{"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":1123706,"song":"The Referees Alphabet","artist":"Half Man Half Biscuit","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11249854-the-referees-alphabet-chords-by-half-man-half-biscuit/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1123706?type=chord","rating":0.01903,"votes":0,"content":"This one's just the same 3 chords played over and over again, execept the D which is \r\noccasionaly slide up from a D flat chord(it just an extra detail that I haven transcribed, \r\nI'm just saying incase your wondering, it doesn't make the utmost of differances)\r\nGreat and very (almost too) underratted band and one of their greatest songs\r\n\r\n(note: the chord placings are approximate so are probably in the wrong place, but it's \r\neasy enough to guess them as long as you know the chords)\r\n\r\n(intros just the same chords for the verses: D, G, A)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe A is for my authority[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhich many players seem to question,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThinking they're somehow going to make me change my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nB is for babies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhich a lot of managers cry like[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAfter a decision has not gone their way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nC is for the continual criticism I recieve from the touchline[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nGet back in your technical area![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nD is for the dunderheads[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho seem to think we have a conspiracy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAgainst their particular team[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nE is for the eery silence that echoes around the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAfter I've booked the home teams player[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd it's obvious to everyone that he deserved it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nF is the farce into which most games would descend if we werent there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe G is for the gnarled face of someone whos on 90,000 a week[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd reckoned he should have had a throw in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nH is for handball[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhich has to be intentional and very rarely is[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf only people would study the rules more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI is for innocence, pleaded by many a doe-eyed defender[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAfter they've just scythed down that tricky winger[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nJ is for ju-jitsu, which i quite intend to display given a dark alley[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd some of the narky blerts ive encountered[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nK is for the kissing of the badge[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHow ridiculous that looks 6 months later when they're at another club[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nL is for lip reading, at which you don't need to be an expert[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo see how odious some people are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nM is for the mistakes we sometimes make[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSurely a bit of controversy is part of the games appeal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe N, the N is for the numbskull who during the boxing day game[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAsks me what else i got for christmas besides my whistle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAn afternoon with your wife mate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe O is for offside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhich many forwards tell me they simply could not have been[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe P is for the penalty shootout[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGreat drama and no pressure on me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nQ is the quiet word i sometimes need to have[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith some of the more fiery participants[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI usually choose the word 'pleat'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nR is for running backwards[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA difficult skill which the pundits never seem to appreciate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nS is for the suggestion that i should have awarded a card of some sort[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo a player whos just been awarded a free kick[/tab]\r\n(mute the strings and strum)\r\nSorry i got all that wrong the S again\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOkay the S, the S is the suggestion that i should show a card to an opponent[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy a player whos been awarded a free kick[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe himself is more in danger of getting one for that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nT is for the 21 man brawl[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhiuch is basically an embarrassing scene of pushing and shoving[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nU is for the umpire which i sometimes wish I'd been instead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou never hear a cricket crowd shouting whos the bastard in the hat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe V is for vitriol vilification vendetta and volley of verbal abuse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSome good bird noises there by the way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nW is for walter pidgeon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhos mr Griffiths in 'how green was my valley'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI may have started to sound like during this song[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n'where was the light i thought to see in your eye'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe says that to a young huw played by roddy McDowall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe X[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe X represents the sarcastic kiss planted on my forehead by the swarthy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\npotugese center half[/tab]\r\n\r\nWhom i just dismissed\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe Y is for Yate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe kind of town referees come from[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the Z[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell the Z could be for Zidane, Zico, Zola, Zubizaretta, Zoff[/tab]\r\n\r\nEven Zondervan\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut is in fact for the zest with which we approach our work[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWithout this zest for the game we wouldn't become refs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd without refs, well zero[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSee also Zatopek, Zeus[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Zeal Monachorum[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI have a caravan there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nStatic naturally[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] etc...\r\n(Wouldnt it be fun if the gave the ref a gun)[/tab]\r\n\r\ncontiune the \"D G A\" until the end (although, if your like me when it comes to the end \r\nyou just press play and start it all again)","plain_text":"This one's just the same 3 chords played over and over again, execept the D which is \noccasionaly slide up from a D flat chord(it just an extra detail that I haven transcribed, \nI'm just saying incase your wondering, it doesn't make the utmost of differances)\nGreat and very (almost too) underratted band and one of their greatest songs\n\n(note: the chord placings are approximate so are probably in the wrong place, but it's \neasy enough to guess them as long as you know the chords)\n\n(intros just the same chords for the verses: D, G, A)\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(mute the strings and strum)\nSorry i got all that wrong the S again\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhom i just dismissed\n\n\n\n\n\nEven Zondervan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ncontiune the \"D G A\" until the end (although, if your like me when it comes to the end \nyou just press play and start it all again)","chords":["D","G","A","B","C","E","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}