The Everyday Story Of Smalltown chords by XTC

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
A augmentedA   G+G+9   D MajorD   C majorC


Chorus 1:
G+G     C majorC                  C/BC/B
Small town snoring under blankets woken by the clank its just the
A augmentedA    D MajorD
milkmans dawn round
G+G     C majorC                    C/BC/B      A augmentedA
Small town hiding under covers the lodgers and the lovers are asleep
    D MajorD     Dmaj7Dmaj7 D MajorD
round small town

Verse 1:
E MajorE         G+G+9/A  E MajorE     A augmentedA   Amaj7/G# E MajorE       G+G+9/A
Shiney grey black snake of bikes he slithers     bearing up the men
       A augmentedA  Amaj7/G#
and boys to work
F# minorF#m        G+G+9       F# minorF#m             G+G
Were standing in poplar lines  making alarm clocks thatll wake our wives up
F# minorF#m       G+G+9           F# minorF#m            G+G+9
Dont ask us we havent the time  were racing the hooter thatll signal
    F# minorF#m C majorC
lifes up


Chorus 2:
G+G     C majorC                  C/BC/B    A augmentedA    D MajorD
Small town crouching in the valley woken by the Sally Army Sunday march round
G+G     C majorC             C/BC/B
Small town coughing in the toilet now who on earth would spoil it
      A augmentedA     D MajorD    Dmaj7Dmaj7  D MajorD
would they pull down small town?


Verse 2:
E MajorE       G+G+9/A  E MajorE   A augmentedA Amaj7/G#  E MajorE          G+G+9/A    A augmentedA  Amaj7/G#
If its all the same to you Mrs Progress   think Ill drink my Oxo up and get away
F# minorF#m            G+G+9    F# minorF#m             G+G
Its not that youre repulsive to see in your brand new catalogue nylon nightie
F# minorF#m          G+G+9      F# minorF#m             G+G+9
Youre too fast for little old me  next youll be telling me its 1990


Bridge:
G+G                        D MajorD
I have lived here for a thousand years or maybe more
G+G                            D MajorD
and Ive sheltered all the children who have fought the wars
    C majorC         E minorEm
and as payment they make love in me
  FF           G+G         A augmentedA
in squeaky old beds, in bicycle sheds, inside of their heads
  BB           C majorC
as singles and weds,  as tories and reds,
   D MajorD             E MajorE          A augmentedA G+G+9 D MajorD  C majorC  D MajorD  E MajorE
and thats how Im fed   and thats how Im fed

A augmentedA     D MajorD                      D/Db   BB
Small town snoring under blankets woken by the clank its just the milkmans
E MajorE
dawn round
A augmentedA     D MajorD                    D/Db     D MajorD
Small town hiding under covers the lodgers and the lovers are asleep round
E MajorE
small town
A augmentedA     D MajorD                   D/Db    BB   E MajorE
Small town crouching in the valley woken by the Sally Army Sunday march round
A augmentedA     D MajorD              D/Db
Small town coughing in the toilet now who on earth would spoil it
      BB     E MajorE
would they pull down small town?

A augmentedA+9   G+G+9      D MajorD+9   E MajorE+9
Small  to....wn   small  to.....wn