Chief Inspector Blancheflower chords by The Fiery Furnaces

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
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I wanted to be a typewriter mender when I grew up
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But things didn't work out so. Sleep
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Late in the morning, climb up Mt. Olympia and replace a Return
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But I didn't get enough good grades
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My uncle Peter had the Parthenon Business Machine Remediation outfit
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And right there, on the shop floor
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Hundreds of electric Selectrics, all messed up
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But I didn't get enough good grades

Chorus:
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I had a dexadrine hyperactivity selective
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Attend to relevant Information tempo taken in told to
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Mechanism coping concept Put my head down crumple my paper


Verse 2:
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Sent to look at the future-job folder-binders
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I got distracted by the graphs
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In the resource room Mrs. Petorsky re-enforced me:
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Raisins from her Ziploc bag
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And free time after my target behavior I was positive about:
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Tickets, tangibles, chips and stars
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Now playing I'm In My Own Little House:
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Tickets, tangibles, chips and stars


Chorus:
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I had a dexadrine hyperactivity selective
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Attend to relevant Information tempo taken in told to
G+G
Mechanism coping concept Put my head down crumple my paper

Verse 3:
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After school I was sitting in the sitting room
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Looking out at the pavers in their bright orange vests
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Holding up the slow-go diamond piece of plastic wood
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And I knew that I'd never be any good
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And never wear a hard-hat and do things like that
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So I joined the police force:


Verse 3:
D MajorD         E minorEm      B minorBm      A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
Damp in Dumbarton dip about the 14th of May
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The publican dropped me a line thought there had been foul play:
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The farmer up the hill came in with his knife
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He mumbled something darkly about his young wife
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D MajorD        E minorEm             B minorBm   A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
Riding up on the postcoach I thrummed on my notebook
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The wind was up, I held on my hat. I do up my coat, look:
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The farmer stumbled past holding his gun
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He mumbled something darkly about his young son
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Bridge:
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   About your wife, sir
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What about her?
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Pray, where is she?
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Nowhere you'll see


Solo:
D5D5  A5A5  B5B5  E5E5
D5D5  A5A5  B5B5  E5E5


Verse 4:
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Locked him up in the store room of Mrs. McVeigh's Inn
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Take tea up in the manor Sir Robert Grayson
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The farmer through the window came in with his sword;
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He mumbled out of breath Forgive me m'lord
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Bridge 2:
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And after that rustic imposition I took a deposition
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I shared a Woodpecker Cider with a local fratricider
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Who told me all this stuff and more:


Verse 5:
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Well I rode up to Springfield on my motorcycle
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And I's gonna stay with my younger brother Michael
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Mom's Oxycontins and the Amstel Light
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But I noticed I was doing most of the talking that night
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So I got both remotes and turned off the DVD
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And said Michael is there something that you need to say to me?
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Well I don't know how to tell you You can tell me any
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Thing that you want 'cept "I started seeing Jenny":
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I started seeing Jenny
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My Jenny?
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And he looked down at the floor
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You know damn well she ain't your Jenny no more
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And I said Get her on the phone
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  Don't you think it's a little late?
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No I don't think it's a little late
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But I went out the room cause I knew I'd better wait
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   So I went down to her dad's bakery and she said
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   I'm gonna go outside take a break smoke a cigarette
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I'm still surprised at how mad you get
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Well what'd you expec'?
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That you wouldn't try to wreck your little brother's happiness
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And I said Listen to you!
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   I know what you're trying to do
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And what whould that be?
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   Mess with Michael's head as some kind of revenge back at me
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So I drove up to Springfield in my wife's new car
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And I went'n had a drink at my buddy's old bar


Outro:
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