Biography:
The Beautiful South were a British pop group formed in 1989, from the ashes of Hull, England group The Housemartins. The band was put together by lead singer, Paul Heaton, and drummer, Dave Hemingway. They were joined by Sean Welch (Bass), Dave Stead (Drums) and Dave Rotheray (Guitar). Rotheray also co-writes the songs with Heaton.
In The Beautiful South, Heaton shared the lead singer's role with Hemingway and female singer Briana Corrigan to create a trio of lead vocalists.
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Other songs:
- 10000 Feet
- 101 Man
- 36D
- A Little Blue
- A Little Piece Of Advice
- A Little Time
- A Piece Of Sky
- Bell
- Blackbird On The Wire
- Blitzkrieg Bop
- Closer Than Most
- Domino Man
- Dont Marry Her
- Dont Stop Moving
- Dream A Little Dream
- Dumb
- Especially For You
- Everybodys Talkin
- Foundations
- Frank And Delores
- From Under The Covers
- Good As Gold
- How Longs A Tear Take To Dry
- I Cant Put My Finger On It
- I Love You But Youre Boring
- I Think The Answers Yes
- Ill Sail This Ship Alone
- Im Your Number One Fan
- Les Yeux Ouverts Open Eyes
- Let Love Speak For Itself
- Let Love Speak Up Itself
- Life Vs The Lifeless
- Look What I Found In My Beer
- Love Is
- Manchester
- Masculine Eclipse
- Mirror
- Mothers Pride
- Number One Fan
- Oh Blackpool
- Old Red Eyes Is Back
- One Last Love Song
- Perfect 10
- Poppy
- Pretenders To The Throne
- Prettiest Eyes
- Property Quiz
- Rose Of My Cologne
- Rotterdam
- Shouldve Kept My Eyes Shut
- Shouldve Kepy My Eyes Shut
- Something That You Said
- Song For Whoever
- Tattoo
- The Last Waltz
- The Rocking Chair
- The Root Of All Evil
- The Slide
- The Sound Of North America
- The Table
- This Old Skin
- Tonight I Fancy Myself
- Tupperware Queen
- We Are Each Other
- When Im 84
- When The Romance Is Dead
- Window Shopping For Blinds
- Woman In The Wall
- You Keep It All In
- You Play Glockenspiel Ill Play Drums
- Your Father And I
- Youre Only Jealous
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[Intro]
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[Verse]
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There's a boy with a brace across his teeth
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White socks, tattooed underneath
Dm
Bus tickets chitched up in his palm
F Bb C
Stood there he's spinning a yarn
Dm
There's a girl with a plastic pair of shoes
F Bb C
Two eyes permanently bruised
Dm
Can't find the time to be alarmed
F Bb C
Just stood spinning a yarn
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm F
Just take your time
Bb
It'll work out fine
C
It'll do no harm
To spin your yarn
[Chorus]
Dm F Bb
You do English
C
I'll do sums
Dm
You break fingers
F
I'll break thumbs
Bb
You play Dads
C
And I'll play Mums
Dm
You play Glockenspiel
F
And I'll play drums
Bb
You play Glockenspiel
C Dm
And I'll play drums
[Glockenspiel Solo] N.C.
[Verse]
Dm
My name is Derek from then den
F Bb C
I deal in shillings and in pence
Dm
I'll get you any deal you like
F Bb C
Ten sweets for a mountain bike you like
Dm
My name is Mandy from the yard
F Bb C
I deal in crazy tarot cards
Dm
I'll tell you what the future brings
F Bb C
One cat and a dog that sings
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm F
Just take your time
Bb
It'll work out fine
C
It'll do no harm
To spin your yarn
[Chorus]
Dm F Bb
You do English
C
I'll do sums
Dm
You break fingers
F
I'll break thumbs
Bb
You play Dads
C
And I'll play Mums
Dm
You play Glockenspiel
F
And I'll play drums
Bb
You play Glockenspiel
C Dm
And I'll play drums
[Glockenspiel Solo] N.C.
[Outro]
Dm F Bb
Just take your time
C
It'll work out fine
Dm F
It'll do no harm
Bb
To spin your yarn
C
spin your yarn, spin your yarn
Dm F
You do English
Bb
And I'll do sums
C
You break fingers
Dm
And I'll break thumbs
F
You play Dads
Bb
And I'll play Mums
C
You play Glockenspiel
Dm
And I'll play drums
F
You play Glockenspiel
Bb
And I'll play drums
C
I'll play drums
Dm F Bb C
I'll play drums
Dm F Bb C
[Verse]
Dm
There's a boy with a brace across his teeth
F Bb C
White socks, tattooed underneath
Dm
Bus tickets chitched up in his palm
F Bb C
Stood there he's spinning a yarn
Dm
There's a girl with a plastic pair of shoes
F Bb C
Two eyes permanently bruised
Dm
Can't find the time to be alarmed
F Bb C
Just stood spinning a yarn
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm F
Just take your time
Bb
It'll work out fine
C
It'll do no harm
To spin your yarn
[Chorus]
Dm F Bb
You do English
C
I'll do sums
Dm
You break fingers
F
I'll break thumbs
Bb
You play Dads
C
And I'll play Mums
Dm
You play Glockenspiel
F
And I'll play drums
Bb
You play Glockenspiel
C Dm
And I'll play drums
[Glockenspiel Solo] N.C.
[Verse]
Dm
My name is Derek from then den
F Bb C
I deal in shillings and in pence
Dm
I'll get you any deal you like
F Bb C
Ten sweets for a mountain bike you like
Dm
My name is Mandy from the yard
F Bb C
I deal in crazy tarot cards
Dm
I'll tell you what the future brings
F Bb C
One cat and a dog that sings
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm F
Just take your time
Bb
It'll work out fine
C
It'll do no harm
To spin your yarn
[Chorus]
Dm F Bb
You do English
C
I'll do sums
Dm
You break fingers
F
I'll break thumbs
Bb
You play Dads
C
And I'll play Mums
Dm
You play Glockenspiel
F
And I'll play drums
Bb
You play Glockenspiel
C Dm
And I'll play drums
[Glockenspiel Solo] N.C.
[Outro]
Dm F Bb
Just take your time
C
It'll work out fine
Dm F
It'll do no harm
Bb
To spin your yarn
C
spin your yarn, spin your yarn
Dm F
You do English
Bb
And I'll do sums
C
You break fingers
Dm
And I'll break thumbs
F
You play Dads
Bb
And I'll play Mums
C
You play Glockenspiel
Dm
And I'll play drums
F
You play Glockenspiel
Bb
And I'll play drums
C
I'll play drums
Dm F Bb C
I'll play drums
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