{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1118610,"song":"The Great Escape","artist":"I Am Kloot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11248859-the-great-escape-chords-by-i-am-kloot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1118610?type=chord","rating":4.93914,"votes":8,"content":"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                    The Great Escape - I Am Kloot\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nBy: dr_silverrose\r\n\r\nOriginally performed by John Bramwell, the I Am Kloot lead guitar/vocalist, under the\r\nname Johnny Dangerously.  Can be found on I Am Kloot's Album \"B\", a B-side compilation\r\nalbum, released 2009. Featured prominently in the 2003 BBC Comedy Early Doors, Series 2, \r\nEpisode 5.\r\n\r\nThis is a very simple song with standard chords and strumming, easy to learn, fun to\r\nsing and play.\r\n\r\n\r\nStandard tuning\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]      x32010\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]     xx0231\r\n[ch]G[/ch]      320033\r\n[ch]F[/ch]      xx3211\r\n\r\n\r\nCapo 4\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou were born with football boots and a suntan complexion[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou once thought that on reflection, I've really got it made[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou shrugged and smiled and made the usual excuses[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou suffered small abuses, and settled for their pay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou want to learn to live like an aristocrat[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut your girlfriend's earrings well they soon put pay to that[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand if the whole world came crashing, down around your ears[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou could dream of stucco wallpaper and crystal chandeliers[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou cashed in your cards, you want to buy some glamour[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou really are enamoured, with that new soap on a rope[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA thousand fat comedians came in disguised as clerics[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey got you in hysterics, and walked off with your soul[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand with that cheapskate, royalty, you get your flag and wave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell I've seen you on TV grinning at the motorcade[/tab]\r\n\r\n       [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPretty soon we'll hang the traitors, we'll string them up like drapes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll ride around like Steve McQueen in The Great Escape[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou hung around too long, your mother read your letters[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou grinned like a go-getter, come and got and gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe time the morning slips, blends into the wallpaper[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand once you could escape her, but where did you go wrong[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand your father's at the factory that makes money selling guns[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat fought the wars that spent the lives of other peoples sons[/tab]\r\n\r\n       [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPretty soon we'll hang the traitors, we'll string them up like drapes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll ride around like Steve McQueen in The Great Escape[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou were born with football boots and a suntan complexion[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou once thought that on reflection, you'd really got it made[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou once thought that on reflection, you'd really got it made[/tab]\r\n\r\n         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou once thought that on reflection, oh yeah, I've really got it made[/tab]","plain_text":"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                    The Great Escape - I Am Kloot\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nBy: dr_silverrose\n\nOriginally performed by John Bramwell, the I Am Kloot lead guitar/vocalist, under the\nname Johnny Dangerously.  Can be found on I Am Kloot's Album \"B\", a B-side compilation\nalbum, released 2009. Featured prominently in the 2003 BBC Comedy Early Doors, Series 2, \nEpisode 5.\n\nThis is a very simple song with standard chords and strumming, easy to learn, fun to\nsing and play.\n\n\nStandard tuning\n\nC      x32010\nDm     xx0231\nG      320033\nF      xx3211\n\n\nCapo 4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n       F                   Dm              G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n       F                   Dm                  G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n         F                  Dm                     G","chords":["Am","B","C","Dm","G","F","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}