Uncle Arthur

D                    A           
Strikes the bell for five 
               D
o'clock, Uncle Arthur closes shop,

                   A               
screws the tops on all the bottles,
                       D
 turns the lights out, locks it up.

G                 A          
Climbs across his bike and he's 
    D
away-

G                 A              
cycles past the gas works, past 
   C6              A
the river, down the high street,

        G              A           
back to mother. It's another empty 
D                D#
day.

E      D      A                
Uncle Arthur- likes his mummy- 
E      D      A
Uncle Arthur- still reads comics-

E      D      A
Uncle Arthur- follows Bat-man-.

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D                   A            
Round and round the rumours fly, 
            D
how he ran away from mum,

              A                    
on his thirty-second birthday, told
               D
 her that he'd found a chum.

G                A               
Mother cried and raved and yelled
     D
 and fussed-

G               A           C6  
Arthur left her no illusion 
                    A
brought the girl round, save 
confusion,

G             A                   
Sally was the real thing not just 
 D                D#
lust.

E      D      A                 
Uncle Arthur- vanished quickly- 
E      D      A
Uncle Arthur- and his new bride-

E      D      A
Uncle Arthur- follows Sally-.

E                    B           
Round and round goes Arthur's 
                E
head, hasn't eaten well for days,

             B                 
little Sally may be lovely, but 
                    E
cooking leaves her in a maze.

A            B                   
Uncle Arthur packed his bags and 
E
fled.

A               B              
Back to mother, all's forgiven 
D6             B               A
serving in the family shop, he gets

           B                E     
his pocket money, he's well fed.
                            F-


F#     E      B                 
Uncle Arthur- passed the gas 
    F#     E      B
works- Uncle Arthur- passed the 
river-

F#     E      B                 
Uncle Arthur- down the high 
    F#     E      B
street- Uncle Arthur- follows 
mother-.