Biography:
Formerly of mid 90s electro-indie bands The Auteurs and Black Box Recorder, this legendary front man has gone solo with a hip-hop/pop pastiche sound to play to a well establised following of fans.
Relentlessly highbrow, Haines's dark-but-mischievous lyrics typically fall into three groups: musings on obscure Anglicana (The Mitford Sisters, Freddie Mills is Dead), bitter attacks on modern society, particularly the arts (The Death of Sarah Lucas, Christ) and twisted 1970s anti-nostalgia (Leeds United
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[Verse 1]
Bm F# D G
The town clock, it chimes at midnight
D Em G A
Magic place this Walton-on-Thames
Bm F# D G
The good folks sit by the fire side
D Em G A
Telling stories by the flames
[Chorus 1]
Bm G
Ooh, All about the river bank
Bm G
Ooh,It's an enchanted land
Bm G
Ooh, Where the animals
D Em
Bm G
The rock and roll animals
Bm G
The rock and roll animals
Bm G D Em
Nick the Badger and Gene the cat
[Verse 2]
Bm F# D G
And there's a cutthrout in the hedgerow
D Em G A
A ... cutthrout it's Jimmy the fox.
Bm F# D G
He's a sly one, runs with the bad mob
D Em G A
From Hersham village he's a punk rock
[Instrumental]
Bm G Em G Em G D Em
dog
[Chorus 1]
Bm G
The rock and roll animals
Bm G
The rock and roll animals
Bm G D Em
That Gene Vincent he's a real hep cat
[Bridge]
N.C.
My mom says that the spring is in the air
N.C.
And everyone's at it, they're at it like rabbits
Bm F# D G
The tall ones, the small ones, the thick ones, the furry ones
F# Bm F# Bm
At it like rabbits, at it like rabbits
F# Bm Em A
No matter how ugly og hairy they are
[Verse 3]
Bm F# D G
Well I was born here, I don't remember but
D Em G A
... delta you're in my blood
Bm F# D G
Blood, blood, blooded like the fox
D Em G A
Magic land this Walton-on-Thames
[Outro]
Bm G
Ooh,
Bm G
Ooh,
Bm G
Ooh,
Bm G
Ooh,
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals ooh
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals yeah
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals ooh
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals yeah
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals ooh
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals yeah
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals ooh
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals yeah
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals ooh
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals yeah
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals ooh
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals yeah
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals ooh
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals yeah
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals ooh
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals yeah
Bm F# D G
The town clock, it chimes at midnight
D Em G A
Magic place this Walton-on-Thames
Bm F# D G
The good folks sit by the fire side
D Em G A
Telling stories by the flames
[Chorus 1]
Bm G
Ooh, All about the river bank
Bm G
Ooh,It's an enchanted land
Bm G
Ooh, Where the animals
D Em
Bm G
The rock and roll animals
Bm G
The rock and roll animals
Bm G D Em
Nick the Badger and Gene the cat
[Verse 2]
Bm F# D G
And there's a cutthrout in the hedgerow
D Em G A
A ... cutthrout it's Jimmy the fox.
Bm F# D G
He's a sly one, runs with the bad mob
D Em G A
From Hersham village he's a punk rock
[Instrumental]
Bm G Em G Em G D Em
dog
[Chorus 1]
Bm G
The rock and roll animals
Bm G
The rock and roll animals
Bm G D Em
That Gene Vincent he's a real hep cat
[Bridge]
N.C.
My mom says that the spring is in the air
N.C.
And everyone's at it, they're at it like rabbits
Bm F# D G
The tall ones, the small ones, the thick ones, the furry ones
F# Bm F# Bm
At it like rabbits, at it like rabbits
F# Bm Em A
No matter how ugly og hairy they are
[Verse 3]
Bm F# D G
Well I was born here, I don't remember but
D Em G A
... delta you're in my blood
Bm F# D G
Blood, blood, blooded like the fox
D Em G A
Magic land this Walton-on-Thames
[Outro]
Bm G
Ooh,
Bm G
Ooh,
Bm G
Ooh,
Bm G
Ooh,
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals ooh
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals yeah
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals ooh
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals yeah
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals ooh
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals yeah
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals ooh
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals yeah
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals ooh
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals yeah
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals ooh
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals yeah
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals ooh
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals yeah
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals ooh
Bm G Bm G
The rock and roll animals yeah
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