{"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":2399053,"song":"Harsh Times In Umberstone Covert","artist":"Half Man Half Biscuit","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11494753-harsh-times-in-umberstone-covert-chords-by-half-man-half-biscuit/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2399053?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[INTRO]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  (x12)\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                               [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGeraldine, Geraldine, it’s just a selling plate; nobody cares[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Don’t be so self-conscious, what became of the carefree you?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe one who would whistle to Throbbing Gristle through[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C7[/ch]\r\n Harsh times in Umberstone Covert.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nScoffing at the notion of a shoulder to cry on, the very thought of a rock to rely on[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Gm[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Gm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAstonishing therefore to look at you now, bitter as the gall, reaching for the mainland.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n I will mend you, and I will tend to you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n Take it as read with a needle and thread[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C7[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n When you’re falling apart at the seams I will make that stich in time.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nC-c-c-cavalcades, accolades, giddy escapades, do you recall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Cheap mischief most Tuesday’s – Emma Rollahead avoids you still[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Gm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\n Sour faced she picked out the gherkins, saw Christ in Dorothy Perkins[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Oh Geraldine, we were so laissez-faire, every other day was a non-sequitur.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nHadron Collider, who’s there? Knock knock[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n I’ll repair you, be right there for you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n At the end of the bed, reupholstering your head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C7[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\n When events are unfolding inside I’m on hand to cast your mind.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[OUTRO]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGeraldine, Geraldine, Geraldine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGeraldine, Geraldine, Geraldine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n Your problems – I’ll treat them as mine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n Tomorrow morning everything will be fine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\n Jean Greenhowe shall grant us a pardon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\n We’ll eat Battenberg and stare at the garden[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGeraldine, Geraldine, Geraldine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGeraldine, Geraldine, oh Geraldine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGeraldine, oh Geraldine.[/tab]","plain_text":"[INTRO]\n\nF  Bb  (x12)\n\n[VERSE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n[OUTRO]","chords":["F","Bb","C","Gm","C7","A","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}