The Light Is Always Green chords by The Housemartins

Song: The Light Is Always Green
Artist: The Housemartins
Album: Now That's What I Call Quite Good (1988)
Tabbed By: Alex Blackburne

You can either play this song with the chords I've used
or you can use a capo on the first fret with the following chords:

No Capo / Capo on 1st
  Cm  /   Bm
  F  /   E
  Bb  /   A
  Eb  /   D

Intro
Cm / F / Bb / Eb (x2)

Verse
Cm      F       Bb         Eb
We dig our models with the brains the size of models
Cm           F       Bb     Eb
And cars that we can trust with out wives
Cm         F       Bb       Eb
And we dig converstations with girls from every nation
Cm           F       Bb   Eb
But not the ones that whisper or tell lies

Pre-Chorus
Cm                F
Wherever theres a will theres a motorway
Bb                Eb
Wherever there is greed there is speed
Cm                    F
And theyve always got to be there for yesterday
Bb               Eb
Welcome to the new scalextrics breed

Chorus
Cm                 F
And the light they always show to them
  Bb      Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm                F
And the heels they always show to me
  Bb      Eb
Are clean, clean, clean
Cm                 F
And the light they always show to them
  Bb      Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm    F
Green, green

Verse
Cm        F     Bb      Eb
Were only flying past so we dig our sevice fast
      Cm       F     Bb     Eb
From the waiters to the women to the wine
Cm       F       Bb      Eb
Never mind the match, I've an urgent date to catch
Cm       F       Bb    Eb
Get me to the concert hall on time

Pre-Chorus
Cm              F
Pretending to be pilots in a war
Bb                Eb
Pretending to weave between the flak
Cm               F
No-one knows what the missions for
Bb            Eb
Blinkered horses on the track

Chorus
Cm                 F
And the light they always show to them
  Bb      Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm                F
And the heels they always show to me
  Bb      Eb
Are clean, clean, clean
Cm                 F
And the light they always show to them
  Bb      Eb
Is green, green, green

Bridge
Cm    F
Green, green (x4)

Chorus
Cm (one strum)           F (one strum)
And the light they always show to them
  Bb      Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm                F
And the heels they always show to me
  Bb      Eb
Are clean, clean, clean
Cm                 F
And the light they always show to them
  Bb      Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm    F
Green, green