The Everyday Story Of Smalltown chords by XTC

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
A   G+9   D   C


Chorus 1:
G     C                  C/B
Small town snoring under blankets woken by the clank its just the
A    D
milkmans dawn round
G     C                    C/B      A
Small town hiding under covers the lodgers and the lovers are asleep
    D     Dmaj7 D
round small town

Verse 1:
E         G+9/A  E     A   Amaj7/G# E       G+9/A
Shiney grey black snake of bikes he slithers     bearing up the men
       A  Amaj7/G#
and boys to work
F#m        G+9       F#m             G
Were standing in poplar lines  making alarm clocks thatll wake our wives up
F#m       G+9           F#m            G+9
Dont ask us we havent the time  were racing the hooter thatll signal
    F#m C
lifes up


Chorus 2:
G     C                  C/B    A    D
Small town crouching in the valley woken by the Sally Army Sunday march round
G     C             C/B
Small town coughing in the toilet now who on earth would spoil it
      A     D    Dmaj7  D
would they pull down small town?


Verse 2:
E       G+9/A  E   A Amaj7/G#  E          G+9/A    A  Amaj7/G#
If its all the same to you Mrs Progress   think Ill drink my Oxo up and get away
F#m            G+9    F#m             G
Its not that youre repulsive to see in your brand new catalogue nylon nightie
F#m          G+9      F#m             G+9
Youre too fast for little old me  next youll be telling me its 1990


Bridge:
G                        D
I have lived here for a thousand years or maybe more
G                            D
and Ive sheltered all the children who have fought the wars
    C         Em
and as payment they make love in me
  F           G         A
in squeaky old beds, in bicycle sheds, inside of their heads
  B           C
as singles and weds,  as tories and reds,
   D             E          A G+9 D  C  D  E
and thats how Im fed   and thats how Im fed

A     D                      D/Db   B
Small town snoring under blankets woken by the clank its just the milkmans
E
dawn round
A     D                    D/Db     D
Small town hiding under covers the lodgers and the lovers are asleep round
E
small town
A     D                   D/Db    B   E
Small town crouching in the valley woken by the Sally Army Sunday march round
A     D              D/Db
Small town coughing in the toilet now who on earth would spoil it
      B     E
would they pull down small town?

A+9   G+9      D+9   E+9
Small  to....wn   small  to.....wn