Chords
It Could Have Been a Brilliant Carrer

Key: A

Introduction:

                        E                                                    A  
He had a stroke at the age of 24
             A                                                                      E  
It could have been a brilliant career
                        C#m                      B                                                              A  
Painting lines in a school that was too well known
                        C#m                              B                                                      A  
Painting lines with a friend that had gone before
                        E                            B  
She challenged everyone to a fight
                          A                 E                         B  
But the prefects all backed down
                          A                 E                 B  
And they ran her out of town
                             A                      E                      B  
Cause she drank and swore and spoke
                     A                      E                    F#  
Out of turn, she was the village joke
                             E                                                    A  
She had a stroke at the age of 24
             A                                                                      E  
It could have been a brilliant career
                          C#m                      B                              A  
Getting clients to finance her strategies
                        C#m                         B                              A  
Filling time in on Safeways on Saturday
                          E                                    B  
She wears the clothes of an emperor
                          A                    E            B  
But her paintings are a sham
                                     A            E         B  
And they're going for a grand
                             A              E                 B  
When the dealers come to view
                        A            E                      F#  
Do they ever see the real you?
                          E                                                    A  
He had a stroke at the age of 24
          A                                                                            E  
It could have been a brilliant career
                        C#m                         B                                         A  
Selling lies to the boys with the old Dansettes
                                C#m                                         B                                    A  
Pulling the wool, playing the fool, it's no wonder that
                                                             B  
He is dribbling spit tonight
                        A              E            B  
And the one he sent away
                        A            E              B  
Was the only one who stayed
                     A                              E            B  
With a spoon and a decent book
                                  A                            E                 B  
And you can tell by the way she looks
                     A         E            B  
he is sorry and resigned
                  A            E                                 F#  
As he wets himself for the final time