Chord Booklet

The Proclaimers

10 songs|19 chords used|Medium

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Chords used

C#m

F#m

Abm

Dbm

Ebm

G/B

Cap In Hand

Key: DMedium

D I could tell the meaning of a Gword like serAene

D I got some 'O' Grades wheGn I was sixteAen

D I can tell the difference betweGen margarine and Abutter

DGA

I can say "Saskatchewan" without starting to stutter

BuAt I can't understand whyD we let soGmeone Delse rule oAur land

We're Cap in Hand

DGA

I could get a broken jaw from being in a fight

DGA

I know its evening when day turns to night

DI can understand why StranGraer lie so lAowly

DThey could save a lot of pGoints by signAing Hibs Goalie

ADGDA

But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land

We're Cap in Hand

GDAD

We fight, when they ask us

GDAD

We boast, then we cower

GWe bDeg

AFor a pieDce?

GWhats alreadAy ours D G A D G A A D G D A D

GDAD

We fight, when they ask us

GDAD

We boast, then we cower

GWe bDeg

AFor a pieDce?

GWhats already Aours

DOnce I thought I could makGe God a bribeA

DSo I said I was iGn his lost trAibe

DGetting handouts can be soG frustratinAg

D"Get in line son, there's Gfive million Awaiting"

ADGDA

But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land

We're Cap in Hand

ADGDA

But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land

We're Cap in Hand

We're Cap in BmHand

We're Cap in GHand

We're Cap in HEand

ADGDA

But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land

We're Cap in Hand

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I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

Key: EMedium

C#m

When I Ewake up well I know I'm gonna be

I'm gonna Abe the man who Bwakes up next to Eyou

When I gEo out yeah I know I'm gonna be

I'm gonna bAe the man who gBoes along wi' yEou

If I gEet drunk well I know I'm gonna be

I'm gonna Abe the man who Bgets drunk next to Eyou

And if I hEaver yeah I know I'm gonna be

I'm gonna bAe the man who's hBavering to yEou

Chorus

But IE would walk 5 hundred miles

And IA would walk 5 hBundred more

Just to Ebe the man who walked a thousand Amiles

To fall down Bat your door

When I'm wEorking yes I know I'm gonna be

I'm gonna Abe the man who's Bworking hard for Eyou

And when the Emoney comes in for the work I do

I'll pass Aalmost every Bpenny on to Eyou

When I Ecome home oh I know I'm gonna be

I'm gonna Abe the man who Bcomes back home to Eyou

And if I Egrow old well I know I'm gonna be

I'm gonna Abe the man who's Bgrowing old wi' Eyou

Chorus

But IE would walk 5 hundred miles

And AI would walk 5 Bhundred more

Just to Ebe the man who walks a thousand Amiles

To fall down Bat your door

EABE

When I'm Elonely well I know I'm gonna be

I'm gonna Abe the man who's Blonely without Eyou

And when I'm Edreaming well I know I'm gonna dream

I'm gonna Adream about the Btime when I'm wi' Eyou

When I Ego out yeah I know I'm gonna be

I'm gonna bAe the man who gBoes along wi' yEou

And when I Ecome home yes I know I'm gonna be

I'm gonna Abe the man who Bcomes back home wi' C#myou

I'm gonna Abe the man who's Bcoming home wi' Eyou

Chorus

But IE would walk 5 hundred miles

And AI would walk 5 Bhundred more

Just to Ebe the man who walks a thousand Amiles

To fall down Bat your door

La La etc X4 (E A B E) X4

Chorus

And IE would walk 5 hundred miles

And AI would walk 5 Bhundred more

Just to Ebe the man who walks a thousand Amiles

To fall down Bat your door E

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Beautiful Truth

Key: CMedium

CAmDDmGC

CBa BaAmba Ba BaDmba

GBa Baba Ba BaCba

CBa BaAmba Ba BaDmba

GBa Baba Ba BaCba

CBeautiful AmBeautiful BDmeautiful Truth

GDon't leave because I can't Csee you.

CBeautiful AmBeautiful BDmeautiful Truth

GDon't leave because I can't Csee you.

CBeautiful AmBeautiful BDmeautiful Truth

GDon't leave because I can't Csee you.

CBeautiful AmBeautiful BDmeautiful Truth

GDon't leave because I can't Csee you.

CYou know the hours that I passed without you

AmEvery heartbeat that I chose to flout you

DmAnd how I felt no sGhame

CI know this problem is of my own making

AmI know you're giving here and I'm not taking

DmBut please don't leave this pGlace

CBeautiful AmBeautiful BDmeautiful Truth

GDon't leave because I can't Csee you.

CBeautiful AmBeautiful BDmeautiful Truth

GDon't leave because I can't Csee you.

CDon't let me complicate what you made simple

AmBy looking fancy or sounding boastful

DmPlease bring me doGwn

CAnd now that I have said what's on my mind

AmAnd its obvious that I am blind

DmPlease say you'll sGtay

CBeautiful AmBeautiful BDmeautiful Truth

GDon't leave because I can't Csee you.

