Respectable Street chords by XTC

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Respectable Street By XTC


Intro:
B C# x 6


Chorus:
B       C#      B   C#
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
      B    C#  E
Don't he realize this is Respectable Street?
B        C#       B     C#
What d'you think he bought that car for?
     B     C#   E
'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street

Verse 1:
F#
Now they talk about abortion In cosmopolitan proportions to their daughters
B                                 C#
As they speak of contraception And immaculate receptions on their portable
E
Sony Entertainment Centers

Chorus:
B       C#      B   C#
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
      B    C#  E
Don't he realize this is Respectable Street?
B        C#       B     C#
What d'you think he bought that car for?
     B     C#   E
'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street


Verse 2:
F#
Now she speaks about diseases And which sex position pleases best her old man
B                                  C#
Avon lady fills the creases When she manages to squeeze in past the caravans
   E
That never move from their front gardens


Chorus:
B       C#      B   C#
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
      B    C#  E
Don't he realize this is Respectable Street?
B        C#       B     C#
What d'you think he bought that car for?
     B     C#   E
'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street


Bridge:
A      B       C#m   Bb
It's in the order of their hedgerows
A      B         C#m    Bb
It's in the way their curtains open and close
A      B         C#m    Bb
It's in the look they give you down their nose
A      B    C#m    G
All part of decency's jigsaw, I suppose

Solo:

Am  C x2


Verse 3:
G
Sunday church and they look fetching Saturday night, saw him retching over our fence
C                                        D
Bang the wall for me to turn down I can see them with their stern frown as they dispense
   F
The kind of look that says they're perfect


Chorus:
C     Dm        C      Dm
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
     C    Dm
Don't he realize this is Respectable Street?
C      Dm         C     Dm
What d'you think he bought that car for?
C      Dm       C     Dm
'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street
  C    Dm    C     Dm
He realized this is Respectable Street
  C    Dm   C     Dm
He realized this is Respectable Street
  C    Dm   C
He realized this is Respectable Street