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1/1

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 1Position: 1

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Updated Version - 'Ninja Noo Noo' correctly identified the chord I had marked as F as Csus 4
e|-Csus4--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---1-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The Main riff is a muted G to C
Verse 1:
G-C
One fine day near the end of the tax year
CMr Richards was gripped by a new fear
         D       Am     C              DG-C
Who would be at his retirement party
Verse 2:
G-C
And though he still had years to go before he
CSlipped over the edge of the workforce
             D                   Am            C             DG-C
The question remained and in his wake there came an army
Chorus:
EmWhat price cCreature comfortsG, what is thDis life really all about?
EmHe drew a liCne between Gwork and liviDng, and work was winning out
EmAnd he worked for Chalf his lifGe, to spend the Dend just feeling tired out
Em           C                (Back to main riff)G-C
That's when his roof caved in
Verse 3:
G-C
And so he made a list of all the people he worked with
CAnd cut it down to the ones he got on with
           D                 Am           C            DG-C
Paired each one off with the decade of his career
Verse 4:
G-C
And then he thought of all his friends from back home
CThe crazies, the ladies, the lovers he'd known
                             D            Am             C                  DG-C
And then he looked around his office and wondered why he was still here
Chorus:
EmWhat price cCreature comfortsG, what is thDis life really all about?
EmHe drew a liCne between Gwork and liviDng, and work was winning out
EmAnd he worked for Chalf his lifGe, to spend the Dend just feeling tired out
EmThat's when he reaClised that he sGcrimped and saved all his precious days
Csus4So he could buy icers and microwaves
EmAnd he only looks Dforward to his Cholidays
That's when his roof caved in.
Bridge:
DAnd it would be nEmice to have holiday Amhomes and Chealthy bank C/Bstatements and 
Amfat little kiDds,
DAnd I guess you can be Emhappy to dream all your Amdreams as camcCorder recoC/Brds 
Amof the things that you Ddid,
DBut as soon as your Emsleeping does it really Ammatter what Cmattress you C/Bhappen 
Amto be sleeping onD?
D                Em                         Csus4(Let Ring)
As long as your living and your having fun; he always laughed at the
                         C(Let Ring)         G-C
drop-outs, that he could never live that way.
But the Csus4truth is Mr Richards was a cowaCsusrd, he was afraid.Em  
Instrumental Break.     Em   C   G   D   Em   C   G   G   Csus4   Csus4   G   Em   C  C  
final Verse:
C-G
Mr Richards decided on the very next morning
CTo make his life and work the same thing
DCleared he Amdesk, he hit the rCoad and he nDever retiGred. 

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Mr Richards

by Frank Turner

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Csus4

C/B

Csus

Updated Version - 'Ninja Noo Noo' correctly identified the chord I had marked as F as Csus 4

Csus4

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|---1-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|---3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|---3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

The Main riff is a muted G to C

Verse 1:

G-C

One fine day near the end of the tax year

Mr Richards was gripped by a new fear

D Am C D

G-C

Who would be at his retirement party

Verse 2:

G-C

And though he still had years to go before he

Slipped over the edge of the workforce

D Am C D

G-C

The question remained and in his wake there came an army

Chorus:

Em C G D

What price creature comforts, what is this life really all about?

Em C G D

He drew a line between work and living, and work was winning out

Em C G D

And he worked for half his life, to spend the end just feeling tired out

Em C (Back to main riff)G-C

That's when his roof caved in

Verse 3:

G-C

And so he made a list of all the people he worked with

And cut it down to the ones he got on with

D Am C D

G-C

Paired each one off with the decade of his career

Verse 4:

G-C

And then he thought of all his friends from back home

The crazies, the ladies, the lovers he'd known

D Am C D

G-C

And then he looked around his office and wondered why he was still here

Chorus:

Em C G D

What price creature comforts, what is this life really all about?

Em C G D

He drew a line between work and living, and work was winning out

Em C G D

And he worked for half his life, to spend the end just feeling tired out

Em C G

That's when he realised that he scrimped and saved all his precious days

Csus4

So he could buy icers and microwaves

Em D C

And he only looks forward to his holidays

That's when his roof caved in.

Bridge:

D Em Am C C/B

And it would be nice to have holiday homes and healthy bank statements and

Am D

fat little kids,

D Em Am C C/B

And I guess you can be happy to dream all your dreams as camcorder records

Am D

of the things that you did,

D Em Am C C/B

But as soon as your sleeping does it really matter what mattress you happen

Am D

to be sleeping on?

D Em Csus4(Let Ring)

As long as your living and your having fun; he always laughed at the

C(Let Ring) G-C

drop-outs, that he could never live that way.

Csus4 Csus Em

But the truth is Mr Richards was a coward, he was afraid.

Em C G D Em C G G Csus4 Csus4 G Em C C

Instrumental Break.

final Verse:

C-G

Mr Richards decided on the very next morning

To make his life and work the same thing

D Am C D G

Cleared he desk, he hit the road and he never retired.

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