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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Difficulty: Intermediate Respectable Street By XTC Intro: B C# x 6 Chorus: B C# B C# Heard the neighbor slam his car door B C# E Don't he realize this is Respectable Street? B C# B C# What d'you think he bought that car for? B C# E 'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street
Verse 1: F# Now they talk about abortion In cosmopolitan proportions to their daughters B C# As they speak of contraception And immaculate receptions on their portable E Sony Entertainment Centers Chorus: B C# B C# Heard the neighbor slam his car door B C# E Don't he realize this is Respectable Street? B C# B C# What d'you think he bought that car for? B C# E 'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street Verse 2: F# Now she speaks about diseases And which sex position pleases best her old man B C# Avon lady fills the creases When she manages to squeeze in past the caravans E That never move from their front gardens Chorus: B C# B C# Heard the neighbor slam his car door B C# E Don't he realize this is Respectable Street? B C# B C# What d'you think he bought that car for? B C# E 'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street Bridge: A B C#m Bb It's in the order of their hedgerows A B C#m Bb It's in the way their curtains open and close A B C#m Bb It's in the look they give you down their nose A B C#m G All part of decency's jigsaw, I suppose Solo: Am C x2 Verse 3: G Sunday church and they look fetching Saturday night, saw him retching over our fence C D Bang the wall for me to turn down I can see them with their stern frown as they dispense F The kind of look that says they're perfect Chorus: C Dm C Dm Heard the neighbor slam his car door C Dm Don't he realize this is Respectable Street? C Dm C Dm What d'you think he bought that car for? C Dm C Dm 'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street C Dm C Dm He realized this is Respectable Street C Dm C Dm He realized this is Respectable Street C Dm C He realized this is Respectable Street
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