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[Intro]
  Am    Am    Em   Em(x2)
[Verse 1]
   AmDid you listen
   AmDid you listen
EmCleverer than me so it’s Emhard to believe
   AmDid you listen
   AmDid you listen
EmPeople like them, Emthink they understand
GLook at them laughing G#+inside
[Verse 2]
   AmDid you listen
   AmDid you listen
EmAll those funny faces, preEmtending to be nice
   AmDid you listen
   AmDid you listen
EmCatch you when they can, Emleave you in a mess
GLook at them laughing G#+inside
[Chorus]
   CAnd the whitecoats are coming for the clever ones
   DmHide your books – my CboyGm  
   CAnd the whitecoats are coming for the clever ones
   DmHide your books – my CboyGm  
[Interlude]
  Am    Am    Em   Em(x2)
[Verse 3]
   AmDid you listen
   AmDid you listen
EmNo-one fought as much, expecEmtation was so tough
   AmDid you listen
   AmDid you listen
EmPeople like them, Emthink they understand
GLook at them laughing G#+inside
[Chorus]
   CAnd the whitecoats are coming for the clever ones
   DmHide your books – my CboyGm  
   CAnd the whitecoats are coming for the clever ones
   DmHide your books – my CboyGm  
[Outro]
  Am    Am    Em   Em(x2)
Am

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by Baxter Dury

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G#+

[Intro]

Am Am Em Em

(x2)

[Verse 1]

Did you listen

Em Em

Cleverer than me so it’s hard to believe

Did you listen

Em Em

People like them, think they understand

G G#+

Look at them laughing inside

[Verse 2]

Did you listen

Em Em

All those funny faces, pretending to be nice

Did you listen

Em Em

Catch you when they can, leave you in a mess

G G#+

Look at them laughing inside

[Chorus]

And the whitecoats are coming for the clever ones

Dm C Gm

Hide your books – my boy

And the whitecoats are coming for the clever ones

Dm C Gm

Hide your books – my boy

[Interlude]

Am Am Em Em

(x2)

[Verse 3]

Did you listen

Em Em

No-one fought as much, expectation was so tough

Did you listen

Em Em

People like them, think they understand

G G#+

Look at them laughing inside

[Chorus]

And the whitecoats are coming for the clever ones

Dm C Gm

Hide your books – my boy

And the whitecoats are coming for the clever ones

Dm C Gm

Hide your books – my boy

[Outro]

Am Am Em Em

(x2)

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