The Main riff is a muted G to C

Verse 1:
G5 - C5
One fine day near the end of the tax year
C5
Mr Richards was gripped by a new fear
D5         A5     C5   D5            G5 - C5
Who would be at his retirement party


Verse 2:
G5 - C5
And though he still had years to go before he
C5
Slipped over the edge of the workforce
D5             A5                 C5          D5           G5 - C5
The question remained and in his wake there came an army



Chorus:
E5          C5               G5           D5
What price creature comforts, what is this life really all about?
E5          C5         G5             D5             
He drew a line between work and living, and work was winning out
E5                C5           G5               D5
And he worked for half his life, to spend the end just feeling tired out
E5           C5                (Back to main riff) G5 - C5
That's when his roof caved in



Verse 3:
G5 - C5
And so he made a list of all the people he worked with
C5
And cut it down to the ones he got on with
D5           A5               C5         D5          G5 - C5
Paired each one off with the decade of his career


Verse 4:
G5 - C5
And then he thought of all his friends from back home
C5
The crazies, the ladies, the lovers he'd known
D5                             A5          C5           D5                G5 - C5
And then he looked around his office and wondered why he was still here



Chorus:
E5          C5               G5           D5
What price creature comforts, what is this life really all about?
E5          C5         G5             D5             
He drew a line between work and living, and work was winning out
E5                C5           G5               D5
And he worked for half his life, to spend the end just feeling tired out
E5                               G5
That's when he realised that he scrimped and saved all his precious days
F5
So he could buy icers and microwaves
E5                D5              C5
And he only looks forward to his holidays

That's when his roof caved in.


Bridge:
D5                E5                  A5        C5            C5        
And it would be nice to have holiday homes and healthy bank statements and 
A5           D5
fat little kids,
D5                      E5                      A5            C5         C5   
And I guess you can be happy to dream all your dreams as camcorder records 
A5                     D5
of the things that you did,
D5                   E5                      A5          C5            C5
But as soon as your sleeping does it really matter what mattress you happen 
A5               D5
to be sleeping on?
D5                E5                         F(Let Ring)
As long as your living and your having fun; he always laughed at the
                         C(Let Ring)         G5 - C5
drop-outs, that he could never live that way.
        F5                          F5                E5
But the truth is Mr Richards was a coward, he was afraid.


Instrumental Break.    E5 C5 G5 D5 E5 C5 G5 G5 F5 F5 G5 E5 C5


Final Verse:
C5 - G5
Mr Richards decided on the very next morning
C5
To make his life and work the same thing
D5          A5                C5           D5        G5
Cleared he desk, he hit the road and he never retired.