The Knicker Elastic King

G   = 355433   D/C# = x40232   Gb7 = 
242322   B/A  = x0555x
F   = 133211   D/B  = x20232   B7  = 
x24242   B/G# = 5x555x
Ab  = 466544   D/A  = x00232   E   = 

022100   B/G  = 4x555x

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[Verse 1]
C              C/B       C/A    
    He used to travel in bath 
      C/G
cubes,
          Fm
Until the slump came,
G               F            G  
Faced with re - dundancy, he 
                F
turned his mind to other things,
    G             F         C
And soon became a household name

[Verse 2]
 G                       F
(Knicker elastic...)  ...everybody 
used it,
 G                       F
(Knicker elastic...)  ...nobody 
refused it,
Ab          Bb     C         Ab
Knicker E - lastic King, the 
          Bb     C
Knicker E - lastic King

[Verse 3]
  G         G/F        G/E        
A self-made man with a business to
 G/Eb
 run,
    G            G/F        G/E  
And something to sell ...to every
   G/Eb
 - one,
    Ab          Bb     C        
The Knicker E - lastic King!  | 
Ab    Bb     C
/  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |

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[Verse 4]
D              D/C#               
    He grew so rich the Gnomes of 
D/B      D/A
Zurich,
                Gm
Were green with envy,  (Oo---- oo!)
    A               G
The darling of 'The Stock 
Exchange'...
   A                    G
...Made 'The New Year's Honours 
List',
    A                    G     
And won 'The Queen's A - ward to 
          D
Indus - try'!

[Verse 5]
 A                      G
 A                           G
(Knicker elastic...) ...up - holder 
of society,
    Bb          C      D       
The Knicker E - lastic King!  
Bb    C     D
(Oo  - la  - la!)

[Break]
   Bb            Eb7             
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Ab7           Db7
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   Gb7            B7
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[Bridge]
E             E/D#               
   His rubber business kept ex - 
E/C#      E/B
panding,
              Am   Am
But then di - sa - ster!  (Ee, by 
gum!)
              ^      ^
    B                 A      
The price of raw ma - terials, 
  B                 A
coupled with in - flation,
B                   A             
Squeezed his global holdings, his 
B             A
liquid assets bottomed out,
    B                              
And shrunk his retail outlet ope - 
E
ration!

[Verse 6]
E
   And that's the story of...
        C           D      E
(...The Knicker E - lastic King), 
...and market forces,
     C           D      E
(The Knicker E - lastic King!)  
horses for courses!

[Verse 7]
  B         B/A        B/G#       
A self-made man with a business to
 B/G
 run,
    B            B/A     B/G#     
And something to sell to every  - 
B/G
one,
    C           D      E       C
The Knicker E - lastic King,  
    D    E
(Oo - la - la!)
    C           D      E
The Knicker E - lastic King--------!
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