Take Your Carriage Clock And Shove It
Belle And SebastianVersion1
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
In the boardroom the quiet man takes a second to think what to do;
He's out of his seat and he's starting to speak and he hears his own voice;
For years and years he's done nothing but bear down, and put up with all their demands;
She sits like a viper and offers a clock without giving a damn...He takes it;
"Honour forbids me, but honour be damned, you have wined till you got what you want;
I did the work and when things were going badly you left us to rot";
, etc.
He locked the door of the boardroom and turned, like the scene from the old country song;
Towering over the table he is lost; he is drunk with it all:
"You only came back to us when we'd turned it around, when we'd rescued your arse from the fire;
Your contribution to all that we did is to say it was dire"
, etc.
"Night after day after night I've been working, despite of you fucking us all;
Now I'm going to die, I don't care if you cry, just please leave me alone;
And spare those tears for yourself, we've had those 'till we're sick, you should leave while you still
the chance";
The others were shocked at this shameful display at the end of an hounoured career;
He paused in the silence to pull down his tie and observe the melee.
R. T. Devitt
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Readable chord sheet for Take Your Carriage Clock And Shove It by Belle And Sebastian
[F#] [C#] [F#] [C#] [F#] [C#] [Ab] [C#]In the boardroom the quiet man tak[Ab]es a second to think what t[F#]o do; [C#] He's out [F#]of his seat and he's starting to spe[C#]ak and he hears his own voice; [Ab] [C#]For years and years he's don[Ab]e nothing but bear down, and put up with all [F#]their demands; [C#] She sits[F#] like a viper and offers a cl[C#]ock without[Ab] giving a damn...He takes it; [C#]"Honour forbids me, but [Ab]honour be damned, you have[F#] wined till you got wh[C#]at you want; [F#]I did the work and when th[C#]ings were going badly [Ab]you left us to rot"; [F#] [C#] [F#] [C#] [F#] [C#] [Ab], etc. [C#]He locked the door of t[Ab]he boardroom and turned, like [F#]the scene from the [C#]old country song; [F#]Towering over the tab[C#]le he is lost; [Ab]he is drunk with it all: "You onl[C#]y came back to us when we'd turned it aroun[Ab]d, when we'd rescued yo[F#]ur arse from the fire; [C#] [F#]Your contributio[C#]n to all that we did is to say[Ab] it was dire" [F#] [C#] [F#] [C#] [F#] [C#] [Ab], etc. [C#]"Night after day[Ab] after night I've been work[F#]ing, despite of you fuc[C#]king us all; [F#]Now I'm going to die, I don't care if [C#]you cry, just please leave[Ab] me alone; And spare those tears for you[C#]rself, we've had th[Ab]ose 'till we're sick, yo[F#]u should leave while you[C#] still the chance"; The ot[F#]hers were shocked at this [C#]shameful display at the end of an [F#]hounoured care[C#]er; He paus[F#]ed in the silence to pull d[C#]own his tie and observe[Ab] the melee. R. T. Devitt