Martin Acordes

[Intro]
G D C D
G D C
C D G C
C D G
 
 
[Verse]
G                     D
Bless that summer of eighty-eight
     C                D
On a bench outside the Ox & Gate
       G                   D
With a sponge, spanner and rusty nail
      C
And a nice sharp piece of string
C                           D
Didn't make sense then don't make sense now
    G                  C
But what the fuck's it matter
       D               G
Martin missed it doing time
 
 
[Verse]
                  D
Some with smileys and bandannas
C            D
Some trailing heavy manners
         G                           D
From the darts to the bookies to the phone to the bar
       C
to the cab waiting outside
                          D
The pub changed hands and word got around
       G                         C
Barred nutters flooded back from miles around
                           D              G
It was a battleground - it went off every night
 
 
[Chorus]
        D      C              D
Martin, Martin, I'm sure he's firing somewhere
G       D      C
Martin, Martin, fired up inside
    C                 D                   G
He pushed it all two steps too far la la la la la
     C
Long arm of the law
       D               G
Martin missed it doing time
 
 
[Verse]
               D        C               D
The back bar's cheesier, Big John looks queasier
G           D      C
Nostalgia's easier as time goes by
C           D
 But that nostalgia thing says
 G                     C
'where the fuck you're looking?'
C         D               G
 You just missed it doing time.
 
 
[Chorus]
        D      C              D
Martin, Martin, I'm sure he's firing somewhere
G       D      C
Martin, Martin, fired up inside
                     D                   G
Martin pushed it all two steps too far la la la la la
     C
Long arm of the law
       D               G
Martin missed it doing time
          C           D               G
Whoooaaa whooo Martin missed it doing time
         C            D               G
Whoooaaa whooo Martin missed it doing time
         C            D               G
Whoooaaa whooo Martin missed it doing time
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