Everything Stops For Tea Chords by Long John Baldry

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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ Yes, hello, _ no, I'm sorry I'm frightfully busy today
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_ [G] It's an equally long way to go back isn't it?
Oh, mr.
Baldry
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[F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Yes, [B] it's awfully good mr.
Lemon
I will use on [C] your new album.
[Ab] I don't know I'll have to call you and I'm sorry.
I've got the phone in the other
_ _ [Am] Hello.
I'm sorry.
I'm just being driven [Ebm] completely up the wall today.
I just can't cope.
I'm sorry
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_ Every nation in creation has its favorite drink
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France is famous for its [Ab] wine its beer in Germany
[G] _ _ _ Turkey has its coffee and they serve it black as an ink
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_ _ [D] Russia goes for vodka
_ _ _ England _ loves [G] its tea _ _ _ _ _
Oh the [C] factory [G] may be roaring _ [C] with a boom-a-lack-a-zoom-a [G]-lack wee
But [C] there isn't any raw when [Fm] the clock strikes for
[G] Everything stops for [C] tea
There were lawyer in the [G] courtroom _ in [C] the middle [Gm] of an alimony [G] fee
[C] Has to stop [A] and help the poor [F] when the clock [Ab] strikes for
[G] _ Everything stops [C] for tea _
[Ab] It's a very [E] good English custom.
Do the weather be cold [A] or hot? _
[D] When you need a little pickup, [G] you'll find a little teacup will [D] always hit [G] the spot _ [C] You'll remember
_ _ [G] Cleopatra
She [C] had a date to meet Mark Antony [G] at three, but [C] he came an hour late
She [Gm] said you'll have to [Ab]
wait [G] cuz everything stops for [C] tea
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Now [C] they may be playing [G] football and [C] the crowd shouting kill the [Gm] referee _
But [C] no matter what the score when the clock strikes [Ab]
for
[G] Everything stops for [C] tea _
Now the girl may be [G] gulping and [C] is just about [A] to make a hole in three
[Gm] _
It always gets him saw when [F] the clock [Ab] strikes for [G] but everything stops for [C] tea
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It's a very good English custom _ [A] and a [E] stimulant for the [A] brain
When [D] you feel a little weary a [G] cup will make you cheery and is [D] cheaper than [G] champagne _
[C] Now I know [A] just why [Dm] French over [G] _
[C] didn't finish his unfinished [G] symphony _ _
[C] He would have [A] written more [F] about the clock [Ab] strike for [G] and everything [C] stops for tea _
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