Bitter Fingers

A


[Verse]
A                E        F#m   
I'm going on the circuit, I'm 
             A
doing all the clubs
Bm       A          E            
And I really need a song boys to 
Asus4/G           D/F#
stir those workers up
A                              E 
And get their wives to sing it 
      F#m               A
with me just like in the pubs
Bm       C#m        D        Bm 
When I worked the good old pubs 
   E     D/E
in Stepney


[Verse 2]
A                      E         
Oh could you knock a line or two 
   F#m           A
together for a friend
Bm     C#m    D      E    
Sentimental tear inducing 
Asus4/G      D/F#
with a happy end
A                     E     
And we need a tune to open our 
    F#m         A
season at Southend
Bm A D Bm         E       G Em
Ca_________n you help us
 D Em F



[Chorus]
F                            
It's hard to write a song with 
    G
bitter fingers
C                             Am
So much to prove, so few to tell you
 why
F                            
Those old die-hards in Denmark 
  G
Street start laughing
        C                      
At the keyboard player's hollow 
 Am
haunted eyes
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Dm                         Em
It seems to me a change is really 
needed
F                           G Em 
I'm sick of tra-la-las and 
D Em
la-de-das
F                           G
No more long days hacking hunks of 
garbage
C                             
Bitter fingers never swung on 
E/G#               A
swinging stars, swinging stars


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
A                      E        
I like the warm blue flame, the 
F#m             A
hazy heat it brings
Bm     C#m    D      E        
It loosens up the muscles and 
Asus4/G       D/F#
forces you to sing
Bm             C#m    D      E 
You know it's just another hit 
                 Asus4/G       D/F#
and run from the tin pan alley twins
A                         E       
And there's a chance that one day,
 F#m                  A
 you might write a standard lads
Bm     C#m    D   E            
So churn them out quick and 
     Asus4/G                  D/F#
fast and we'll still pat your backs
A                    E            
`Cause we need what we can get to 
 F#m                 A
launch another dozen acts
Bm A D Bm         E       G Em D Em
Oooo______hhh Are you working


[Chorus 2]
F                            
It's hard to write a song with 
    G
bitter fingers
C                           Am
So much to prove, so few to tell you
 why
F                            
Those old die-hards in Denmark 
  G
Street start laughing
      C                        
At the keyboard player's hollow 
     Am
haunted eyes
Dm                            Em
It seems to me a change is really 
needed
F                           C   G
I'm sick of tra-la-las and 
 Em D Em
la-de-das
F                   C   G
No more long days hacking hunks of 
garbage
 C                           
Bitter fingers never swung on 
 E/G#
swinging stars, swinging stars


[Chorus 3]
F                            
It's hard to write a song with 
    G             C
bitter fingers
                             Am
So much to prove, so few to tell you
 why
F                            
Those old die-hards in Denmark 
    G
Street start laughing
      C                        
At the keyboard player's hollow 
     Am
haunted eyes
Dm                            Em
It seems to me a change is really 
needed
F                           C  G 
I'm sick of tra-la-las and 
Em D Em
la-de-das
F                      G
No more long days hacking hunks of 
garbage
 C                           
Bitter fingers never swung on 
 E/G#
swinging stars, swinging stars