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Hors Doeuvres

Roy Harper
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
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 The judge sits on his great assize
 Twelve men wise with swollen thighs
 Who never ever told no lies
 Whose minds were ever such a size
 Whose lives were ever such a prize
 Whose brains bred answers just like flies
 Whose answers stalked their thoughts like spies
 Whose lead ball through the courtroom flies
 To rip a hole clean between two eyes
 That never ever wore disguise
 And never ever saw blue skies
 Who quickly lived now slowly dies
 Who closed unopened otherwise
Well  you can lead a horse  to water
 But you're never gonna make him drink
 And you can lead a man to slaughter
 But you're never gonna make him think
 The critic rubs his tired arse
 Scrapes his poor brains, strains and farts
 And wields a pen that stops and starts
 And thinks in terms of booze and tarts
 And sits there playing with his parts
 He says I'm much too crude and far too course
 And he says this singer's just a farce
 He's got no healing formulas
 He's got no cure-all for our scars
 He's got no bra-strap for our bras
 And our sagging tits no longer hold a full house of hearts
 And you know what? I don't think this little song's gonna make the charts
 not-obvious chords:
 Lublin, Poland
 22.07.09

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Readable chord sheet for Hors Doeuvres by Roy Harper

[C] [C/B] [Am] [G] [G/f#] [D]/[Dsus4]

[C]         [C/B]   [Am] [G] [G/f#] [Em7]  [D]/[Dsus4]
The judge sits on his great assize
Twelve men wise with swollen thighs
Who never ever told no lies
Whose minds were ever such a size
Whose lives were ever such a prize
Whose brains bred answers just like flies
Whose answers stalked their thoughts like spies
Whose lead ball through the courtroom flies
To rip a hole clean between two eyes
That never ever wore disguise
And never ever saw blue skies
Who quickly lived now slowly dies
Who closed unopened otherwise

[G]Well you can lead a [D]horse to w[Em]ater
But you're never gonna make him drink
And you can lead a man to slaughter
But you're never gonna make him think

The critic rubs his tired arse
Scrapes his poor brains, strains and farts
And wields a pen that stops and starts
And thinks in terms of booze and tarts
And sits there playing with his parts
He says I'm much too crude and far too course
And he says this singer's just a farce
He's got no healing formulas
He's got no cure-all for our scars
He's got no bra-strap for our bras
And our sagging tits no longer hold a full house of hearts
And you know what? I don't think this little song's gonna make the charts

not-obvious chords:


Lublin, Poland
22.07.09

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