From A Vauxhall Velox

Billy Bragg

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[Intro] |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---5----5--5-------6--5----7b-7b-7b-7b--5----------------------------------| |---5----5--5-------5--5----7b-7b-7b-7b--5----------------------------------| |---------------7---------------------------7-5-----------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---5----5--5-------6--5----7b-7b-------------------------------------------| |---5----5--5-------5--5----7b-7b-7/9-7-5-----------------------------------| |---------------7---------------------------7-5-----------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2 [Verse] She said "Do these seats fold down" I said "If you pull that handle" All the time she’d been waiting for Something with a little more And all her mates on the new estates Were walking out in confetti and sunshine [Interlude] |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---5----5--5-------6--5----7b-7b-7b-7b--5----------------------------------| |---5----5--5-------5--5----7b-7b-7b-7b--5----------------------------------| |---------------7---------------------------7-5-----------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---5----5--5-------6--5----7b-7b-------------------------------------------| |---5----5--5-------5--5----7b-7b-7/9-7-5-----------------------------------| |---------------7---------------------------7-5-----------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| [Verse] Her mother read her mail And her Dad was a Policeman Which I must say worried me But some things have just got to be So we passed very fast like ships in the night Or cars in a contraflow system [Intro] [Solo] e|---13-----------------10--------------10-----------------------------------| B|---10---------------------13--10--13-------13-11/13-13-11/13-13-11/13-13---| G|---10-(for a while)-------10--10--10---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------13-----------------10--------------------------------| B|--11/13-13-11/13-13---10---------------------13--10------------------------| G|----------------------10-(for a while)-------10--10--12b-12b-12b-12b-12b---| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| [Intro] [Verse] Some people say love is blind But I think that’s just a bit short-sighted Some people just want it now It doesn’t matter where or how Satisfaction takes a second place So long as they can get excited [Interlude] |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---5----5--5-------6--5----7b-7b-7b-7b--5----------------------------------| |---5----5--5-------5--5----7b-7b-7b-7b--5----------------------------------| |---------------7---------------------------7-5-----------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---5----5--5-------6--5----7b-7b-------------------------------------------| |---5----5--5-------5--5----7b-7b-7/9-7-5-----------------------------------| |---------------7---------------------------7-5-----------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| ************************************ | b Bend | / Slide up | (for a while) ************************************

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