A Am well-known Bognor Am7/G restaurant owner
Bbmaj7 disappeared early this Am morning
Am7/G Last seen in a Am/F mouse-brown overcoat
C suitably camou-D7 flaged C
they G saw him B7 catch a E train

G#m Father of three, it’s Eb7 disgusting,
such a G#m horrible thing to Eb7 do
Gm Harold the F barrel A7 cut off his toes
and he D4 served them all for D tea

He can’t go Gm far Bb A7 Dm/F
He can’t go Gm far (hasn’t got a
Bb leg to stand on) A7 Dm/F
He can’t go Gm far

I’m Am standing in a Am7/G doorway
on the Bbmaj7 main square, tension is Am mounting
There’s a Am7/G restless crowd of Am/F angry people
C More than we’ve ever D7 seen
C Had to tighten G up se-B7 curi-E ty

G#m Over to the scene, at the Eb7 town hall,
the G#m lord mayor is ready to Eb7 speak
Gm Man of sus-F picion, you A7 can’t last long,
the brittish D4 public is on our D side

You can’t last Gm long, Bb A7 Dm/F
You can’t last Gm long (said you couldn’t Bb trust him,
his A7 brother was just the Dm/F same)
You can’t last Gm long

If Fmaj7 I was many Bbmaj7 miles from here
I’d be Fmaj7 sailing in an open Bbmaj7 boat on the sea
Ins-Ebmaj7 tead I’m on this Dm7 window ledge
with the Ebmaj7 whole world be-Dm7 low

Cm7 Up at the Bbm7 window,
Cm7 look at the Bbm7 window…

A We can help E you, A we can help E you
F# … We’re all your Bm friends,
if you Bm/A come on down and Bm/G# talk to us, son G
You must be D jok-A ing
A Take a running E jump

The Am crowd was getting Am7/G stronger
and our Bbmaj7 Harold getting Am weaker
Am7/G Forwards, backwards, Am/F swaying side to side
C Fearing the very D7 worst
C they called his G mother B7 to the E sight

G#m Upon the ledge be-Eb7 side him,
his G#m mother made a last re-Eb7 quest:
Gm Come off the F ledge, if your A7 father were alive
he’d be D4 very, very, very up-D set

Just can’t Gm jump, Bb A7 Dm/F
You just can’t Gm jump (your shirt’s all Bb dirty,
there’s a A7 man here from the B.B.C. Dm/F)
You just can’t Gm jump

A We can help E you, A we can help E you
F# … We’re all your Bm friends,
if you Bm/A come on down and Bm/G# talk to us, son G
You must be D jok-A ing
A Take a running E jump