Little In The Way Of Sunshine Chords

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Little In The Way Of Sunshine by Half Man Half Biscuit is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, Bm, E, F and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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         A                D 
I know the drivers by their first names 
     Bm                               E 
It's said they've got me photo in the staff canteen. 
           A                        D 
I've got a wallchart with all their foibles; 
Bm                            E 
Tony drives the Forty-One, no vinegar just salt. 
      D                    A 
I was Mr Wet Underpants in eighty-nine 
D                  A 
Titled by accident more than design 
         F                                 A 
And I'll tell you stuff for nothing - I'll tell you it for free; 
F                          A 
Shawshank Redemption: five quid HMV 
            Bm                   E                    A 
And there's little in the way of sunshine heading our way; 
             Bm                           E                   A    E A FE 
I'm standing forward of the notice and it all looks decidedly grey. 
        A                      D 
I had a dream on the fourth of August - 
Bm                       E 
Duff-Leg Bryn got on the One-One-Three, 
       A                D 
A Weimaraner has had me shorthorned 
Bm                E 
Me go Leominster: eat dog's heart. 
   D                         A 
If you look carefully in the background of "The Scream" 
    D                        A 
The couple on the bridge are both Robson Green 
   F                   A 
My happy-go-lucky affectation conceals 
   F                       A 
Extraordinary fires but it still kind of feels 
        Bm                   E                    A 
There's little in the way of sunshine heading our way; 
           Bm                     E                       A     (instr) 
Whilst the vehicles in motion the driver's got nothing to say. 
      D         A                      D           A 
I got lost I Newfoundland; I've got an in-store at Poundland 
     F                      A 
I've used all my powdered Peruvian bark, 
  F                            A 
I woke up this morning but I'm still in the dark 
     Bm                   E 
With little in the way of sunshine, 
Bm                    E 
Nothing in the way of moonshine, 
F                    E                    A         A7 
Little in the way of sunshine heading our way. 
    	

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