A Casual Affair chords by The Style Council

Worked out and transcribed by Shaun Hand, Birmingham,
 31st August 2000, 19.30pm
E-mail at Heliocentric@breathe.com

A CASUAL AFFAIR
(Paul Weller)

Taken from the 1993 rarities compilation 'Here's Some
 That Got Away'.
One of the few Style Council songs dominated by electric guitar, maybe THE
only one...?

Chords used:

G:  320033
Em: 022000
Am: x02210
D:  xx0232
E:  022100
A:  x02220
F:  133211
C:  x32010

Intro: G Em Am D

Verse:  G Em Am D (x2)
    ('It's funny how time..' to '..promise it all')

Chorus:  Em Am (x3) D
    ('Shout the odds..' to '..fools like us')

Verse:  G Em Am D (x2)
    ('The time we've..' to '..eating away')

Chorus:  Em Am (x3) D
    ('Say I'm wrong..' to '..it never was')

Refrain: E A (x2) D G (x2) C F (x2) D
    ('The hurt inside..' to '..misery for me')

Verse:  G Em Am D (x2)
    (instrumental verse with jangly-ish guitar
     solo)

Chorus:  Em Am (x3) D
     (Say I'm wrong..' to '..it never was')

Refrain: E A (x2) D G (x) C F (x2) D
    ('The hurt inside..' to '..misery for me')

Verse:  G Em Am D (x2)
    ('A casual affair..' to '..don't even shame'

Chorus:  Em Am (x3) D
    ('Shout the odds..' to '..fools like us'

Coda:   G Em Am D (x2) (then fade out on the 3rd G)
    (repeat guitar solo from the instrumental
     verse w/ad lib 'mmm's...)

This is a wicked song and I dunno why it weren't never released properly
but it's definitely worth tracking
down, but I think the CD might have been deleted.