Chords for Chumbawamba - Waiting For Margaret To Go
Tempo:
114.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Dm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [G]
Alfred [Dm] and [C] Beatrice and [G] Muriel too [Am] Over the shop [G] where the train [D] passes through
[G]
Lay happy [Dm] families, [C] the cards fall [G] in pairs [C] Alderman [D] Preacher runs up and [G] down [C] stairs
[G] [D]
[G] Muriel [Dm] a sister [C] but never [G] a friend [Am] Kept well apart [G] in the same [D] gable hand
[G] [Dm] Following father [C] at odds with [G] the world [C]
A chip off [G] the old block, [D] the [G] scholarship card
[C] Not [G] any better, [D] the [G] devil you know [C] Waiting [G] for Margaret [D] to go
[C] Not [G] any better, [D] the devil [Em] you know [G] Waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[C] Oh, [G] waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go [C]
[G] [D] [G]
Oxford [Dm] for chemistry, [C] men didn't [G] make do
[Am] Society turned [G] her the [D] truest of blue [G] Back [Dm] in the shop Mr [C] Roberts [G] had told
[C] That people [G] like flour can [D] be sold [G] and be bold
[C] [G] Masters above and [D]
servants [G] below [C] Waiting [G] for Margaret [D] to go
[C] Masters [G] above [D] and [Em] servants below [G] Waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[C] Oh, [G] waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[C]
[G] [D] [G]
Up [Dm] to the house where [C] the loyalty [G]
wears [Am] Thinner than [G] carpets on [D] father's old stairs
[G] Her friends [Dm] like her enemies [C] stretched on [G] the rise
[C] Play [G] happy families [D] but don't [G] turn your back [C] The [G] grocers and [D] Methodists lay [G] her down low
[C] Waiting [G] for Margaret [D] to go [C] The grocers [G] and [D] Methodists lay her [Em] down low
[G] Waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go [C] Oh, [G] waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[C]
[G] [D] [G]
Alfred [Dm] he closes [C] the shop one [G] more time [Am] Little girl singing [G]
her [D] nursery rhymes
[G] Here comes [Dm] a candle [C] to light you [G] to bed [C] Here [G] comes a chopper [D] to chop off [G] your head
[C] Down [G] with the [D] shutters and on [G] with the show No [C] more waiting [G] for Margaret [D] to go
[C] Down [G] with the shutters [D] and on [Em] with the show No [G] more waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[C] No [G] more waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[Gm]
[G] [D] [G]
Alfred [Dm] and [C] Beatrice and [G] Muriel too [Am] Over the shop [G] where the train [D] passes through
[G]
Lay happy [Dm] families, [C] the cards fall [G] in pairs [C] Alderman [D] Preacher runs up and [G] down [C] stairs
[G] [D]
[G] Muriel [Dm] a sister [C] but never [G] a friend [Am] Kept well apart [G] in the same [D] gable hand
[G] [Dm] Following father [C] at odds with [G] the world [C]
A chip off [G] the old block, [D] the [G] scholarship card
[C] Not [G] any better, [D] the [G] devil you know [C] Waiting [G] for Margaret [D] to go
[C] Not [G] any better, [D] the devil [Em] you know [G] Waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[C] Oh, [G] waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go [C]
[G] [D] [G]
Oxford [Dm] for chemistry, [C] men didn't [G] make do
[Am] Society turned [G] her the [D] truest of blue [G] Back [Dm] in the shop Mr [C] Roberts [G] had told
[C] That people [G] like flour can [D] be sold [G] and be bold
[C] [G] Masters above and [D]
servants [G] below [C] Waiting [G] for Margaret [D] to go
[C] Masters [G] above [D] and [Em] servants below [G] Waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[C] Oh, [G] waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[C]
[G] [D] [G]
Up [Dm] to the house where [C] the loyalty [G]
wears [Am] Thinner than [G] carpets on [D] father's old stairs
[G] Her friends [Dm] like her enemies [C] stretched on [G] the rise
[C] Play [G] happy families [D] but don't [G] turn your back [C] The [G] grocers and [D] Methodists lay [G] her down low
[C] Waiting [G] for Margaret [D] to go [C] The grocers [G] and [D] Methodists lay her [Em] down low
[G] Waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go [C] Oh, [G] waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[C]
[G] [D] [G]
Alfred [Dm] he closes [C] the shop one [G] more time [Am] Little girl singing [G]
her [D] nursery rhymes
[G] Here comes [Dm] a candle [C] to light you [G] to bed [C] Here [G] comes a chopper [D] to chop off [G] your head
[C] Down [G] with the [D] shutters and on [G] with the show No [C] more waiting [G] for Margaret [D] to go
[C] Down [G] with the shutters [D] and on [Em] with the show No [G] more waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[C] No [G] more waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[Gm]
Key:
G
D
C
Dm
Em
G
D
C
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ Alfred [Dm] and [C] Beatrice and [G] Muriel too _ _ [Am] Over the shop [G] where the train [D] passes through
