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...EMBARESSMENT... by Madness
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*from 'Absolutely' (1980)*


*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: Bbm)


Verse 1:

Gm9/A       Gm              Gm9   Gm
 Received a letter just the other day;
F9 Dm
   Don't seem they wanna know you no more.
Gm9/A     Gm                  Gm9       Gm
  They've laid it down, given you their score.
F9          Dm
 Within the first two lines, it bluntly read;

Chorus 1:

       C6              C   C6    C
You're not to come and see us no more;
Em
 Keep away from our door,
Gm9    Gm          Gm9     Gm
 Don't come 'round here no more.
Am7      Dm            Am7     Dm
 What on earth did you do that for?

Verse 2:

C6   C               C6    C
 Our aunt, she don't wanna know, she says;
Em
 What will the neighbours think? They'll think;
Gm9 Gm            Gm9          Gm
 We don't, that's what they'll think, we don't,
Am7    Dm           Am7       Dm
 But I will, 'cos I know they think I don't.

Chorus 2:

Bb6  Bb              Bb6   Bb
 Our uncle, he don't wanna know, he says;
Dm
 We are a disgrace to the human race, he says;
F9   F       F9        F
 How can you show your face,
Bb/C                           C7
 When you're a disgrace to the human race?

Interlude:

Gm9  Gm (x2), Dm

Verse 3:

Gm9/A   Gm        Gm9          Gm
 No com-mittment; you're an em-barrassment,
F9 Dm
   Yes, an embarrassment; a living endorsement.
Gm9/A   Gm           Gm9      Gm
 The in-tention that you have booked,
F9         Dm
 Was an in-tention that was overlooked.

Chorus 3:

C6    C    C6     C    Em
 They say, stay a-way; don't want you home today.
Gm9     Gm  Gm9      Gm    Am7   Dm          Am7     Dm
 Keep a-way from our door; don't come 'round here no more.

Verse 4:

C6   C             C6    C
 Our dad, he don't wanna know, he says;
Em
 This is a serious matter;
Gm9  Gm      Gm9   Gm
 Too late to recon-sider,
Am7 Dm          Am7   Dm
 No one's gonna wanna know ya!

Chorus 4:

Bb6  Bb             Bb6   Bb
 Our mum, she don't wanna know,
Dm
 I'm feelin' twice as old, she says;
F9           F     F9          F
 Thought she had a head on her shoulder,
Bb/C              C7
 'Cos I'm feelin' twice as older,
C/D          D
 I'm feelin' twice as older,

Coda:

Am9  Am (x2), Em
Am9  Am

Outro:

Am9           Am          G  Em7
 You're an em-barrassment.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  Gm9/A    Gm      Gm9     F9      Dm      C6      C

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x03333  3x033x  355335  101011  xx0231  x32200  x32010

   Em      Am7    Bb6      Bb      F      Bb/C     C7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022000  x02013  x13333  x13331  133211  x30331  x32310

   C/D     D       Am9     Am      G       Em7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x00010  xx0232  577557  x02210  320003  022030


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)