Respectable Street chords by XTC

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Respectable Street By XTC


Intro:
BB C#C# x 6


Chorus:
BB       C#C#      BB   C#C#
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
      BB    C#C#  E MajorE
Don't he realize this is Respectable Street?
BB        C#C#       BB     C#C#
What d'you think he bought that car for?
     BB     C#C#   E MajorE
'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street

Verse 1:
F#F#
Now they talk about abortion In cosmopolitan proportions to their daughters
BB                                 C#C#
As they speak of contraception And immaculate receptions on their portable
E MajorE
Sony Entertainment Centers

Chorus:
BB       C#C#      BB   C#C#
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
      BB    C#C#  E MajorE
Don't he realize this is Respectable Street?
BB        C#C#       BB     C#C#
What d'you think he bought that car for?
     BB     C#C#   E MajorE
'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street


Verse 2:
F#F#
Now she speaks about diseases And which sex position pleases best her old man
BB                                  C#C#
Avon lady fills the creases When she manages to squeeze in past the caravans
   E MajorE
That never move from their front gardens


Chorus:
BB       C#C#      BB   C#C#
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
      BB    C#C#  E MajorE
Don't he realize this is Respectable Street?
BB        C#C#       BB     C#C#
What d'you think he bought that car for?
     BB     C#C#   E MajorE
'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street

Bridge:
A augmentedA      BB       C# minorC#m   Bb majorBb
It's in the order of their hedgerows
A augmentedA      BB         C# minorC#m    Bb majorBb
It's in the way their curtains open and close
A augmentedA      BB         C# minorC#m    Bb majorBb
It's in the look they give you down their nose
A augmentedA      BB    C# minorC#m    G+G
All part of decency's jigsaw, I suppose

Solo:

A minorAm  C majorC x2


Verse 3:
G+G
Sunday church and they look fetching Saturday night, saw him retching over our fence
C majorC                                        D MajorD
Bang the wall for me to turn down I can see them with their stern frown as they dispense
   FF
The kind of look that says they're perfect


Chorus:
C majorC     DmDm        C majorC      DmDm
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
     C majorC    DmDm
Don't he realize this is Respectable Street?
C majorC      DmDm         C majorC     DmDm
What d'you think he bought that car for?
C majorC      DmDm       C majorC     DmDm
'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street
  C majorC    DmDm    C majorC     DmDm
He realized this is Respectable Street
  C majorC    DmDm   C majorC     DmDm
He realized this is Respectable Street
  C majorC    DmDm   C majorC
He realized this is Respectable Street