The Eton rifles
Am ~ ~ - F - G
C D
1. Sup up your beer and collect your fags,
C D
there's
a row goin’ on down near Slough,
C D
get
out your mat and pray to the west,
C D - F - G
I'll get out mine and pray for
myself.
C D
2. Thought you were all smart when you took them on, but you
C D
didn't
take a look in their artillery room.
C D
All that rugby puts hairs on
your chest,
C D - F - G
what
chance have we got against a tie and a crest ?
F G C G Am Am C Am C
Hello, hurrah, what a nice day for the Eton Rifles ! Eton Rifles !
F G C G Am Am C Am C
~
hello hurrah I'd prefer the plague
to the Eton Rifles ! Eton Rifles !
C D
3. Thought you were clever when you lit the
fuse,
C D
tore
down the House of Commons in your brand new shoes.
C
D
Compose a revolutionary
symphony,
C D - F - G
then
went to bed with a charming young thing.
F G C G Am Am C Am C
Hello, hurrah, cheers then mate, it’s the Eton
rifles, Eton rifles.
F G C G Am Am C
Am C
~
Hello, hurrah, an extremist scrape, with the Eton rifles, Eton rifles.
Em
F
What a catalyst you turned out
to be,
Em F G
loaded
the guns, then you run off home for your tea,
G
- G7
Left me standing like a guilty
schoolboy.
+ C - Dm - C - Dm
(2x) + Am - C
Em
F
What a catalyst you turned out to be,
Em
F G
loaded
the guns, then you run off home for your tea,
G -
G7
Left me standing like a
naughty schoolboy.
C D
4. We came
out of it naturally the worst,
C D
beaten
and bloody and I was sick down my shirt,
C D
We were no match for their
untamed wit,
C
D - F - G
though
some of the lads said they’ll be back next week.
F G C G Am Am C
Am C
Hello, hurrah, there’s a price to pay to the Eton rifles, Eton rifles,
F G C G Am Am C Am C
Hello, hurrah, I’d prefer the plague to the Eton rifles, Eton rifles.
+ repeat
CHORUS
Am
C Am C
+ Am - C (15x) + Am C
Am C - Am
+ Eton rifles,
Eton rifles. Eton rifles, Eton rifles.
(Jam)