Did You See His Name
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(B5) = Walk Down Riff
Intro
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Verse 1
E A E D A
Did you see his name in the local paper
E A D E
Stole a tin of beans from a cut-priced grocery store?
D A
The judge said, "He must pay"
D A D E E E
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So, he put him on probation and the paper gave his name
E7 E7 E7 E/C# E/C# E/C# E/B E/B E/B
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Verse 2
A E D A
Did you see his name in the criminal section
E A D E
And the center page gave his name and his address
D A
They stopped him doing it again
D A D E E E
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So, they put him to dishonour and put the man to shame
E7 E7 E7 E/C# E/C# E/C# E/B E/B E/B
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Chorus
G
He lost his little job
E Bm B5
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His employer was absolved of blame
G E
His world just crumbled down
Verse 3
E A E D A
Incidently, did you see his name in the obiturary column
E A
Letters edged in black
D E
Life was much too hard to live
D A
So, he brought it to an end
D A
In his gas-filled maisonette
D E E E
* * *
Because he couldn't stand the strain
E7 E7 E7 E/C# E/C# E/C# E/B E/B E/B
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Instrumental
A E D A A E
La la la la la, La la la la la la, La la la la la,
Outro
D E
Life was much too hard to live
D A
So, he brought it to an end
D A
In his gas-filled maisonette
D E E E
* * *
Because he couldn't stand the strain
E7 E7 E7 E/C# E/C# E/C# E/B E/B E/B
* * * * * * * * *
A E
Did you see his name?
A E
Did you see his name?
A E
Did you see his name?
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