Grafting Haddock In The George chords by Half Man Half Biscuit

[Intro]

E G# A B
E G# A B
E G# A B
E G# A B
 
[Verse]

           E G# A B        
When I was young    and the 

E            G#
Blood pulsed swiftly 
           A      B
Through my veins

       E   G#              A     
Before age trampling up on youth, 
B         E 
Out of my head 

         G#             A       B
With the snows of fifty winters

        E        G#       A       
I never thought about the future or

 B              E 
 What I would become; 

       G#          A
Didn’t care, still don’t

B      E           C#m       G#     
For as far as I’m aware they don’t 
       A            E        G#  A  B
stitch pockets into shrouds.
 

G C G C
E G# A B
E G# A B
 
E   G#    A           B                
Oh, those Forestry Commission roads,
E       G#
 What a tale 

           A    B
They could tell. 
 

G D C D
G D C D
 
[Break]

G         D            
 I am the godfather of 
C                D  G  D  C  D
Nothing whatsoever

                  G                 
Our Martin on the other hand thought 
           D         C  D
He was the town cheese  

       G                              
Purported to deal in 
D 
Short term solutions 

    C             D
For long-legged men

   G                   
He also liked the sound 

       D       C  D
Of his own voice.

          G                                       
He was at Knowsley Safari Park 
D
One day where he saw a 

C                       D
Monkey with a banana in one hand

          G                  D                    
And a tin opener in the other, 

And he shouted over 

 C
“Hey, you don’t need the 
D
Tin opener for that”

   G                       D  
To which the monkey replied 
                       C        D  G
“It’s for the custard, dickhead!”

D                  
 It was loft ladders 

C                     D  G  D  C  D
What killed our Martin.

G                   D                    
 Larry on the other hand cleans out the 
C                             D 
Drains at the Methodist Centre and 

                  G     D  C  D
Wears a permanent smile

             G        
He reckons a contented 
D                   C      D  G  D  C  D
Mind is a continual feast,

     G             D 
When darkness falls 
                C
I’m as happy as Larry
 
[Coda]

E    B       A           
 Sometimes I set out for 
B      E     B 
Ludlow,  sometimes 

  A         B           G C G C
I end up in Chepstow

D  C    G         D 
 I am a happy man 
  C         G
I drive the happy van

D  C          G       D             
 I scaled the Matalan 

Made it Ma: 

           E        G# A B
Top of the world!
 

E G# A B
E G# A B
 
[Outro]

G                C      
 Grafting haddock in the 
D                G
Back room of the George

G                C      
 Grafting haddock in the 

D                G
Back room of the George

G                C      
 Grafting haddock in the 
D                G       C G C G
Back room of the George.

ℹ️ About This Song

On the 3rd of February 2022, the track was released. The track is from the album The Voltarol Years.

Track Info

• Song: Grafting Haddock In The George
• Artist: Half Man Half Biscuit
• Album: The Voltarol Years
• Released Date: 3 February 2022

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: Bm
• Chords: E, G#, A, B, C#m, G, C, D
• BPM: 106
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord