Them's The Vagaries Chords

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Them's The Vagaries by Half Man Half Biscuit is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, D, Bb, Gm, C, Eb and Cm. 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                              E 
You may have to rescue me from limestone quarries frequently 
      D                                         A               E 
Those corporate stunt shows you attend - you'll never get asked back again. 
     A                      E 
Say, hello spinal curvature get used to the mirthless furniture 
D                                         A                    E 
Now we've kissed I've written this list I thought you ought to know. 
A                                         E 
Them's the vagaries, them's the vagaries, them's the vagaries 
                     D                                   A   E 
Them's the vagaries, them's the vagaries, them's the vagaries. 
          A                
Well I'll not sit backwards on the train  
        E 
I can't say I'll always flush the chain 
         D                                  A                     E 
And what I call pleasure you may call pain - I'm talking five day tests. 
A                            E 
Prepare to lose your dignity as I ride to victory 
D                                A               E 
Down the aisles at Tesco wearing nothing much at all. 
Bb                 Gm             C   D 
Ancient pack horse bridges we'll avoid 
Eb        Cm                  D 
Marajuana bores must be destroyed. 
A                                  E 
Bin men, thin men, lexicographers, squid yes not so octopus 
D                                       A                 E 
Egg sandwiches on coach trips in June - I simply won't be there. 
A                           E 
No way joke shop excrement, don't say the lightshow's excellent 
D                                                A           E 
It makes you smell of the laboratory instead of a fan of the band. 
A                                         E 
Them's the vagaries, them's the vagaries, them's the vagaries 
                     D                                   A    E 
Them's the vagaries, them's the vagaries, them's the vagaries. 
   A 
Oh Brit Pop, turquoise, chips with apricot 
E 
Sheepskin noseband, kids in Aldershot 
D                                           A                   E 
You point to finches in my yard and you ask "what's them things there?" 
A                                         E 
Them's the aviaries, them's the aviaries, them's the aviaries 
                    D                                          A  E 
Them's the aviaries and I've been saving these things just for you 
    A    E     A   E      A   E  A 
For you,   for you,   for you. 
    	

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