(intro) C G (x3) Eb G G I?ve just finished decorating, it was very irritating C G C G And I know they?re going to come around tonight and I know they?re gonna say to me tonight: D7 G D7 G ?It makes the room look bigger; it makes the room look bigger?. G So let?s forget about the open-top bus ride; standing tall on the town hall balcony C G C G It?s about as likely as hen?s teeth; it?s about as likely as hen?s teeth D7 G D7 G And as the light gets dimmer, I watch the chance get slimmer.
C G But I?m putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon C G There?s a fella coming round to stick the gas back on C G And if truth be told now that Thelma?s gone D G (instr) G C (x3) D7 G It makes the room look bigger. G I?m drawn towards the souvenir stores; I twirl around the key fob rack C G C G Well it?s alright for Nicholas and for Neil, yeah well how do you think that makes me feel? D7 G D7 G And all the while I can see I?m on the CCTV. (no chord) Elderly lady at the bus stop thinks I?m going to eat her and so to reassure her C G I ask her for the time C G C G And her sense of relief at my friendly tone reveals itself in her karmic moan: C G ?You can wait twenty minutes and nothing comes along C Eb And then all of a sudden three thugs rob your pension D7 G Oh, there?s generally one a twenty-five past D7 G There?s generally one at twenty-five past D7 G They come swinging round that corner, Eb G C G C G They think they?re Benny Goodman?. C G But I?m putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon C G There?s a fella coming round to stick the gas back on C G And if truth be told now that Thelma?s gone D G It makes the room look bigger. D G C G G C G Oh tiptoe to the front row of the Korn show with a sub-machine gun.