ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME- 1991
ACCIDNET WITING TO HAPPEN (RED STAR) EP - 1992
WORDS and MUSIC:  Billy Bragg - 1991

Notes
From OLGA. Chords: "Boulton, Nic" <Nic.Boulton@bn.cwplc.com> With some changes

Chords:

Bm* Play barre at 2nd fret
 

RIFF 1

      Ds9 D       Dsus4

e -||--0--2--2-2---3---3-3--||---
B -||--3--3--3-3---3---3-3--||---
G -||.-2--2--2-2---2---2-2-.||---
D -||.-0--0--0-0---0---0-0-.||---
A -||-----------------------||---
E -||-----------------------||---
 

INTRO

Bm   G(barre)  Riff 1
Bm   G(barre)  Riff 1
 

VERSE

Riff 1
I've always been impressed with the girl
Riff 1
Who could sing for her supper and get breakfast as well
G               Em           D  Riff 1
Thats the way I am, heaven help me

Riff 1
She said we dont like peace campaigners round here
Riff 1
As she nailed another one to the wall
G              Em               D  Riff 1
And thats the way I am heaven help me
 

G(barre)     A               D               G
Goodbye and good luck to the promises youve broken
G(barre)     A               D               G
Goodbye and good luck to the rubbish that youve spoken
G(barre)                A            D             G
Your life has lost its dignity, its beauty and its passion
G(barre)                A              D
You're an accident      waiting to  happen

D Dsus4 D Em Bm* G F# note Em D Repeat (not sure on this)

Riff 1
There you are standing at the bar and youre
Riff 1
Giving me grief about the DDR
          G                         Em                 D Riff 1
And that chip on your shoulder gets bigger as you get older
Riff1
One of these nights youre gonna get caught
Riff 1
It'll give you a pregnant pause for thought
         G         Em            D  Riff 1
You're a dedicated follower of facism

G(barre)     A                    D              G
Time up and time out for all the liberties youve taken
G(barre)     A                    D              G
Time up and time out for all the friends that youve forsaken
G(barre)          A               D                G
If you choose to waste away like death is back in fashion
           G(barre)A           D
You're an accident waiting to happen

D Dsus4 D Em Bm* G F# note Em D Repeat (not sure on this)
 

Riff 1
my tears are so unoriginal
Riff 1
I have all the self loathing of a wolf in sheeps clothing
     G              Em                 D  riff1
in this carnival of carnivores heaven help me

G(barre)     A                   D               G
Goodbye and good luck to all the promises youve broken
G(barre)     A                   D               G
Goodbye and good luck to all the rubbish that youve spoken
G(barre)                A            D             G
Your life has lost its dignity, its beauty and its passion
G(barre)                A              D
You're an accident      waiting to  happen
 

D Dsus4 D Em Bm* G F# note Em D Repeat (not sure on this)