Madness, Baggy Trousers (1980)
Key: :[F#] (w: Graham McPherson, Christoper Foreman)
INTRO: [C] ^
[B] ^
[A] [F#] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[F#] Naughty boys in nasty schools, head-
[A]-masters breaking all the rules
[B] Having fun and playing fools,
[C] Smashing up the ^
[B] woodwork ^
[A] tools
[F#] All the teachers in the pub,
[A] passing 'round the ready-rub
[B] Trying not to think of when, the
[C] lunchtime bell will ^
[B] ring a-^
[A]-gain
CHORUS:
[B] Oh what fun we
[Bm] had, but
[F#] did it really
[F#m] turn out bad
[B] All I learnt at
[Bm] school, was
[C#] how to bend not break the rules
[B] Oh what fun we
[Bm] had, but
[F#] at the time it
[F#m] seemed so bad
[B] Trying different
[Bm] ways, to
[C# open] make a difference to...
VERSE 2:
^
[B] The ^
[A] Head-
[F#]-master's had enough today,
[A] all the kids have gone away
[B] Gone to fight with next-door's school,
[C] every term, that ^
[B] is the ^
[A] rule
[F#] Sits alone and bends his cane,
[A] same old backsides again
[B] All the small ones tell tall tales,
[C] walking home and ^
[B] squashing ^
[A] snails
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL:
[D#m] [Fm] [D#m] [Cm] :
[x3]
[D#m] [Fm] [D#m] ^
[C]^
[B]^
[A#] [A open]
VERSE 3:
[F#] Lots of girls and lots of boys,
[A] lots of smells and lots of noise
[B] Playing football in the park,
[C] kicking Pushbikes ^
[B] after ^
[A] dark
[F#] Baggy trousers, dirty shirt,
[A] pulling hair and eating dirt
[B] Teacher comes to break it up,
[C] back of the 'ead with a ^
[B] plastic ^
[A] cup
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL:
[D#m] [Fm] [D#m] [Cm] :
[x3]
[D#m] [Fm] [D#m] ^
[C]^
[B]^
[A#] [A open]
OUTRO:
[F#] Baggy trousers,
[A] baggy trousers
[B] Baggy trousers ^
[C]^
[B]^
[A#] [A open]
