Respectable Street Chords by Xtc

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It's [B] in the order of [E] their _ [A#] hedgerows.
[F] _ _ [A] _ [B] It's in the way their [E] curtains open and [F] close.
_ [A] _ It's in [B] the look they give [E] you down [Dm] their _ _
[A] nose.
Oh, [B] part of _ [E] decency's jigsaw, [Dm] I [A] suppose.
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[Em] _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ [C#] _
_ [A] _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _
[C#] _ [Em] _ [B] I heard [C#] that [Bm] neighbor's got his [C#] car blown.
[C] Don't [B] you [C#] realize [E] it's a respectable [C#m] street?
[C#] _ Why'd you think he bought [B] that [C] car?
Oh, don't [B] you [A] realize [E] it's a respectable [C#m] street?
_ [F#] Now they talk about _ _ devotions.
In cost of bulletin, proportions to [F#m] their quarters. _ _ _
[F#] _ _ As they speak of _ _ contraception.
And immaculate receptions on their _ portables.
[E] So many [B] entertainment centers.
[C#] Well, that neighbor's [F#m] got his [C] car blown.
[B] Don't you [F#m] realize [E] it's a respectable [C#m] street?
[G] _ [B] Why'd you [C#] think he bought [B] that car?
Oh, don't you realize [C#] it's a [C#m] respectable street?
[F#m] _ Now she speaks of lung diseases.
_ _ And which sex position pleases best in her _ homeland. _ _
[F#] _ _ _ Avalanche of secrecy.
_ _ When she manages to squeeze in past the cattle vans.
[E] But never [F#] move from their front gardens.
[B] From the [Em] neighbor's [B] car, [C] don't [B] you realize [C#] [C#m] it's a respectable street?
[G] _ Why'd you think he bought that car?
Oh, [D#] don't you realize [G] it's [E] a respectable [C#m] street?
_ [B] It's in the order of their [C#m] head [A#] _
_ [A] rolls.
It's in [B] the way [E] their curtains open and [A#] close.
[A] [B] It's in the look they give [E] you down their [A#] _ [A] nose.
Oh, what [B] a beast [E] since his [C] jigsaw eyes look _ out.
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[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ Sunday church and they look _ fetching.
_ Saturday night saw him retching over our fence. _ _
_ _ Bang the wall for me to turn down.
I can see them with their stern frown as they _ dispense.
[F] The kind of look that [C] sets their preference.
Turn your neighbor's silence coy.
Don't you realize it's a [F] respectable _
[Am] _ [C] street?
Why'd you think I bought that car. _
Don't you realize it's [Dm] a respectable street?
[C] Don't you realize it's a [F] respectable [Dm] street?
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