Tripod - A Shandy Too Far
Transcribed by Rob Bowman
rebowman@utas.edu.au
Intro: C A# A G
C A#
Table for one,
Am G
Preferably out of the sun,
F C G
Somewhere where it's quiet.
C A#
And a coffee too,
Am G
Better make it black right through,
F C G
I'm feeling fairly shite.
Am G C
I don't think I have enough class,
E F
To handle drinking from a glass,
F# G(stop)
Get me water in a pla stic cup.
C A# C
G & S: I went a shandy too far,
E
I woke up in the bed of,
F F# G(stop)
Someone who I just never thought I'd do.
C A# C
I know, I went a shandy too far,
E F
I wonder where I left my car?
G C G
A shandy too far.
Mmmm... yum, yum, yum...
C A#
Comfortable bed...
G & S: (Comfortable bed...)
Am G
Shame about the pain in my head.
F C
Where'd I leave my shoes?
G
G & S: (Well, they're just over there...)
C A#
Well, they're over there,
Am
G & S: (Over there...)
G
Underneath my underwear,
F C G
And where'd I get this bruise?
Am G C
I can hear her come down the hall,
EF
And bang her head against the wall,
F#
And wish she didn't have...
G
... appalling luck.
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C A# C
She went a shandy too far,
E
I woke up in the bed of,
F F# G(stop)
Someone who I just never thought I'd do.
C A# C
I know I went a shandy too far,
E F
I wonder where I left my car?
G Am
A shandy too far.
E Am A#
Take my advice, in a crisis,
F F#
Catch a taxi, catch a bus.
G
But if there's one thing you should never do is trust yourself,
C A#
'Cause there's a caveman inside,
Am G F
Your brain's just coming along for the ride,
G C G
You'd think I'd learn.
Yon and Gatesy: (Shandy too far...)
C A#
I don't know it all,
Am G
When it will be safe to call.
FF#
We used to be quite friendly,
G
But this could be the end.
C(stop, tacet from here)
Because we went...
Yon and Gatesy: We went a shandy too far.
(Shandy, shandy too far...)
Yon and Gatesy: I woke up in the bed of,
Bring back G
Someone who I never thought I'd do.
C A# C
I know I went a shandy too far,
E F
I wonder where I left my car?
G C G
A shandy too far.
(They all start shouting at once)
C A# Am
Ooooo-wa, ooooo-wa, oooh, Whoaoh
G F
Ooooo-wa, oooh,
G C
Shandy too far.
G
Never happened to me personally, of course.
C A# Am
Ooooo-wa, ooooo-wa, oooh,
Is Mum in the audience again?!
G F
Ooooo-wa, oooh,
G C G
Shandy too far.
C A# Am
Ooooo-wa, ooooo-wa, oooh,
G F
Ooooo-wa, oooh,
G C G
Shandy too far...
Scod: Shandy too far...
Gatesy: Shandy too far.
C A# Am
Ooooo-wa, ooooo-wa, oooh,
How much money?
G F
Ooooo-wa, oooh,
G(let ring)
Shandy too...
Scod: Shandy too...
Shandy too...
C C
... far_ooooooooh
