[Intro]
B E x4
[Verse]
B
We were promised the best years of our lives,
B
but all we got was name-calling and fights,
E B
because narrow minded fools run comprehensive schools
B
Jules was one of the chosen few,
B
whose charisma and charm seemed to carry him through
E
but when he turned his eye on you,
B
well there was not much you could do
C#
‘Cause he was pissing about
E B
while they were passing out their rules,
B
again, and again, and again,
C# E
but his punishment was overdue.
B B/G C#/G#
Julian Stokes, used to tell jokes,
E B
spent all his time trying to make us laugh
B/G C#/G#
It was all fine, till he crossed the line
E B
when he took the piss out of Chelsea’s dad
B/G
She planned her sweet revenge
C#/G# E B
for weeks and when it came off it was class
B/G C#/G#
Julian Stokes, sobbing and soaked,
E B
walked home alone from the formal dance.
B E B E
[Verse]
B
Chelsea’s dad was on remand
B
for assault with intent, by the taxi-stand,
E
and each trip to visit him,
B
seemed to take a little longer than the last
B
Jules was just too cool to care,
B
He would mention things that others wouldn’t dare
E
and he soon learned the price
B
of making light of someone else’s plight
C#
When nostalgia grips me,
E B
it hits me in the face,
B
again and again and again
C# E
That school was such an awful place.
[Chorus]
B B/G C#/G#
Julian Stokes, used to tell jokes,
E B
spent all his time trying to make us laugh
B/G C#/G#
It was all fine, till he crossed the line
E B
when he took the piss out of Chelsea’s dad
B/G
She planned her sweet revenge
C#/G# E B
for weeks and when it came off it was class
B/G C#/G#
Julian Stokes, sobbing and soaked,
E E
walked home alone from the formal dance.
[Outro]
E
B C# E B C# E
Julian!
E B C# E B C# E
Julian!
B B/G C#/G# E x2
B B/G C#/G# E
Julian Stokes, used to tell jokes,
B B/G C#/G# E B
Julian Stokes, used to tell jokes, but not anymore.
B B/G C#/G# E B
Julian Stokes, he used to tell jokes, but not anymore. x3
B B/G C#/G# E
Julian Stokes, he used to tell jokes, Julian!