            G               D 
A quiet guy he never had too much to say 
          G 
He didn't keep up his appearance 

And he never phoned his parents 
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They were very very old 
               D          G 
And they could be so very rude 
 
REFRAIN 
G                           A      Asus4 A 
And they would say to their friends 
 
CHORUS 
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Look at him he's guilty as sin 
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Nobody knows what he's on 
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He's pale as a ghost as narrow as a post 
    G        D        A 
And he's our prodigal son 
      G        D         A 
We'll miss him when he's gone 
 
Repeat VERSE 1 
 
Repeat REFRAIN 
Repeat CHORUS 
 
Solo over VERSE Progression 
 
Repeat REFRAIN 
Repeat CHORUS 
 
Repeat CHORUS