CBeautiful AmBeautiful BDmeautiful Truth

GDon't leave because I can't Csee you.

CGC

CYeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

GYeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

CYeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

GYeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

CSpin me round

GBring me down

GBe my sound

CBut don't leave.

CSpin me round

GBring me down

GBe my sound

CBut don't leave.

CSpin me round

GBring me down

GBe my sound

CBut don't leave.

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Blood Lying On Snow

Key: DEasy

DYou've lost your Ctan from a Gfew months Dago

Now that red Cdress looks like Gblood lying on Asnow

DI feel my Cpulse start to Gincrease the Dflow

On this cold winter's Cnight with such Gbeauty on Dshow

DYou don't like Cwinter, you're Ga summer Dgirl

Sun burnt and Cbarefoot, Gyour body Aunfurls

DBut I can Csee you're a GCeltic Dprincess

And in pale Northern CLights, you're at Gyour very Dbest

CMy Ggoodness, Cwell, Ghow do you Ddo?

It's taken CgeneratioGns of Clucky Gbreeding

To make Dyou, to make Ayou

DIn my life's Cchallenge, you Gmust be first Dprize

I can see Cgold in the Glight of your Aeyes

DMy honest Csoul, it just Gyearns to be Dfree

And I'm sure it would Chappen if Gyou lie with Dme

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DCGD

CGA

DCGD

CGD

CMy Ggoodness, Cwell, Ghow do you Ddo?

It's taken CgeneratioGns of Clucky Gbreeding

To make Dyou, to make Ayou

DYou've lost your Ctan from a Gfew months Dago

Now that red Cdress looks like Gblood lying on Asnow

DI feel my Cpulse start to Gincrease the Dflow

On this cold winter's Cnight with such Gbeauty on Dshow

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Spinning Around In The Air

Key: ACapo 1Hard

C#m

F#m

ABmEA

(Sang to intro)

Let me give praise to your sparkling eyes and your colored hair

Let me spend ages on poetic phrases to show I care

(Strumming kicks in)

ALet me go grazing on Bmdapple green pastures where yEou're the mAare

Let me rephrase that, BmI think there's a better line thEere

ESpinning around in the air

ALet me donate something Bmto a kids charity Eof your choiceA

For you I would willinglyBm be a worse traitor than EWilliam JAoyce

If I could sing I would sBming you a song in SEam Cooke's Avoice

Let me rephrase that, I tBmhink there's a better line Ethere

ESpinning around in the aAir

DAre you happy now say Ayeah yeah yeah

DAre you really happy now say Ayeah yeah yeah

C#mTell me where it hurts

It hurts F#mthere and there and there

BmAdverbs and nouns, juicy and round

ESpinning around in the air A Bm E A

ABmEA

DOhh, are you happy now say Ayeah yeah yeah yeah

DOhh, are you really happy now say Ayeah yeah yeah

C#mTell me where it hurts

It hurts F#mthere and there and there

BmAdverbs and nouns, juicy and round

ESpinning around in the air F

BMadame Onassis took C#mGary's old glasses and Fput them Bon

She said, I see ships and she C#mstarted to quip about Fold BostoBn

I climbed over houses to C#mclimb upon you, what did FI do Bwrong

BLet me rephraC#mse that, I think tFhere's a better line there

FSpinning around in the aBir

BC#m

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What Makes You Cry

Key: BHard

Abm

Dbm

Ebm

Now IB've got a Abmquestion baby Dbm

What makes you Fcry?

Cause I hBaven't seen any Abmwater

In the Dbmcorners of your eyFes

For a Bday, or a Abmweek

Or a Dbmmonth, or a Fyear

Haven't sBeen much of yoAbmu

Since you Dbmleft me my dFear

Can't you sBee that I'm hurtinAbmg

How I'm fDbmalling apaFrt

Don't you Bcare about my driAbmnking

Or my pDbmoor lonely heFart

I thought you liked football

You didn't mind those videos

And my dDbmog didn't mean

To ruin your clFothes (he can't help it)

Now you Bwon't take my pAbmhone calls

You Dbmsent my letters backF

You're Bpaying a lawAbmyer

To Dbmstab me in the backF

Then I saw you on the street

You looked happy, that's a fact

I'm imDbmpressed - it's a hell of an aFct

EAngel - admit it, admit it

Darlin' - admit it, admit it

Your Blove for me didn't Ebmdie

It's just sleepin'

And it Dbmwakes every night

To yourF weepin'

BAbmDbmF

Now I Bhope you can hear me Dbm

Wherever you aFre

In a cBheap hotel rAbmoom

Or the Dbmback seat of a caFr

I make up those situations

I don't know if they're true

But I'll Dbmtell you, for now, theyF'll do

EAngel - admit it, admit it

Darlin' - admit it, admit it

Your Blove for me didn't Ebmdie

It's just sleepin'

And it Dbmwakes every night

To yoFur weeping'

