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Every Time A Bell Rings

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Half Man Half Biscuit, often abbreviated to "HMHB", are an indie rock band from Birkenhead, England, active sporadically since the 1984, known for its satirical, sardonic, and sometimes surreal songs. The group consists of Nigel Blackwell (lead vocals, guitar), Neil Crossley (bass), Ken Hancock (lead guitar), and Carl Henry (drums). Throughout their career they have been signed to Probe Plus records.

The band's first single, The Trumpton Riots, topped the British Independent Chart in 1986

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Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

[Intro]
F F/Eb F F/Eb (x8)
Bb Dm C G (2)

[Verse 1]
Bb Dm C G
Ground Control to Monty Don,
Bb Dm C G
The testimonial silver’s gone
Bb Dm C G
The circumstance here’s pretty thin
Bb Dm C G
The sun comes out when I go in.
Bb Dm Bm
On the way home from spinning class she pops into the deli for artisan gossip
G Bb
He stays in the car leafing through a high end coffee bean catalogue
Dm Bm G
Their dream is to open up a roasterie in the Keswick area.

[Chorus]
Bb F
Get your hedge cut; get your fuckin’ hedge cut
Bb F
Get your hedge cut; get your fuckin’ hedge cut
Bb[/c F Dm Bb Dm C G Bb Dm C G
Stop meeting friends, and cut your hedge.

[Verse 2]
Bb Dm C G
Why can’t you say “orang-utan?”
Bb Dm C G
Why can’t you just say “Ku-Klux-Klan?”
Bb Dm C G
Who needs the library or the pub
Bb Dm C G
When we’ve got your creative hub?
Bb Dm Bm
He got a Boardman bike on the “Cycle-To-Work” scheme, discovered he really enjoyed it;
G Bb
Started watching the Tour-De-France highlights on ITV 4
Dm Bm G
Worshipped at the altar of Wiggo and Froome-dog; goes out every Sunday in full Sky replica kit.

[Chorus]
Bb F
Get your hedge cut, get your fuckin’ hedge cut
Bb F
Get your hedge cut, get your fuckin’ hedge cut
Bb F Dm C F C F C F C F
Stop analysing Strava, and cut your hedge.

[Verse 3]
Bb Dm Bm
“It’s a wonderful Life”; it’s a wonderful film
G
Tho’ the more I watch it the more I want Potter to succeed
Bb Dm
Not least when that lot up the road come out in to the street every New Year’s Eve
Bm G Bb F Bb F Bb F C C7
Drunk on Ptolemy’s hock, hugging each other and going’ “hee-haw, hee-haw”.
A Bb C C7 F
Every time a bell rings, I hate you some more
A Bb C C7 F
Every time a bell rings, I hate you some more
A Bb C C7 F
Every time a bell rings, I hate you some more
A Bb C C7 F
Every time a bell rings.

[Outro]
A Bb C C7 F (x6) (fade on last time)