The Boy With The Arab Strap

Chords

Standard

Intro
G

G 
.A mile and a half on a bus takes a long time 

                                                   C
the odour of old prison food takes a long time to pass you by

G
Day upon day of this wandering gets you down 

                                          C
nobody gives you a chance or a dollar in this old town

G
Hovering silence from you is a giveaway squalor and smoke's not your style

                         C
I don't like this place, we better go

G 
Then I compare notes with your older sister 

                                      C
I am a lazy get she is as pure as the cold driven snow

D G


G
What did you learn from your time in the solitary cell of your mind

                                  C
There was noises to distract you from anything good and the old prison food

G
Colour my life with the chaos of trouble

                                            C
Cause anything's better than posh isolation I missed the bus 

                                                       D
You were laid on your back with the boy with the arab strap

                            G
With the boy from the Arab Strap

(Flute part)
G C
G C
D C G

G
It's something to speak of the way you are feeling to crowds there assembled

                          C
Do you ever feel you have gone too far

G
Everyone suffers in silence a burden the man who drives minicabs down in Old Compton

    C                                                        D
The Asian man with his love hate affair with his racist clientele

G 
.A central location for you is a must as you stagger about 

                                   C
making free with your le d and lascivious boasts

   G
We all know you are soft cause we've all seen you dancing

                                                         C
We know you are hard cause we all saw you drinking from noon until noon again

                                D
You're the boy with the filthy laugh

                               G
You're the boy with the arab strap

G C
G C

G
Strapped to the table with suits from the shelter shop

                                          C
Comic celebrity takes a back seat as the cigarette catches and sets off the smoke alarm

G
What do you make of the cool set in London

                                                   C
You're constantly updating your hitparade of your ten biggest wanks

                                D
She's a waitress and she's got style

                               G
Sunday bath time could take a while