WORKERS PLAYTIME- 1988
THE PEEL SESSION ALBUM -1991
WORDS and MUSIC: Billy Bragg 1988
Notes
From OLGA. Chords: Gilber McErlane <gilbert@salyut.is.gla.ac.uk>. I have made a few changes to the structure.Chords: CAPO 2nd Fret You can play either as open chords or barre. I will mix it up when I play. Not sure how Bill plays it.
On The Peel Session Album the capo is on the 4th fret.
Chords are listed for a capo on the second fret.
C Cmaj9 Am G Gbarre F F/E Fm Em
E --3----x-----x---3----3----1---o---1----o-----
A --3----2-----o---2----5----3---3---2----2-----
D --2----o-----2---o----5----3---3---2----2-----
G --o----o-----2---o----4----2---2---1----o-----
B --1----1-----1---o----3----1---1---1----o-----
e --o----o-----o---3----3----1---1---1----o-----
INTRO
Main Riff
C Cmaj9 Am G C G C [individual notes on bass strings A B C]
Verse 1
C Cmaj9 Am G C G C [individual notes on bass strings A B C]
Between Marx and marzipan in the dictionary there was Mary
C Cmaj9 Am G C G C [individual notes on bass strings A B C]
Between the deep blue sea and the devil that was me
F G F F/E
If ever anyone could help me with my obsession with
F F/E G C Cmaj9 Am G C G C [individual notes on bass strings A B C]
The young Susannah York it was MaryVerse 2 Chords as in Verse 1
In my pink pyjamas she asked me for something
I gave her the short answer
She read our stars out load
And I knew then that we should have gone sailing
But we stayed home instead
Fighting on the waterbed
Like the honeymoon couple on drugs
Me and MaryVerse 3 Chords as in Verse 1
What happened in the past
Remained a mystery of natural history
She should have been the last
But she was just the latest
If she wanted to be a farmer's wife
I would endure that muddy life
I would dig for victoryBridge
Am
And the sound of happy couples
Em
Coupling happily in the dark
F C
While you and I sat down to tea
I remember you said to me
Am
That no amount of poetry
Em
Would mend this broken heart
G barre
But you can put the Hoover round
Fm Riff F G C (I play it as barre chords and on the C barre play the C and the play just a barre at the 3rd fret)
If you want to make a startC Cmaj9 Am G C G C [individual notes on bass strings A B C]
Verse 3 Chords as in Verse 1
All my friends from school
Introduce me to their spouses
While I'm left standing here
With my hands down the front of my trousers
I just don't know what's to be done
I wonder sometimes how did Dad meet Mum
And how did they conceive of me
Tell me MaryVerse 4 Chords as in Verse 1
The boys who came to the shop
Always made her laugh much more than I did
When I told her this must stop
She didn't bat an eyelid
She said you know honey it's such a shame
You'll never be any good at this game
You bruise too easily
So said MaryVerse 5 Chords as in Verse 1
Her two brothers took me out
Of circulation for the duration
So we went our separate ways but does she still love me
She still has my door key
Like a bully boy in a Benetton shop
You're never happy with what you've got
Till what you've got has gone
Sorry MaryEnd Riff F G C
