I Must Stop Going To Parties
by Lindisfarne
Intro: G Em D
G Em G Em
I must stop going to parties, I think they're doing me in
G Em C D
My hair is falling out and I'm getting kind of thin
G Em G Em G
I must stop going to parties, of that there is no doubt
Em C D
Next time you see me there, will you kindly throw me out
C D G
I must stop going to parties and hanging about
verse 1:
N.C. C Am
For instance, take last Friday, when Terry came to tea
C Em
I thought I had enough to drink, but not enough for me
C Am
He said would I like to accompany him, to a place just over the hill
C Em D
I said I really shouldn't, but perhaps I think I will
G Em G Em
I must stop going to parties, I think they're doing me in
G Em C D
My hair is falling out and I'm getting kind of thin
G Em G Em G
I must stop going to parties, of that there is no doubt
Em C D
Next time you see me there, will you kindly throw me out
C D G
I must stop going to parties and hanging about
verse 2:
N.C. C Am
You see the same old faces, you've seen them all before
C Em
You're gonna get so wasted, you won't be able to walk out the door
C Am
Then someone comes on heavy, 'bout the war in what's-it's-name
C Em D Daug
I said, "I fink you're out of date, mate, shouldn't that be, ah, the other place"
G Em G Em
I must stop going to parties, I think they're doing me in
G Em C D
My hair is falling out and I'm getting kind of thin
G Em G Em G
I must stop going to parties, of that there is no doubt
Em C D
Next time you see me there, will you kindly throw me out
C D G N.C.
I must stop going to parties and hanging about Oy!
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