Chief Inspector Blancheflower chords by The Fiery Furnaces

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

Hundreds of electric Selectrics, all messed up
C
But I didn't get enough good grades


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


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


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


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


Verse 3:
D                 Em            Bm           A  D  A
Damp in Dumbarton dip about the 14th of May
D                    1    Em                          Bm         A  D  A
The publican dropped me a line thought there had been foul play:
G                           A
The farmer up the hill came in with his knife
   D                         C
He mumbled something darkly about his young wife
G   C#
D                Em                         Bm      A  D  A
Riding up on the postcoach I thrummed on my notebook
D                       Em                    Bm      A  D  A
The wind was up, I held on my hat. I do up my coat, look:
G                        A
The farmer stumbled past holding his gun
   D                         C
He mumbled something darkly about his young son
G   C#


Bridge:
D
F
     About your wife, sir
G
What about her?
Bb
Pray, where is she?
C
Nowhere you'll see


Solo:
D5   A5   B5   E5
D5   A5   B5   E5


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


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


Outro:
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