{"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":1721202,"song":"Thy Damnation Slumbereth Not","artist":"Half Man Half Biscuit","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11365099-thy-damnation-slumbereth-not-chords-by-half-man-half-biscuit/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1721202?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   I’m gonna grab myself an industry insider mask and blag my way into the aftershow.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nI wanna get in amongst the baying hordes of resting actors\r\n\r\nWho’ve just got back from visiting Nairobi slums for Comic Relief\r\n\r\nAnd now they’re gonna spend the next six weeks sitting in the vestibule\r\n\r\nWaiting for the Farmfoods phone call. The Farmfoods phone call.\r\n\r\n\r\nI’m gonna be apprehended by some mandatory galoot with a handheld camera\r\n\r\nWho’ll point it in my face and say: “Who are you, and what do you do?”\r\n\r\nAnd I’ll say “I’m a counterblast to Agnosticism – how do you do”\r\n\r\nAnd he’ll go away immediately.\r\n\r\nI wanna meet Howard Marks if I can but they say that I can’t\r\n\r\nI need four different wristbands.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      \r\nFollow me oh follow, down to the hollow, and there we will wallow.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  There’s a Britpop refugee, walking up to me and his face is hollow from seasons of disappointment[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd he starts blathering on about his latest project\r\n\r\nAlready being dismissed by the most unlikeliest of cable stations:\r\n\r\nIt’s a dot com sit com, about a hip hop chip shop.\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nChatto and Windus sitting in a tree d-i-s-s-i-n-g Keith Allen’s autobiography.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  I’m just trying to break the drudgery of the downstairs maid[/tab]\r\n\r\nI’m just trying to write the sort of tune you could maybe hum \r\n\r\nWhile waiting for your lover on a railway platform.\r\n\r\nI wanna meet Howard Marks if I can but they say that I can’t.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFollow me oh follow, down to the hollow, and there we will wallow.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  I want to perch myself halfway up a metal staircase with the Polydor Girls and talk about meerkats[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd come out with statements like\r\n\r\n“Well of course music these days is the slave of mammon and as a result it has become corrupt and shallow\r\n\r\nIts real essence is industry; its moral purpose is the acquisition of money;\r\n\r\nIts aesthetic pretext is the entertainment of those who are bored.\r\n\r\nSo yes, we’re really excited about going back into the studio\r\n\r\nHotly tipped, highly anticipated and slated… for release”.\r\n\r\nI wanna meet Howard Marks if I can but they say that I can’t\r\n\r\nHe’s talking to Ian Broudie.\r\n\r\n(N.C.)\r\nAnd come four o’clock if I’m still on my feet\r\n[tab]                                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere’s a bloke over there who said I could meet…………….. Ken Livingstone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nWell I’m just a primitive creature of the heath so excuse my savage ignorance\r\n\r\nBut if I’m still on my feet at four o’clock I’ll be stealing the lead off the roof.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFollow me oh follow, down to the hollow, and there we will wallow.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStealing the lead off the roof, stealing the lead off the roof[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStealing the lead off the roof, stealing the lead off the roof.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCome saddle my milk white steed, I’ve seen much more than I need[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I know that you won’t heed the call, so I sprayed it onto the wall.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThy damnation slumbereth not, thy damnation slumbereth not[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] (x3) [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThy damnation slumbereth not, thy damnation slumbereth not.[/tab]","plain_text":"I wanna get in amongst the baying hordes of resting actors\n\nWho’ve just got back from visiting Nairobi slums for Comic Relief\n\nAnd now they’re gonna spend the next six weeks sitting in the vestibule\n\nWaiting for the Farmfoods phone call. The Farmfoods phone call.\n\n\nI’m gonna be apprehended by some mandatory galoot with a handheld camera\n\nWho’ll point it in my face and say: “Who are you, and what do you do?”\n\nAnd I’ll say “I’m a counterblast to Agnosticism – how do you do”\n\nAnd he’ll go away immediately.\n\nI wanna meet Howard Marks if I can but they say that I can’t\n\nI need four different wristbands.\n\n\n\n\nAnd he starts blathering on about his latest project\n\nAlready being dismissed by the most unlikeliest of cable stations:\n\nIt’s a dot com sit com, about a hip hop chip shop.\n\n\n\n\nI’m just trying to write the sort of tune you could maybe hum \n\nWhile waiting for your lover on a railway platform.\n\nI wanna meet Howard Marks if I can but they say that I can’t.\n\n\n\n\nAnd come out with statements like\n\n“Well of course music these days is the slave of mammon and as a result it has become corrupt and shallow\n\nIts real essence is industry; its moral purpose is the acquisition of money;\n\nIts aesthetic pretext is the entertainment of those who are bored.\n\nSo yes, we’re really excited about going back into the studio\n\nHotly tipped, highly anticipated and slated… for release”.\n\nI wanna meet Howard Marks if I can but they say that I can’t\n\nHe’s talking to Ian Broudie.\n\n(N.C.)\nAnd come four o’clock if I’m still on my feet\n\n\n\nWell I’m just a primitive creature of the heath so excuse my savage ignorance\n\nBut if I’m still on my feet at four o’clock I’ll be stealing the lead off the roof.","chords":["G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}