Tripod - A Shandy Too Far
Transcribed by Rob Bowman
rebowman@utas.edu.au

Intro:  C  Bb  A  G

C         Bb
Table for one,  
Am         G
Preferably out of the sun,  
F    C      G
Somewhere where it's quiet.  
      
C            Bb
And a coffee too,  
Am             G
Better make it black right through,  
F  C        G
I'm feeling fairly shite.  
      
Am   G      C
I don't think I have enough class,  
          E               F
To handle drinking from a glass,  
       F#         G(stop)
Get me water in a pla   stic cup.  
      
  C      Bb         C
G & S:          I went a shandy too far,  
          E
I woke up in the bed of,  
F       F#         G(stop)
Someone who I just never thought I'd do.  
          C      Bb         C
I know, I went a shandy too far,  
         E               F
I wonder where I left my car?  
  G          C     G
A shandy too far.  
      

Mmmm... yum, yum, yum...  

C           Bb
Comfortable bed...  

G & S:          (Comfortable bed...)  
Am              G
Shame about the pain in my head.  
F  C
Where'd I leave my shoes?  
    G
G & S:          (Well, they're just over there...)  
C  Bb
Well, they're over there,  
Am
G & S:          (Over there...)  
              G
Underneath my underwear,  
    F  C        G
And where'd I get this bruise?  

Am             G             C
I can hear her come down the hall,  
             EF
And bang her head against the wall,  
             F#
And wish she didn't have...  
      G
... appalling luck.  

    C      Bb         C
She went a shandy too far,  
          E
I woke up in the bed of,  
F       F#         G(stop)
Someone who I just never thought I'd do.  
         C      Bb         C
I know I went a shandy too far,  
         E               F
I wonder where I left my car?  
  G          Am   
A shandy too far.  

E       Am           Bb
Take my advice, in a crisis,  
        F             F#
Catch a taxi, catch a bus.  
               G
But if there's one thing you should never do is trust yourself,  
 C         Bb
'Cause there's a caveman inside,  
Am       G             F
Your brain's just coming along for the ride,  
      G         C       G
You'd think I'd learn.  

Yon and Gatesy: (Shandy too far...)  

C               Bb
I don't know it all,  
Am              G
When it will be safe to call.  
   FF#
We used to be quite friendly,  
    G
But this could be the end.  

           C(stop, tacet from here)
Because we went...  

Yon and Gatesy: We went a shandy too far.  

(Shandy, shandy too far...)  

Yon and Gatesy: I woke up in the bed of,  
Bring back G
Someone who I never thought I'd do.  
         C      Bb         C
I know I went a shandy too far,  
         E               F
I wonder where I left my car?  
  G          C     G
A shandy too far.  


(They all start shouting at once)  

C         Bb        Am
Ooooo-wa, ooooo-wa, oooh,  Whoaoh
G         F
Ooooo-wa, oooh,  
G          C    
Shandy too far.  

    G
Never happened to me personally, of course.  

C         Bb        Am
Ooooo-wa, ooooo-wa, oooh,  

Is Mum in the audience again?!  
G         F
Ooooo-wa, oooh,  
G          C    G
Shandy too far.  

C         Bb        Am
Ooooo-wa, ooooo-wa, oooh,  
G         F
Ooooo-wa, oooh,  


G          C            G
Shandy too far...  
Scod:       Shandy too far...  
Gatesy: Shandy too far.  

C         Bb        Am
Ooooo-wa, ooooo-wa, oooh,  

How much money?  
G         F
Ooooo-wa, oooh,  
G(let ring)
Shandy too...  
Scod:     Shandy too...  
    Shandy too...  
    C              C
... far_ooooooooh