MOVING THE GOALPOSTS
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME- 1991
WORDS and MUSIC:  Billy Bragg - 1991

Notes
From OLGA. Chords: Boulton, Nic <Nic.Boulton@bn.cwplc.com>

Chords: CAPO 7th Fret

For the picking in the verses, use slow arpeggios, emphasising the bass
notes. In the verses, pick all the "C C/B..." runs like the ones in the
intro.

EADGBe
x32010 - C
x20010 - C/B
x02210 - Am
xx0232 - D
320033 - G
x24432 - Bm
022000 - Em

h is a hammer on
/ is a slide up
 

INTRO
   C     C/B Am   D                 C   C/B   Am  G
e-------------------------2-----------------------------------
B-----------------------3---3---3)----------------------------
G----0----0----------(2-------2-------0----0------------------
D---2----0----0---0------------------2----0----0--------------
A--3----2----0----------------------3----2----0--(2)----------
E-------------------------------------------------3-----------
 

   C                     D
I put on my raincoat to make it rain

     Em                          D
and sure enough the skies opened up again

    C                  D
I dreamed of you as I walked to the shops,

          Bm                         Em
you were dancing with the wallies on Top of the Pops
 
 

C    C/B    D
once in a while

   C      C/B      D
Gennady Gerasimov drops his smile

     C                    D
and you can see that his aim's

       Bm                  Em
a portfolio pregnant with gains

      C   C/B     D
he's been up all night

                C  C/B  Am  G
moving the goalposts
 
 

        Bm
like a jackdaw with a fiery brand,

 Em
spread the news all over this land

Am
robin hood and his merry men

     D
are never never never coming back again
 

[xylophone solo] :

        G               G                C               D
e------|-3-------7---3-|---------3---5-|-3--------7--3-|-2-----------
B------|(3)-----(7)-(3)|--------(3)-(3)|(5)------(5)(5)|(3)----------
G------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------
D------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-0-----------
A------|---------------|---------------|-3-------------|-------------
E------|-3-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------
 

        G               G                C               D
e------|-3-------7---3-|---------3---5-|-7--------5--3-|-2-----------
B------|(3)-----(7)-(3)|--------(3)-(3)|(5)------(5)(5)|(3)----------
G------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------
D------|---------------|---------------|-5-------------|-0-----------
A------|---------------|---------------|-3-------------|-------------
E------|-3-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------
 
 

[flugelhorn solo]:

        Bm              Bm              Em              Em
e--2-0-|-------/5---3--|---------------|---------------|-------------
B-----3|0-1-3----------|3--------0h1-3-|3--(3/)5-------|-------------
G------|---------------|---------------|---------0-----|-------------
D------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------
 

        C                D              C   C/B  Am     D
e------|--------------0|---------------|---------------|-------------
B------|----------3----|-----------0(1)|5----3----1----|3------------
G-----0|2-----2222-----|-2-------2-----|---------------|-------------
D-2-4--|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------
 

   C                  D
I don't believe that love should be pain

    Em                       D
so would  you please rub my back again

    C                       D
I think it's safe to leave them in the park

       Bm                       Em
let's blow out the candles and kiss in the dark
 

C   C/B    D
heavens above

             C           C/B       D
could this sticky stuff really be love

C      D           Bm        Em
don't get dressed yet   not yet
 
 

       C   C/B     D
we've been up all night

                 C  C/B  Am  G       .||
moving the goalposts                 .|| x 2