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