Intro: F# B G#m C# F# F# F# B Well the walls too wet to sit on G#m F# And thereʼs a curtain right over my head B Stomp my feet waiting for a bus G#m C# F# But decided to walk instead F# B And the American saxophone follows me G#m C# All the way from the teller F# to the public house B My fingers are always in my ears G#m C# F# But the reads always in the mouth Chorus: F# B And if you ever cross your heart and hope to die G#m F# Voices in your head saying you must cry B G#m C# Then thereʼs more to you than meets the eye F# B But if you go about your business with a capital ʼBʼ G#m F# It is sure to catch you up with a capital ʼCʼ B G#m C# And then you will be in debt with a capital ʼTʼʼAʼʼBʼ F# Just step outside F# B Well we could stop for a conversation G#m C# F# If we could think of anything to say F# B But you know youʼve got nothing to talk about G#m C# F# When nothing happened yesterday F# B And if I ever committed a murder G#m C# F# Well I think Iʼd go about this way F# B Never mind a rope or a dagger and cloak G#m C# F# I could spend a week on this estate Chorus. F# B What are you doing tomorrow G#m C# And the day after and the day after that F# B Iʼve some money to spend I can borrow G#m C# F# Iʼve become a man I admire
