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Right Said Fred

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Play the C7 chord as a non bar chord, ie a C chord with addition of 3rd string 3rd fret.
CRight said AmFred Cboth of us toAmgether 
Cone each Amend and Csteady as we Ggo G  
Ctried to Amshift it Ccouldn't even Amlift it 
Cwe was Amgetting Cnowhere C7and  Fmaj7so,   Dwe,  
Ghad a cuppa tea and... 
CRight said AmFred Cgive a shout to AmCharlie
CUp comes AmCharlie Cfrom the floor beGlowG  
CAfter Amstraining Cheaving and comAmplaining
CWe was Amgetting Cnowhere,    C7  
and Fmaj7so,   Dwe, Ghad a cup of tea and...
CCharlie had a C7think and he tFhought we ought to 
Ctake off C7all the hFandles and the 
D7things wot held the cGandles  
D7but it did no good well I G7never thought it would
Oh Cright said AmFred Chave to take the Amfeet off 
to Cget them Amfeet off Cwouldn't take a Gmo G  
CTook its Amfeet off Ceven took the Amseat off 
Cshould have Amgot us CsomewhC7ere but nA7oooo 
so DmFred said G7let's have aCnother cuppa Amtea 
and Dmwe said,   Gright Coh   C  G  
Ohh Cright said AmFred, Chave to take the Amdoor off
CNeed more Amspace to Cshift the so and GsoG  
CHad bad Amtwinges Ctakin' off the Amhinges
CAnd it Amgot us Cnowhere,   C7  
and Fmaj7so,   Dwe, Ghad a cup of tea and...
CRight said AmFred, Chave to take the Amwall down
CThat there Amwall is Cgonna have to GgoG  
CTook the Amwall down, Ceven with it Amall down
CWe was Amgetting Cnowhere,   C7and Fmaj7so,   Dwe, Ghad a cup of tea and...
CCharlie had a Cthink and he sFaid look Fred
I've Cgot a C7sort of Ffeeling, if Dwe remove the Gceiling
With a D7rope or two we could G7drop the blighter through
Ohhh CRight said AmFred Cclimbing up a Amladder
CWith 'is Amcrow-bar Cgave a mighty GblowG  
CWas he in Amtrouble, Chalf a ton of Amrubble
CLanded Amon the Ctop of,   C7his A7dome......
So DmCharlie and G7me had aCnother cuppa Amtea
And Dmthen we Gwent Chome!C  
OUTRO (Talking not singing with alternating C and Am chords, 
finish on G and C single downstrums to end the song)
And you never get nowhere when you're too hastAmy.......  G  C! !

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Right Said Fred

by Bernard Cribbins

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Fmaj7

Play the C7 chord as a non bar chord, ie a C chord with addition of 3rd string 3rd fret.

C Am C Am

Right said Fred both of us together

C Am C G G

one each end and steady as we go

C Am C Am

tried to shift it couldn't even lift it

C Am C C7 Fmaj7 D

we was getting nowhere and so, we,

had a cuppa tea and...

C Am C Am

Right said Fred give a shout to Charlie

C Am C G G

Up comes Charlie from the floor below

C Am C Am

After straining heaving and complaining

C Am C C7

We was getting nowhere,

Fmaj7 D G

and so, we, had a cup of tea and...

C C7 F

Charlie had a think and he thought we ought to

C C7 F

take off all the handles and the

D7 G

things wot held the candles

D7 G7

but it did no good well I never thought it would

C Am C Am

Oh right said Fred have to take the feet off

C Am C G G

to get them feet off wouldn't take a mo

C Am C Am

Took its feet off even took the seat off

C Am C C7 A7

should have got us somewhere but noooo

Dm G7 C Am

so Fred said let's have another cuppa tea

Dm G C C G

and we said, right oh

C Am C Am

Ohh right said Fred, have to take the door off

C Am C G G

Need more space to shift the so and so

C Am C Am

Had bad twinges takin' off the hinges

C Am C C7

And it got us nowhere,

Fmaj7 D G

and so, we, had a cup of tea and...

C Am C Am

Right said Fred, have to take the wall down

C Am C G G

That there wall is gonna have to go

C Am C Am

Took the wall down, even with it all down

C Am C C7 Fmaj7 D G

We was getting nowhere, and so, we, had a cup of tea and...

C C F

Charlie had a think and he said look Fred

C C7 F D G

I've got a sort of feeling, if we remove the ceiling

D7 G7

With a rope or two we could drop the blighter through

C Am C Am

Ohhh Right said Fred climbing up a ladder

C Am C G G

With 'is crow-bar gave a mighty blow

C Am C Am

Was he in trouble, half a ton of rubble

C Am C C7 A7

Landed on the top of, his dome......

Dm G7 C Am

So Charlie and me had another cuppa tea

Dm G C C

And then we went home!

OUTRO (Talking not singing with alternating C and Am chords,

finish on G and C single downstrums to end the song)

Am G C

And you never get nowhere when you're too hasty....... ! !

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