Carry On Cremating Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays490

Carry On Cremating by Half Man Half Biscuit is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			      E                       A 
We’re hardly the fruit from a well-tended banana tree 
      E                    A 
We’re hardly the Bayeux in rock’s rich tapestry 
E                                  A 
We were like two rubber ducks that passed each other in the bath 
E                             A 
I can sound like Wally out of Crossroads, Kath. 

D                        A 
She threw an apple in my eye, cor blimey 
D                        A 
Alex Haley was adopted ’ that’s what’s called a disappointment. 

E                              A 
When England won the World Cup back in 1966 
E                               A 
Wembley must have been a sea of smiles 
     E                                   A 
Well I think Kenneth Wolstenholme summed up the moment really well 
E                                A 
When he said ’Just look at Nobby Stilesâ?� yeah. 

D                        A 
She threw an apple in my eye, cor blimey 
D                        A 
Alex Haley was adopted ’ that’s what’s called a disappointment. 

   E                              A 
Oh they’re still cremating Hattie Jacques, I am not surprised 
E                                   A 
Come on now, let’s face it, she was fat 
   E                                A 
It usually takes for ever trying to burn the grossly oversized 
E                                A 
Who would ever want to look like that? 

D                         A 
She had a face that could launch a thousand dredgers 
D                           A 
I could never get her on my portable TV. 
D                        A 
She threw an apple in my eye, cor blimey 
D                        A 
Alex Haley was adopted ’ that’s what’s called a disappointment. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante