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Baggy Trousers  Madness

...BAGGY TROUSERS... by Madness
 
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*from 'Absolutely ' (1980)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: F)
Intro:
Ab G F D (x2)
Verse 1:
[D] Naughty boys in nasty schools,
Head-[F]masters breaking all the rules,
[G] Having fun and playing fools,
[G#] Smashing up the [G]woodwork [F]tools.
[D] All the teachers in the pub,
[F] Passing 'round the ready-rub,
[G] Trying not to think of when,
The [G#]lunch-time bell will [G]ring a-[F]gain.
Chorus 1:
[G] Oh what fun we [Gm]had,
But, [D]did it really [Dm]turn out bad?
[G] All I learnt at [Gm]school,
Was [A]how to bend [G#]not [A]break the rules.
[G] Oh what fun we [Gm]had,
But [D]at the time it [Dm]seemed so bad.
[G] Trying different [Gm]ways,
To [A]make a difference [G#]to...
Verse 2:
[G] The [F]Head-[D]master's had enough today,
[F] All the kids have gone away,
[G] Gone to fight with next-door's school;
[G#] Every term that [G]is the [F]rule.
[D] Sits alone and bends his cane;
[F] Same old backsides again,
[G] All the small ones tell tall tales,
[G#] Walking home and [G]squashing [F]snails.
Chorus 2:
[G] Oh what fun we [Gm]had,
But, [D]did it really [Dm]turn out bad?
[G] All I learnt at [Gm]school,
Was [A]how to bend [G#]not [A]break the rules.
[G] Oh what fun we [Gm]had,
But [D]at the time it [Dm]seemed so bad.
[G] Trying different [Gm]ways,
To [A]make a difference [G#]to [E]the[(Bm)] days.
Instrumental:
Bm C#m Bm G#m (x7)
[Bm] [G#] [G] [F#] [F]  
Verse 3:
[D] Lots of girls and lots of boys,
[F] Lots of smells and lots of noise.
[G] Playing football in the park,
[Ab] Kicking pushbikes [G]after [F]dark.
[D] Baggy trousers, dirty shirt,
[F] Pulling hair and eating dirt,
[G] Teacher comes to break it up;
[Ab] Back of the 'ead with a [G]plastic [F]cup.
Chorus 3:
[G] Oh what fun we [Gm]had,
But, [D]did it really [Dm]turn out bad?
[G] All I learnt at [Gm]school,
Was [A]how to bend [G#]not [A]break the rules.
[G] Oh what fun we [Gm]had,
But [D]at the time it [Dm]seemed so bad.
[G] Trying different [Gm]ways,
To [A]make a difference [G#]to [E]the[(Bm)] days.
Instrumental:
Bm C#m Bm G#m (x7)
[Bm] [G#] [G] [F#] [F]  
Coda:
[D] Baggy trousers,
[F] Baggy trousers,
[G] Baggy trousers.[G#] [G] [F#] [F]
[D] Baggy trousers,
[F] Baggy trousers,
[G] Baggy trousers.[G#] [G] [F#] [F]
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
 
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[G#] [G] [F] [D] [Gm] [Dm] 
[EADGBE]466544 [EADGBE]320003 [EADGBE]133211 [EADGBE]xx0232 [EADGBE]3x033x [EADGBE]xx0231
[A] [Bm] [C#m] [G#m] [F#]  
[EADGBE]x02220 [EADGBE]x24432 [EADGBE]x46654 [EADGBE]466444 [EADGBE]244222
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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