{"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":62472,"song":"The Short Answer","artist":"Billy Bragg","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11542120-the-short-answer-chords-by-billy-bragg/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/62472?type=chord","rating":4.28323,"votes":3,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Short Answer  -  Billy Bragg\r\n--------------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\nNot entirely happy about these chords but it's ok.\r\n\r\nIt's capo'd at 2 or 3 - I'll just note the chords as though\r\nthey were open.\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  332010\r\n[ch]C2[/ch] x20010\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] x02210\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  320003\r\n[ch]G2[/ch] 355433\r\n[ch]G3[/ch] 055433\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  577655\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] 022000\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  003211\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] xx0231\r\n\r\nP1 (Main Pattern) [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n   P1\r\nBetween Marx and marzipan in the dictionary there was Mary\r\n   P1\r\nBetween the deep blue sea and the devil that was me\r\n[tab][ch]G2[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G2[/ch]            [ch]G3[/ch]\r\nIf ever anyone could help me with my obsession with[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G2[/ch]      [ch]G3[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]            P1\r\nThe young Susannah York it was Mary[/tab]\r\n\r\nIn my pink pyjamas she asked me for something\r\nI gave her the short answer\r\nShe read our stars out load\r\nAnd I knew then that we should have gone sailing\r\nBut we stayed home instead\r\nFighting on the waterbed\r\nLike the honeymoon couple on drugs\r\nMe and Mary\r\n\r\nWhat happened in the past\r\nRemained a mystery of natural history\r\nShe should have been the last\r\nBut she was just the latest\r\nIf she wanted to be a farmer's wife\r\nI would endure that muddy life\r\nI would dig for victory\r\n\r\n[tab](faster)         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the sound of happy couples[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCoupling happily in the dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile you and I sat down to tea[/tab]\r\nI remember you said to me\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat no amount of poetry[/tab]\r\nWould mend this broken heart\r\n[tab]      [ch]G2[/ch]\r\nBut you can put the Hoover round[/tab]\r\n      Dm                     (don't know riff here)\r\nIf you want to make a start\r\n\r\n(verse pattern)\r\nAll my friends from school\r\nIntroduce me to their spouses\r\nWhile I'm left standing here\r\nWith my hands down the front of my trousers\r\nI just don't know what's to be done\r\nI wonder sometimes how did Dad meet Mum\r\nAnd how did they conceive of me\r\nTell me Mary\r\n\r\nThe boys who came to the shop\r\nAlways made her laugh much more than I did\r\nWhen I told her this must stop\r\nShe didn't bat an eyelid\r\nShe said you know honey it's such a shame\r\nYou'll never be any good at this game\r\nYou bruise too easily\r\nSo said Mary\r\n\r\nHer two brothers took me out\r\nOf circulation for the duration\r\nSo we went our separate ways but does she still love me\r\nShe still has my door key\r\nLike a bully boy in a Benetton shop\r\nYou're never happy with what you've got\r\nTill what you've got has gone\r\nSorry Mary\r\n\r\nFinish [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n**\r\n\r\n\"If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the precipitate\"\r\n                                                      - Steven Wright","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n\n\nThe Short Answer  -  Billy Bragg\n--------------------------------\n\n\nNot entirely happy about these chords but it's ok.\n\nIt's capo'd at 2 or 3 - I'll just note the chords as though\nthey were open.\n\nC  332010\nC2 x20010\nAm x02210\nG  320003\nG2 355433\nG3 055433\nA  577655\nEm 022000\nF  003211\nDm xx0231\n\nP1 (Main Pattern) C C2 Am G - C G C\n\n   P1\nBetween Marx and marzipan in the dictionary there was Mary\n   P1\nBetween the deep blue sea and the devil that was me\n\n\n\nIn my pink pyjamas she asked me for something\nI gave her the short answer\nShe read our stars out load\nAnd I knew then that we should have gone sailing\nBut we stayed home instead\nFighting on the waterbed\nLike the honeymoon couple on drugs\nMe and Mary\n\nWhat happened in the past\nRemained a mystery of natural history\nShe should have been the last\nBut she was just the latest\nIf she wanted to be a farmer's wife\nI would endure that muddy life\nI would dig for victory\n\n\n\n\nI remember you said to me\n\nWould mend this broken heart\n\n      Dm                     (don't know riff here)\nIf you want to make a start\n\n(verse pattern)\nAll my friends from school\nIntroduce me to their spouses\nWhile I'm left standing here\nWith my hands down the front of my trousers\nI just don't know what's to be done\nI wonder sometimes how did Dad meet Mum\nAnd how did they conceive of me\nTell me Mary\n\nThe boys who came to the shop\nAlways made her laugh much more than I did\nWhen I told her this must stop\nShe didn't bat an eyelid\nShe said you know honey it's such a shame\nYou'll never be any good at this game\nYou bruise too easily\nSo said Mary\n\nHer two brothers took me out\nOf circulation for the duration\nSo we went our separate ways but does she still love me\nShe still has my door key\nLike a bully boy in a Benetton shop\nYou're never happy with what you've got\nTill what you've got has gone\nSorry Mary\n\nFinish F G C\n\n**\n\n\"If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the precipitate\"\n                                                      - Steven Wright","chords":["C","C2","Am","G","G2","G3","A","Em","F","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}