Now BI've Abmgot a question bady

WhDbmat mFakes you cryE? B

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Follow The Money

Key: CEasy

G/B

CAmDmG/B

I've got to follow the money

Gotta Amgo to work

Gotta Dmmake a living

Till mG/By body hurts

Gotta Cbite my lip

Gotta Amwreck my health

Gotta Dmbreak my back

For myG/B share of wealth

CI've got to follow the money

AmGotta go to work

DmGotta make a living

G/BTill my body hurts

CGotta bite my lip

AmGotta wreck my health

DmGotta break my back

G/BFor my share of wealth

CI've gotta the follow money

AmGotta earn my pay

DmI spent everything

G/BI earned yesterday

CGotta find the cash

AmCause it won't find me

DmSo I can feed myself

G/BAnd my family

When I left school I was bummin' around

I'd smoke and drink and let my mind wander

I'd roll out of bed about twelve o'clock

I can't do that any longer

I've gotta follow the money

Gotta go to work

Gotta make a living

Till my body hurts

Gotta bite my lip

Gotta wreck my health

Gotta break my back

For my share of wealth

Now I need to toil 'cause it's good for my soul

I feel clean when I'm working

You drop all the mystical Celtic bull

Cause that stuff's just jerking

I'm not saying that I work like my dad

I know I don't work like my mum

But I'm made of the same stuff

And I'm six feet tall

Gimme the tools I'll get the job done

Gotta follow the money

Gotta go to work

Gotta make a living

Till my body hurts

Gotta bit my lip

Gotta break my back

For my share of wealth

I've gotta follow the money

Gotta earn my pay

I spent everything

I earned yesterday

Gotta find the cash

Cause it won't find me

So I can feed myself

And my family

Feed myself and my family

That's why

I'm working

I'm working now

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What Do You Do

Key: GMedium

Yah I Gknow you're right

I sG7ee it in your fierce eyes

But mCe I've never thought straight

Since the A7day I had the first doubt

GYah I know you're right

And I'll Dback you to a point pal

But I'll Cnever be constrained by

GAnother man's ideas now

I spent too long on this road

Looking for the answers

But Poverty and Failure

Aren't what I'm after

I painted Fight on factories

But they closed the factory down pal

I got to find out where the Heart's gone

Got to find out where the nerves gone

DWhat do you dCo

When Gdemocracy fails you

B AhhChh AhGh

DWhat do you Cdo

When the Grest can't see its true?

B AhhChh CAhh D

Pat votes the Scots way

Just like her mother

But South always takes all

Just like her brother

The next time she might vote

So might the others

But times running out pal

Cause they're giving up in numbers

What do you do

When Democracy's all through

Ahhhh Ahh

What do you do

When minority means you?

Ahhhh Ahh

INSTRUMENTAL

What do you do

When Democracy's all through

Ahhhhh

What do you do

When minority means you?

B AhhChh CAhh D

B AhhChh CAhh G

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What Do You Do (ver.2)

Key: GMedium

Yah I Gknow you're right

I sG7ee it in your fierce eyes

But mCe I've never thought straight

Since the A7day I had the first doubt

GYah I know you're right

And I'll Dback you to a point pal

But I'll Cnever be constrained by

GAnother man's ideas now

I spent too long on this road

Looking for the answers

But Poverty and Failure

Aren't what I'm after

I painted Fight on factories

But they closed the factory down pal

I got to find out where the Heart's gone

Got to find out where the nerves gone

DWhat do you dCo

When Gdemocracy fails you

B AhhChh AhGh

DWhat do you Cdo

When the Grest can't see its true?

B AhhChh CAhh D

Pat votes the Scots way

Just like her mother

But South always takes all

Just like her brother

The next time she might vote

So might the others

But times running out pal

Cause they're giving up in numbers

What do you do

When Democracy's all through

Ahhhh Ahh

What do you do

When minority means you?

Ahhhh Ahh

INSTRUMENTAL

What do you do

When Democracy's all through

Ahhhhh

What do you do

When minority means you?

B AhhChh CAhh D

B AhhChh CAhh G

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10.

Life With You

Key: GMedium

GWhen I was a younger Cman

GWhen I was a silly Cboy

GI didn't Cneed a thing, I

GWas strong as anythiCng, I

AViewed solitude as a jDoy

But since I met you I'm distraught

You wandered in and now I'm caught

I never thought I would see

Someone so truly good

Some one who's so everything I'm not

GI want to spend my life with Cyou

GDon't want to live all aloCne

GI can't conceiDve of the Cyears left in meEm

CWithout yoDu in our home G

But what if, what if, what if what

If it's not perfect then it's not

But every care I'll take

Nothing I won't forsake

To dwell beside what you've got

CEvery time I think about you

GI think I can't live with you

AI'll tell you something

DI am nothing without you

I want to spend my life with you

Don't want to live all alone

I can't conceive of the years left in me

Without you in our home

(Hey!)

I want to spend my life with you

Don't want to live all alone

I can't conceive of the years left in me

Without you in our home

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