Verse
G-E
One fine day near the end of the tax year
E
Mr Richards was gripped by a new fear
F# C#m E F# G-E
Who would be at his retirement party
Verse 2:
G-E
And though he still had years to go before he
E
Slipped over the edge of the workforce
F# C#m E F# G-E
The question remained and in his wake there came an army
Chorus:
G#m E B F#
What price creature comforts, what is this life really all about?
G#m E B F#
He drew a line between work and living, and work was winning out
G#m E B F#
And he worked for half his life, to spend the end just feeling tired out
G#m E (Back to main riff)G-E
That's when his roof caved in
Verse 3:
G-E
And so he made a list of all the people he worked with
E
And cut it down to the ones he got on with
F# C#m E F# G-E
Paired each one off with the decade of his career
Verse 4:
G-E
And then he thought of all his friends from back home
E
The crazies, the ladies, the lovers he'd known
F# C#m E F# G-E
And then he looked around his office and wondered why he was still here
Chorus:
G#m E B F#
What price creature comforts, what is this life really all about?
G#m E B F#
He drew a line between work and living, and work was winning out
G#m E B F#
And he worked for half his life, to spend the end just feeling tired out
G#m E B
That's when he realised that he scrimped and saved all his precious days
Esus4
So he could buy icers and microwaves
G#m F# E
And he only looks forward to his holidays
That's when his roof caved in.
Bridge:
F# G#m C#m E E/D#
And it would be nice to have holiday homes and healthy bank statements and
C#m F#
fat little kids,
F# G#m C#m E E/D#
And I guess you can be happy to dream all your dreams as camcorder records
C#m F#
of the things that you did,
F# G#m C#m E E/D#
But as soon as your sleeping does it really matter what mattress you happen
C#m F#
to be sleeping on?
F# G#m Csus4(Let Ring)
As long as your living and your having fun; he always laughed at the
E(Let Ring) G-C
drop-outs, that he could never live that way.
Esus4 Esus G#m
But the truth is Mr Richards was a coward, he was afraid.
Instrumental Break. G#m E B F# G#m E B B Esus4 Esus4 B G#m E E
final Verse:
C-B
Mr Richards decided on the very next morning
E
To make his life and work the same thing
F# C#m E F# B
Cleared he desk, he hit the road and he never retired.
- 1. Chord Gitar Frank Turner - Mr Richards Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Frank Turner - Mr Richards Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan