The Light Is Always Green The Housemartins
Song: The Light Is Always Green
Artist: The Housemartins
Album: Now That's What I Call Quite Good (1988)
Tabbed By: Alex Blackburne
You can either play this song with the chords I've used
or you can use a capo on the first fret with the following chords:
No Capo / Capo on 1st
[Cm] [/] [Bm]
[F] [/] [E]
[Bb] [/] [A]
[Eb] [/] [D]
Intro
Cm / F / Bb / Eb (x2)
Verse
[Cm]We dig our mo[F]dels with the b[Bb]rains the size of m[Eb]odels
[Cm]And cars that we can tr[F]ust with out w[Bb]ives[Eb]
[Cm]And we dig conversta[F]tions with gir[Bb]ls from every n[Eb]ation
[Cm]But not the ones that wh[F]isper or tell [Bb]lies[Eb]
Pre-Chorus
[Cm]Wherever theres a will theres a mo[F]torway
[Bb]Wherever there is greed there is s[Eb]peed
[Cm]And theyve always got to be there for yes[F]terday
[Bb]Welcome to the new scalextrics b[Eb]reed
Chorus
[Cm]And the light they always show to t[F]hem
Is g[Bb]reen, green, g[Eb]reen
[Cm]And the heels they always show to [F]me
Are [Bb]clean, clean, [Eb]clean
[Cm]And the light they always show to t[F]hem
Is g[Bb]reen, green, g[Eb]reen
[Cm]Green, gre[F]en
Verse
[Cm]Were only flying p[F]ast so we d[Bb]ig our sevice [Eb]fast
From the wa[Cm]iters to the wom[F]en to the w[Bb]ine[Eb]
[Cm]Never mind the m[F]atch, I've an u[Bb]rgent date to [Eb]catch
[Cm]Get me to the c[F]oncert hall on [Bb]time[Eb]
Pre-Chorus
[Cm]Pretending to be pilots in a w[F]ar
[Bb]Pretending to weave between the f[Eb]lak
[Cm]No-one knows what the missions f[F]or
[Bb]Blinkered horses on the t[Eb]rack
Chorus
[Cm]And the light they always show to t[F]hem
Is g[Bb]reen, green, g[Eb]reen
[Cm]And the heels they always show to [F]me
Are [Bb]clean, clean, [Eb]clean
[Cm]And the light they always show to t[F]hem
Is g[Bb]reen, green, g[Eb]reen
Bridge
[Cm]Green, gre[F]en (x4)
Chorus
Cm (one strum) F (one strum)
And the light they always show to them
Is g[Bb]reen, green, g[Eb]reen
[Cm]And the heels they always show to [F]me
Are [Bb]clean, clean, [Eb]clean
[Cm]And the light they always show to t[F]hem
Is g[Bb]reen, green, g[Eb]reen
[Cm]Green, gre[F]en
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