Drip Fed Fred chords by Madness

Key: Cm

🎸 Chorus:
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader
          G
Freddie is a man of class
G
We want Freddie for our leader
                  Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass



🎸 Verse 1:
Cm
Gentlemen and assassins and ladies of the night
                  G
I call upon you this evening in the hope of shedding some light
G

I can't go into detail or finger unfounded fools
                        Cm
But there are some here amongst us that are not playing to the rules
Cm
I've rounded up the low-life and local CID
                G
Offered a free massage or else the third degree
G
There is no simple solution in this life we lead
                    Cm
So make things easy for yourself to the baronage concede

🎸 Chorus:
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader
          G
Freddie is a man of class
G
We want Freddie for our leader
                  Cm  G Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass

🎸 Verse 2:
Cm
Peace shall not prevail in Purley came the stark warning today
                       G
From his hospital bed Drip Fed Fred vowed he was here to stay
G                                    Cm
"I'll tell you something for nothing", he claimed, "Never in all my nights
    G             Cm
Have I felt so intimidated by the cheap tactics on display"

Piano 🎸 Solo:
Cm  G7  Cm

🎸 Interlude:
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah

🎸 Chorus:
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader
          G
Freddie is a man of class
G
We want Freddie for our leader
                  Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass

🎸 Verse 3:
Cm
And approaching the pulpit, the Right Honourable Reverend Greene
Cm
"We're gathered here this evening to pay our due respects
                     G
To Drip Fed Fred who late last night fell out of his prison bed
G
We know the nonce behind it, who slipped the night PD - ooh
      G7            Cm
The word is out now without doubt you will answer to me"
Cm
Gentlemen and assassins and ladies of the night
                  G
I call upon you this evening in the hope of shedding new light
G
There is a simple solution, one called honour amongst thieves
                   Cm
So we'll take pity on your souls and only cap your knees

🎸 Interlude:
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah

🎸 Chorus:
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader
          G
Freddie is a man of class
G
We want Freddie for our leader
                  Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader
          G
Freddie is a man of class
G
We want Freddie for our leader
                  Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass