Gilbert O Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed Chords & Tabs

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D%       Bm                          F#
   If I give up the seat I've been saving
        Bm              G
To some elderly lady or man
      A
Am I being a good boy
            A7       D
Am I your pride and joy
        G             C           D    D%
Mother please if your pleased say I am


        Bm                        F#
And if while in the course of my duty
      Bm                  G
I perform an unfortunate take
           A
Would you punish me so,
     A7       D
unbelievably so
        G          C           D      D%
Never again will I make that mistake
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     Gsus4                   Bm
This feeling inside me could never deny me
      G                       D6
The right to be wrong if I choose
          Gm
And this pleasure I get
          D
From say winning a bet
       C   Cadd9  C   Cmaj7     |G
Is to lose

          Bm                     F#
When I'm drinking my Bonaparte Shandy
        Bm                    G
Eating more than enough apple pies
         A                          A7         D
Will I glance at my screen and see real human beings
           G
Starve to death
          C         D
Right in front of my eyes


        Bm                         F#7
Nothing old, nothing new, nothing ventured
        Bm               Bm7          G
Nothing gained, nothing still-born or lost
         A                         A7           D
Nothing further than proof nothing wilder than youth
        G                        A
Nothing older than time nothing sweeter than wine
          F#          F#7         Bm          Bm7
Nothing physically, recklessly, hopelessly blind
        G
Nothing I couldn't say
         Em         A7
Nothing why 'cos today
          D
Nothing rhymed