Verse
G-A
One fine day near the end of the tax year
A
Mr Richards was gripped by a new fear
B F#m A B G-A
Who would be at his retirement party
Verse 2:
G-A
And though he still had years to go before he
A
Slipped over the edge of the workforce
B F#m A B G-A
The question remained and in his wake there came an army
Chorus:
C#m A E B
What price creature comforts, what is this life really all about?
C#m A E B
He drew a line between work and living, and work was winning out
C#m A E B
And he worked for half his life, to spend the end just feeling tired out
C#m A (Back to main riff)G-A
That's when his roof caved in
Verse 3:
G-A
And so he made a list of all the people he worked with
A
And cut it down to the ones he got on with
B F#m A B G-A
Paired each one off with the decade of his career
Verse 4:
G-A
And then he thought of all his friends from back home
A
The crazies, the ladies, the lovers he'd known
B F#m A B G-A
And then he looked around his office and wondered why he was still here
Chorus:
C#m A E B
What price creature comforts, what is this life really all about?
C#m A E B
He drew a line between work and living, and work was winning out
C#m A E B
And he worked for half his life, to spend the end just feeling tired out
C#m A E
That's when he realised that he scrimped and saved all his precious days
Asus4
So he could buy icers and microwaves
C#m B A
And he only looks forward to his holidays
That's when his roof caved in.
Bridge:
B C#m F#m A A/G#
And it would be nice to have holiday homes and healthy bank statements and
F#m B
fat little kids,
B C#m F#m A A/G#
And I guess you can be happy to dream all your dreams as camcorder records
F#m B
of the things that you did,
B C#m F#m A A/G#
But as soon as your sleeping does it really matter what mattress you happen
F#m B
to be sleeping on?
B C#m Csus4(Let Ring)
As long as your living and your having fun; he always laughed at the
A(Let Ring) G-C
drop-outs, that he could never live that way.
Asus4 Asus C#m
But the truth is Mr Richards was a coward, he was afraid.
Instrumental Break. C#m A E B C#m A E E Asus4 Asus4 E C#m A A
final Verse:
C-E
Mr Richards decided on the very next morning
A
To make his life and work the same thing
B F#m A B E
Cleared he desk, he hit the road and he never retired.
- 1. Chord Gitar Frank Turner - Mr Richards Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar D#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Frank Turner - Mr Richards Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar D#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan