| G | Bm | Em | Em7 | C | C |
| G | Bm | Em | Em7 |
| I read the | news today oh | boy |
| C | C/B | Asus2 |
| About a l | ucky man who | made the grade |
| G | Bm | Em | Em7 |
| And though the | news was rather | sad |
| C | F | Em | Em7 |
| Well I just | had to l | augh |
| C | F | Em | C |
| I saw the | photogra | ph |
| G | Bm | Em | Em7 |
| He blew his | mind out in a | car |
| C | C/B | Asus2 |
| He didn’t | notice that the l | ights had changed |
| G | Bm | Em | Em7 |
| A crowd of | people stood and | stared |
| C | F |
| They’d seen his | face before |
| Em |
| Nobody was really sure |
| Em7 | C | |
| If | he was from the House of | Lords |
| G | Bm | Em | Em7 |
| I saw a | film today oh | boy |
| C | C/B | Asus2 |
| The English | Army had just | won the war |
| G | Bm | Em | Em7 |
| A crowd of | people turned | away |
| C | F | Em |
| But I just | had to look |
| Em7 | C | |
| Having | read the | book |
| B7 | |
| I’d love to | turn you on |
Messy instrumental, really a lot of NC’s...
| B7 | C | B7 | E |
| E |
| Woke up, got out of bed |
| Dsus2 | |
| Dragged a comb across my | head |
| E | B7sus4 | |
| Found my | way downstairs and | drank a cup |
| E | B7sus4 | B7 | |
| And | looking up I | noticed I was late, | ha ha ha |
| E | |
| Found my | coat and grabbed my hat |
| Dsus2 | |
| Made the bus in seconds | flat |
| E | B7sus4 | |
| Found my | way upstairs and | had a smoke |
| E | B7sus4 | |
| And | somebody spoke and I went | into a dream |
| C | G | D | A | E |
| Ah | Ah | Ah |
| C | G | D | A |
| Ah | Ah |
| E | D | C | D |
| G | Bm | Em | Em7 |
| I read the | news today oh | boy |
| C | C/B | Asus2 |
| Four thousand | holes in Blackburn, | Lancashire |
| G | Bm | Em | Em7 |
| And though the | holes were rather | small |
| C | F |
| They had to | count them all |
| Em | Em7 | C |
| Now they know how many holes it | takes to fill the Albert | Hall |
| B7 | |
| I’d love to | turn you on |
Messy instrumental, really a lot of NC’s...
| B7 | C | B7 | E |