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