Key: B
Introduction: B C#
B C# B C#
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
B C# E
Don't he realize this is Respectable Street?
B C# B C#
What d'you think he bought that car for?
B C# E
'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street
verse 1
F#
Now they talk about abortion In cosmopolitan proportions to their daughters
B C#
As they speak of contraception And immaculate receptions on their portable
E
Sony Entertainment Centers
B C# B C#
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
B C# E
Don't he realize this is Respectable Street?
B C# B C#
What d'you think he bought that car for?
B C# E
'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street
verse 2
F#
Now she speaks about diseases And which sex position pleases best her old man
B C#
Avon lady fills the creases When she manages to squeeze in past the caravans
E
That never move from their front gardens
B C# B C#
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
B C# E
Don't he realize this is Respectable Street?
B C# B C#
What d'you think he bought that car for?
B C# E
'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street
Bridge
A B C#m Bb
It's in the order of their hedgerows
A B C#m Bb
It's in the way their curtains open and close
A B C#m Bb
It's in the look they give you down their nose
A B C#m G
All part of decency's jigsaw, I suppose
Am Cx2
verse 3
G
Sunday church and they look fetching Saturday night, saw him retching over our fence
C D
Bang the wall for me to turn down I can see them with their stern frown as they dispense
F
The kind of look that says they're perfect
C Dm C Dm
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
C Dm
Don't he realize this is Respectable Street?
C Dm C Dm
What d'you think he bought that car for?
C Dm C Dm
'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street
C Dm C Dm
He realized this is Respectable Street
C Dm C Dm
He realized this is Respectable Street
C Dm C
He realized this is Respectable Street