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ETON RIFLES
The Jam
Intro: adlibs with aggressive [Em] sounds, then: [Am][F][G]
[C] Sup up your beer and [D] collect your fags
There's a [C] row going on [D] down near Slough
[C] Get out your mat and [D] pray to the West
[C] I'll get out mine and [D] pray for myself [F][G]
[C] Thought you were smart when [D] you took them on
But you [C] didn't take a peep in their [D] artillery room
[C] All that rugby puts [D] hairs on your chest
What [C] chance have you got against a [D] tie and a crest? [F][G]
[F] Hello, [G] hooray, [C] what a [Em7] nice [Am] day
For the Eton Rifles - Eton Rifles
[F] Hello, [G] hooray, I hope [C] rain [Em7] stops [Am] play
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[C] Thought you were clever when you [D] lit the fuse
[C] Tore down the House Of Commons in your [D] brand new shoes
[C] Composed a revolutionary [D] symphony
Then [C] went to bed with a [D] charming young thing [F][G]
[F] Hello, [G] hooray, [C] cheers [Em7] then [Am] mate
Its the Eton Rifles - Eton Rifles
[F] Hello, [G] hooray, an [C] extrem-[Em7]-ist [Am] scrape
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[Em] What a catalyst [F] you turned out to be
[Em] Loaded the guns then you [F] run off home for your [G] tea
Left me standing like a guilty school boy[C]
[C][D][C][D][C][D][C][D][Am]
[Em] What a catalyst [F] you turned out to be
[Em] Loaded the guns then you [F] run off home for your [G] tea
Left me standing like a guilty school boy [C]
[C] We came out of it [D] naturally the worst
[C] Beaten and bloody, and I was [D] sick down my shirt
[C] We were no match for their [D] untamed wit
Though [C] some of the lads said they'll be [D] back next week [F][G]
[F] Hello, [G] hooray, there's a [C] price [Em7] to [Am] pay
For the the Eton Rifles - Eton Rifles
[F] Hello, [G] hooray, Id [C] prefer [Em7] the [Am] plague
To the Eton Rifles - Eton Rifles
[F] Hello, [G] hooray, theres a [C] price [Em7] to [Am] pay
For the the Eton Rifles - Eton Rifles
[F] Hello, [G] hooray, Id [C] prefer [Em7] the [Am] plague
To the Eton Rifles - Eton Rifles
Eton Rifles - Eton Rifles
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