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Key: G
🎸 Intro:
C G C G C G C G
C G C G C G C G
C Csus4 C Csus4
C Csus4 C Csus4
🎸 Verse 1:
F G C F G C
Wearing my buskins of mottled cordovan
I waited patiently for love
F G A
It came along in the shape of you but with another man
F D7 G
So go
Svetlana go; your palfrey awaits.
F G C F G C
Consoled myself with a cheese and onion batch, ‘Sing To God’ by Cardiacs, and a beer
F G A
Then like a blockhead I followed you to the Odeon
F D7 G
Still wearing my buskins of mottled cordovan.
Instr:
C Csus4 C Csus4
C Csus4 C Csus4
C G C G C G
🎸 Verse 2:
F G C F G C
Seems like my time machine is on the blink – this should be 1461
F G A
Now I can see I’m at Towton by the carnage
F D7 G
But I'll be back and that drone has got me foxed.
F G C F G C
J-J-J-J-J Jimmy’s on overnights
Maureen’s on seven-three. Edward the Fourth is on self scan
F G A
Norman Hunter and Francis Lee are going toe to toe
F D7 G
Amongst the entrails of the slain.
Instr:
C F C D7 G
C F G F C Gm G
C G C
F C G C
F C G C
Coda:
F G C F G C F G C Ab G
At the U R C
at the U R C
there’s a Persian rug sale at the U R C
F G C F G C F G C Ab G
At the U R C
at the U R C
there’s a Persian rug sale at the U R C
C Csus4 C Csus4
C Csus4 C Csus4
C Csus4 C Csus4 C
Song History
Published: April 6, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025