This is tabbed from a live version performed on the BBC TV show 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' in 1977 (footage of which I found on YouTube). The song first appeared on the 1976 album 'T-shirt'. G/B = x20010 Am7/G = 302010 D7sus4/F# = 200213 C G/B Am They got drunk last night C G/B Am Had a knockdown, drag-out fight D G She was determined and he saw it his way D G He threw a tantrum and she threw an ashtray C G/B Am Am7/G D7sus4/F# They got drunk last night
How's this for a "How do you do?" He's unfaithful, she's untrue They're their own masters and they're their own bosses They reserve the right to employ double crosses How's this for a fine "How do you do?" You'd need a chair and a whip To control their relationship Once they were lovers and practically best friends Now he's into bondage and she's into revenge You would need a chair and a whip And if one of them should die I suppose that the other would cry There would be tears of sorrow and great grief Or else there would be tears of release and relief