Swerving The Checkatrade Chords
Swerving The Checkatrade by Half Man Half Biscuit is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, F7, Dm, Bb, Gm, C7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F F7 F F7 F F7 F F7
verse 1
F
I heard you walking down our street
Dm
Emphatic boots on massive feet
Bb Gm C7
Instinctively I knew what would ensue:
F
I‘d have to strap on my guitar
Dm A
And tell the people near and far
Bb C7 F C7
“I’d like to swerve the Checkatrade with you”.
F Dm
Swerving the Checkatrade, swerving the Checkatrade
Bb Gm C7
Swerving the Checkatrade with you
F A
My heart is like a hand grenade
Dm Bb
My head feels like it’s been waylaid
Gm C7 F C7
Swerving the Checkatrade with you.
verse 2
F
I’d followed you for half a mile
Dm
And in what seemed like quite a while
Bb Gm C7
I found a way in which to tell it true:
F A
Oh, I like a pint, I like a brawl
Dm A
I like a scone but most of all
Bb C7 F C7
I’d like to swerve the Checkatrade with you.
F Dm
Yeah, swerving the Checkatrade, swerving the Checkatrade
Bb Gm C7
So we may get to bill and coo
F A
I’d weighed up all the pro’s and con’s
Dm Bb
Of watching th’under twenty-ones
Gm C7 F C7
Swerving the Checkatrade with you.
Outro
F
Oh, let me gaze upon your curves
Dm Bb
Instead of Ipswich Town reserves
Gm C7 F A
Swerving the Checkatrade with you……
Gm C7 F A
Swerving the Checkatrade with you……
Gm C7 F
Swerving the Checkatrade with you.