Chords with lyrics
[Intro]
B5B5 BMaj7Bmaj7 B5B5 BMaj7Bmaj7
E2 F#/E E2 F#/E
[Harry]
B5B5 BMaj7Bmaj7 B5B5 BMaj7Bmaj7
Remember the pub where our fathers went
E2 F#/E E2 F#/E
To spend the end of the day?
[Charlie]
B5B5 BMaj7Bmaj7 B5B5 BMaj7Bmaj7
Remember the yard behind the pub
E2 F#/E E2 F#/E
Where we would run and play?
[Harry]
G#m7G#m7 E2
Yeah well, now the pub is a laundromat
[Charlie]
B5B5 F#susF#sus
Now, the yard is a high-rise flat
[Harry]
B5B5 BMaj7Bmaj7 B5B5
You can't go back
BMaj7Bmaj7 E5E5 F#/E
You can't make it last
E2 G#m7G#m7 E2
You've gotta take what you've got
B5B5 F#susF#sus
Even when your life is in knots
G#m7G#m7 E2
You take aim, take your shot
B5B5 F#susF#sus
Sometimes, you've got to re-write the plot
G#m7G#m7 B5B5
You've got to take what you've got
[Charlie]
BMaj7Bmaj7 B5B5 BMaj7Bmaj7
You'd always say that one of these days
E2 F#/E E2 F#/E
You'd get out of Northampton town
[Harry]
B5B5 BMaj7Bmaj7 B5B5 BMaj7Bmaj7
You'd always say that you wouldn't stay
E2 F#/E E2 F#/E
No, you wouldn't stick around
[Charlie]
G#m7G#m7 E2
Never knew what I wanted before
B5B5 F#susF#sus
Now I'm even more unsure
[Harry]
B5B5 BMaj7Bmaj7 B5B5 BMaj7Bmaj7 E5E5 F#/E
You can't move on if you're still in the past
E2 G#m7G#m7 E2
You've gotta take what you've got
B5B5 F#susF#sus
Even when your life is in knots
G#m7G#m7 E2
You take aim, take your shot
B5B5 F#susF#sus
Sometimes, you've got to re-write the plot
G#m7G#m7 A augmentedA
You've got to take what you've got
[Charlie]
F#5F#5 G#m7G#m7 E2
Everybody's telling me what I need to be
F#susF#sus G#m7G#m7
Change with the times, move to London town
E2
Or live out a legacy
F#susF#sus G#m7G#m7
Well, maybe this time, I'll take a chance
E2
Leap into the vast expanse
F#susF#sus G#m7G#m7 C#m7C#m7
Maybe this time, I'll seize my destiny
B/D#B/D# E2 F#susF#sus
My destiny!
[Harry/Charie Backing]
G#m7G#m7 E2
Two! Three! You've gotta take what you've got
B5B5 F#susF#sus
Even when your life is in knots
G#m7G#m7 E2
You take aim, take your shot
B5B5 F#susF#sus
Sometimes, you've got to re-write the plot
[Charlie]
G#m7G#m7 A augmentedA
You've got to take what you've got
[Harry]
A augmentedA B5B5 BMaj7Bmaj7 B5B5 BMaj7Bmaj7
You've got to take what you got
[Closing Instrumental]