{"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":2089907,"song":"The Wrong Way Round","artist":"Anthony John Clarke","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11454194-the-wrong-way-round-chords-by-anthony-john-clarke/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2089907?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****\r\n\r\n\r\nAnthony John Clarke - The Wrong Way Round\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 5th Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJesus strolled on Royal Avenue[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe church was closed, Sunday afternoon[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F6[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe had some tea, he had to join the queue[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"I don't mind waiting\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe took his teacup and he found a seat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe stretched his legs across that busy street[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F6[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo watch a starling jump at things to eat[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey just don't mind waiting[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he wrote this song on Christmas day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith all his candles burning[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"My people are not speaking, there's something wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I thought that my returning might have made them strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd that Jingle Bells and jangle, I don't know that song[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut they're playing it the wrong way round\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJesus rose up, tried to take a bus[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe had no change, oh, there was such a fuss[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F6[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI think he stood 'bout two in front of us[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"I don't mind waiting\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe heard the brass band playing on the street[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe tapped good time out to that Christmas beat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F6[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the way the woman stared down at his hands and at his feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, that took some beating[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he wrote this song on Christmas day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere in all his glory[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"My people are not speaking, there's something wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I thought that my returning might have made them strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd that Jingle Bells and jangle, I don't know that song[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut they're playing it the wrong way round\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D/F#[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nSo he went in search of wise men and he tried to find the manger[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D/F#[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nHe went in search of lonely shepherds, shagging kings and angels[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut all he found was a loneliness, and he felt like such a stranger[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Everything's the wrong way round\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/Bb[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe checked the shops out, strolled the bright arcades[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe ripped his white cloak on a barricade[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F6[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe rolls of barbed-wire made him feel afraid[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he was crying[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA woman touched him once and then again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHer hair was long and beautiful, but her face was plain[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F6[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"Could you be my Mary Magdalene?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, at least you're crying\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe stopped to look, he was clearly lost[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe botanic gardens on a Winter frost[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F6[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe saw his image frozen on a cross[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf Winter bracken[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChildren playing by a tiny lake[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAn infant shouted out, \"Ah, fe' Jesus' sake!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F6[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe knew then he'd made such a great mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he just kept on walking[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's no such thing as Christmas day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo Jingle Bells, no jangle[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"The empty church is shivering, those empty songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the way the children try to stay up, all night long[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut it's not me that they're waiting for, no, that's all long gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd everything's the wrong way round\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/Bb[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  (2x)","plain_text":"*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****\n\n\nAnthony John Clarke - The Wrong Way Round\n\n\nCAPO: 5th Fret\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nC\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nC  G  G/Bb  A  Dm C G C G     C\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nC  G  G/Bb  A  Dm C G C G  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