My Book chords by The Beautiful South

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Em G D A Em G D A


Verse 1:
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 This is my life and this is how it reads
Em         G          D        A
 For every chapter, a thousand memories
   Em        G             D         A
 A murder, a mystery where everybody bleeds
   Em         G             D           A
 A fantasy, a thriller with romance and disease

Pre-Chorus 1:
      Em            G     D     A
Diary entry, 9th of May '62:
      Em            G          D                    A
We've had some ugly babies but none were quite like you
      Em       G        D        A
Diary entry, '62, end of May:
   Em              G                 D                  A
It looks as if the nose and chin are definitely here to stay

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They're here to stay, they're here to stay...


Chorus:
      Em         G              D             A
If my lips start smiling and my knees start a-knocking
      Em       G   D        A
I'm a failure (You are, you are)
         Em        G             D                  A
And if I seem half hearted, it's because I'm broken hearted
          Em       G   D        A        Em    G
And I'm a failure (You are, you are, you are)

          Em   G   D        A
I am (You are, you are, you are)
  Em     G
I am...

D  A  Em  G  D  A

Verse 2:
Em          G        D              A
 This is my life and this is how it reads
   Em          G    D         A
 A documentary that nobody believes
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Albert Steptoe in Gone With The Breeze
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Mother played by Peter Beardsley, father by John Cleese


Pre-Chorus 2:
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Diary entry '68, end of the year:
  Em               G     D             A
A cardboard Apollo 6 has given the all clear
Em            G    D         A
11th December '68, Captain's log:
Em               G        D                A
Proposed trip to Mars was cancelled due to fog

Em          G         D      A
It's due to fog, it's due to fog...


Chorus:
      Em         G              D             A
If my lips start smiling and my knees start a-knocking
      Em       G   D        A
I'm a failure (You are, you are)
         Em        G             D                  A
And if I seem half hearted, it's because I'm broken hearted
          Em       G   D        A        Em    G
And I'm a failure (You are, you are, you are)

          Em   G   D        A
I am (You are, you are, you are)
  Em     G
I am...

D  A  Em  G  D  A


Verse 3:
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 This is the play, it was I who wrote the script
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 Terry meets June in Tales From The Crypt
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 It was going to be a film but the camera person slipped
Em          G         D          A
 They later found him scolding a banana


Pre-Chorus 3:
      Em     G       D       A
Diary entry, 10th of April '89:
    Em             G       D             A
The world is going mad but me, I'm doing fine

 Em       G      D        A
I'm doing fine, I'm doing fine...


Outro:
Em      G    D       A
Back to bed, back to reality
Em      G    D       A
Back to bed, back to reality
Em      G    D       A
Back to bed, back to reality

Em      G    D       A
(Hup, hup, hup, hup, hup)


Em      G    D       A
Back to bed, back to reality
      Em      G    D       A
Hmmm, back to bed, back to reality
Em      G    D   A
(Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa)
Em      G    D       A
Back to bed, back to reality


Just fine