The World And His Wife

Intro  [G]    [G/f#]   [Em]    [D]  [C]   [G]

[G]                               [G/f#]  [Em]
The family circle gathers round from very far and near

To [D]pass around the [C]same remarks they [G]passed away last year

    [G]                          [G/f#] [Em]
The little girl you dangled on your knee without mishap

Stirs [D]something in your [C]memory and [G]something in your lap

[Bb]I believe that something here is [D]very much amiss

[G]                [G/f#] [Em]
But its a living and  this is the life

For the [D]world [C]and his [D]wife

The world [C#]and his [F#m]wife

The [Am]kissing cousins step outside to [Em]cuddle and confess

[Bb]She says sweet nothing at all its [D]much more of a mess

         [G]         [G/f#] [Em]
She says our mother and someone elses father

[D]Went for two weeks [C]holiday in [G]Taramasalata

[G]                       [G/f#]    [Em]
Daddy went out with the rubbish and he kept on talking

Be[D]tween Mum and the [C]walls god only [G]knows who does the talking

(Verse 3 same as verse 2)
The conversation melts like chocolate down our open jaws
Through the loud appeal of laughter
and the counting score drawers
But later on in the evening through the tears and fol de rol
Come the setimental feelings of the lure of vitriol
Longing thoughts go hankering for the old home overseas
With a blindfold and a national anthem sung in different keys

Suggestions and corrections are always welcome!
date: 95/10/15

[G]  [Em]
[D]  [C]  [G]

The family [G]circle gathers round from very far and near     [Em]
To pass [D]around the same remarks th[C]ey passed away last year          [G]
The little[G] girl you dangeled on your knee without mishap[Em]
Stirs something i[D]n your memory and somethi[C]ng in your lap        [G]

The junipe[Am]r berry has a very deadly k[Em]iss
[Bb]I would say that something here is very much in this  [Dm]                     [D]

[G]But it?s a living and this is [Em]the life
For the world a[D]nd his w[C]ife         [G]
The world [D]and hi[C#7]s wife  [F#m]

The kissing[Am] cousins step outside to cuddle and confess   [Em]
[Bb]She says sweet nothing at all it?s much more of a mess[Dm]                       [D]
She says our m[G]other and someone else?s father [Em]
Wen[D]t for two weeks holiday in Taramas[C]alata              [G]
Dadd[G]y went out with the rubbish and he kept on walkin[Em]g
Betwee[D]n mum and the walls - god only k[C]nows who does the takling [G]

The junipe[Am]r berry has a very deadly k[Em]iss
[Bb]I would say that something here is very much in this  [Dm]                     [D]

[G]But it?s a living and this is [Em]the life
For the world a[D]nd his w[C]ife       [G]
The world [D]and hi[C#7]s wife  [F#m]

The conversat[Am]ion melts like chocolate down our open jaws     [Em]
Through the loud appea[Bb]l of laughter and the counting of score draws      [Dm]                                [D]
But late[G]r on in the evening through the tears and fol de rol   [Em]
Come the sentimental feelin[D]gs for the lu[C]re of vitriol       [G]
Longi[G]ng thoughts go hankering for the old home overseas      [Em]
With a blindfold [D]and a national anthem s[C]ung in diferent keys   [G]

The junipe[Am]r berry has a very deadly k[Em]iss
[Bb]I would say that something here is very much in this  [Dm]                     [D]

[G]But it?s a living and this is th[Em]e life
For the world a[D]nd his w[C]ife       [G]
The world [D]and his [C]wife      [G]
The world [F]and his [C]wife      [G]

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