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Throw The Raway

The Proclaimers
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Emaj7sus4.
The chord looks like this... It is much simpler than the name suggests.
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|--2-------|
D|--1-------|
A|--2-------|
E|----------|
 Intro  Emaj7sus4 (x2)
I've  been so sad
 Since you  said my accent was bad
He's  wearin' a frown  This Caledonian  clown
 I'm just  going to have to learn to hesitate
   Emaj7sus4
 To make sure my words On your Saxon ears don't grate
 But I  wouldn't know a single word  to say
   Emaj7sus4
 If I flattened all the vowels And threw the 'R' away
 Some days I stand
 On your green and pleasant land
 How dare I show face
 When my diction is such a disgrace
 I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate
 To make sure my words
 On your Saxon ears don't grate
 But I wouldn't know a single word to say
 If I flattened all the vowels
 And threw the 'R' away
You  say that if I  want to get ahead
The  language I use  should be left for dead
 Emaj7sus4
 It doesn't please your ear
And  though you tell  it like a leg-pull
It  seems you're still  full of John Bull
 Emaj7sus4
 You just refuse to hear
 Oh what can I do
 To be understood by you
 Perhaps for some money
 I could talk like a bee dripping honey.
 I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate
 To make sure my words
 On your Saxon ears don't grate
 But I wouldn't know a single word to say
 If I flattened all the vowels
 And threw the 'R' away
 You say that if I want to get ahead
 The language I use should be left for dead
 It doesn't please your ear
 And though you tell it like a leg-pull
 I think you're still full of John Bull
 You just refuse to hear
 He's been so sad
 Since you said his accent was bad
 He's wearin' a frown
 This Caledonian clown
 I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate
 To make sure my words
 On your Saxon ears don't grate
 But I wouldn't know a single word to say
 If I flattened all the vowels
 And threw the 'R' away
 Flattened all the vowels
 And threw the 'R' away
 If I flattened all the vowels
 And threw the 'R' away

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Readable chord sheet for Throw The Raway by The Proclaimers

Emaj7sus4.
The chord looks like this...  It is much simpler than the name suggests.
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|--2-------|
D|--1-------|
A|--2-------|
E|----------|

Intro      [E]  [A]  [E]  Emaj7sus4  (x2)

[E]I've been so [A]sad
Since [Am]you said my accent was [E]bad
[E]He's wearin' a f[A]rown   This C[Am]aledonian c[E]lown

I'm [E]just going to have to learn to [A]hesitate
   [Am]           [Am7]              Emaj7sus4       [E]
To make sure my words    On your Saxon ears don't grate
But [E]I wouldn't know a single [A]word to say
     [Am]                [Am7]          Emaj7sus4    [E]
If I flattened all the vowels   And threw the 'R' away

Some days I stand
On your green and pleasant land
How dare I show face
When my diction is such a disgrace

I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate
To make sure my words
On your Saxon ears don't grate
But I wouldn't know a single word to say
If I flattened all the vowels
And threw the 'R' away

[E]You say that if [E7]I want to get ahead
[A]The language I [Am7]use should be left for dead
[E]          Emaj7sus4  [E]
It doesn't please your ear
[E]And though you [E7]tell it like a leg-pull
[A]It seems you're [Am7]still full of John Bull
[E]        Emaj7sus4      [E]
You just refuse       to hear

Oh what can I do
To be understood by you
Perhaps for some money
I could talk like a bee dripping honey.

I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate
To make sure my words
On your Saxon ears don't grate
But I wouldn't know a single word to say
If I flattened all the vowels
And threw the 'R' away

You say that if I want to get ahead
The language I use should be left for dead
It doesn't please your ear
And though you tell it like a leg-pull
I think you're still full of John Bull
You just refuse to hear

He's been so sad
Since you said his accent was bad
He's wearin' a frown
This Caledonian clown

I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate
To make sure my words
On your Saxon ears don't grate
But I wouldn't know a single word to say
If I flattened all the vowels
And threw the 'R' away
Flattened all the vowels
And threw the 'R' away
If I flattened all the vowels
And threw the 'R' away

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