The Bliss Of The Hereafter chords by Half Man Half Biscuit

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: F

Intro:

F  D7  G  C7
F  Gm  Bb  C
F  D7  G  C7
F  Gm  Bb  C

Verse 1:
    F             D7          G              C7
The day after the bike-athon, after the half-marathon
F Gm                 Bb   C
  That’s when you’ll find me
   F          D7           G            C7
No designated cycleway, no promise of a sunny day
F Gm           Bb   C
  That’s all behind me.
Bb                F     G                      C    C7
  I need Betjeman pills; I’ve been summoned by bills.

Verse 2:
F       D7       G              C7         F    Gm        Bb C
Comedy, tragedy, neither much appeal to me; nor pathos or farce
F               D7            G             C       F       Gm          Bb C
Trying to get a trestle table back off Beth Tweddle; such a pain in the arse.
Bb              F    G                    C C7
  I use obvious rhyme when I haven’t much time.
F   D7   G          C7            F     Gm  Bb  C
One fine day in the middle of the night
F   D7   G          C7            F     Gm  Bb  C
One fine day I will peddle out of sight.

Verse 3:
       F           D7              G               C7
To the safety of familiar things I look to throw a grappling hook
F    Gm           Bb C
  It always falls short
F         D7      G       C7
Whitbread big head Trophy Bitter
F               Gm            Bb C
  The pint that thinks it’s a quart.
Bb                       F     G                     C  C7
  I’ve done ten thousand steps, I’ve reached Stygian depths.
F   D7   G                C7             F    Gm  Bb  C
One fine day while you’re gassin’ at the gate
            F              D7     G       C7     F      Gm  Bb  C
There’ll be bubbles on the surface of the Bering Strait         Happy Time!

Instr:
F   Gm   Bb  C C7
F   Bb   G   C C7

CODA:
F   D7   G        C7           F     Gm  Bb  C
One fine day as I pedal out of sight
F   D7   G          C7            F     Gm  Bb  C
One fine day in the middle of the night.
            F              Bb             C7     F
There’ll be bubbles on the surface of the Bering Strait
                 Bb             C7     F
(Bubbles) on the surface of the Bering Strait
                 Bb             C7     F
(Bubbles) on the surface of the Bering Strait
                 Bb             C7     F
(Bubbles) on the surface of the Bering Strait
                 Bb             C7     F
(Bubbles) on the surface of the Bering Strait
                 Bb             C7     F
(Bubbles) on the surface of the Bering Strait
                 Bb             C7
(Bubbles) on the surface of the Bering
    D7        C7            F
The pint that thinks it’s a quart!