_ [G]
Lay happy [Dm] families, [C] the cards fall [G] in pairs _ [C] _ Alderman [D] Preacher runs up and [G] down _ [C] stairs
[G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] Muriel [Dm] a sister [C] but never [G] a friend _ [Am] Kept well apart [G] in the same [D] gable hand
_ [G] _ [Dm] Following father [C] at odds with [G] the world [C]
A chip off [G] the old block, [D] the [G] scholarship card
_ [C] Not [G] any better, [D] the [G] devil you know _ [C] Waiting [G] for Margaret [D] to go
_ [C] Not [G] any better, [D] the devil [Em] you know _ _ [G] Waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[C] Oh, [G] waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ Oxford [Dm] for chemistry, [C] men didn't [G] make do
_ _ [Am] _ Society turned [G] her the [D] truest of blue _ _ [G] Back [Dm] in the shop Mr [C] Roberts [G] had told _
[C] That people [G] like flour can [D] be sold [G] and be bold
_ _ [C] _ [G] Masters above and [D]
servants [G] below _ [C] Waiting [G] for Margaret [D] to go
_ _ [C] Masters [G] above [D] and [Em] servants below _ _ _ [G] _ Waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[C] Oh, [G] waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
_ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Up [Dm] to the house where [C] the loyalty [G] _
wears _ [Am] Thinner than [G] carpets on [D] father's old stairs
_ [G] Her friends [Dm] like her enemies [C] stretched on [G] the rise _ _
[C] Play [G] happy families [D] but don't [G] turn your back _ _ [C] The [G] grocers and [D] Methodists lay [G] her down low
[C] Waiting [G] for Margaret [D] to go _ [C] The grocers [G] and [D] Methodists lay her [Em] down low
_ _ [G] Waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go [C] Oh, [G] waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
_ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ Alfred [Dm] he closes [C] the shop one [G] more time _ [Am] Little girl singing [G]
her [D] nursery rhymes
_ [G] Here comes [Dm] a candle [C] to light you [G] to bed _ [C] Here [G] comes a chopper [D] to chop off [G] your head
_ _ [C] Down [G] with the [D] shutters and on [G] with the show No [C] more waiting [G] for Margaret [D] to go
_ _ [C] Down [G] with the shutters [D] and on [Em] with the show _ _ No _ _ [G] more waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[C] No [G] more waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ Alfred [Dm] and [C] Beatrice and [G] Muriel too _ _ [Am] Over the shop [G] where the train [D] passes through
_ [G]
Lay happy [Dm] families, [C] the cards fall [G] in pairs _ [C] _ Alderman [D] Preacher runs up and [G] down _ [C] stairs
[G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] Muriel [Dm] a sister [C] but never [G] a friend _ [Am] Kept well apart [G] in the same [D] gable hand
_ [G] _ [Dm] Following father [C] at odds with [G] the world [C]
A chip off [G] the old block, [D] the [G] scholarship card
_ [C] Not [G] any better, [D] the [G] devil you know _ [C] Waiting [G] for Margaret [D] to go
_ [C] Not [G] any better, [D] the devil [Em] you know _ _ [G] Waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[C] Oh, [G] waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ Oxford [Dm] for chemistry, [C] men didn't [G] make do
_ _ [Am] _ Society turned [G] her the [D] truest of blue _ _ [G] Back [Dm] in the shop Mr [C] Roberts [G] had told _
[C] That people [G] like flour can [D] be sold [G] and be bold
_ _ [C] _ [G] Masters above and [D]
servants [G] below _ [C] Waiting [G] for Margaret [D] to go
_ _ [C] Masters [G] above [D] and [Em] servants below _ _ _ [G] _ Waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[C] Oh, [G] waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
_ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Up [Dm] to the house where [C] the loyalty [G] _
wears _ [Am] Thinner than [G] carpets on [D] father's old stairs
_ [G] Her friends [Dm] like her enemies [C] stretched on [G] the rise _ _
[C] Play [G] happy families [D] but don't [G] turn your back _ _ [C] The [G] grocers and [D] Methodists lay [G] her down low
[C] Waiting [G] for Margaret [D] to go _ [C] The grocers [G] and [D] Methodists lay her [Em] down low
_ _ [G] Waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go [C] Oh, [G] waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
_ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ Alfred [Dm] he closes [C] the shop one [G] more time _ [Am] Little girl singing [G]
her [D] nursery rhymes
_ [G] Here comes [Dm] a candle [C] to light you [G] to bed _ [C] Here [G] comes a chopper [D] to chop off [G] your head
_ _ [C] Down [G] with the [D] shutters and on [G] with the show No [C] more waiting [G] for Margaret [D] to go
_ _ [C] Down [G] with the shutters [D] and on [Em] with the show _ _ No _ _ [G] more waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
[C] No [G] more waiting [D] for Margaret [G] to go
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _