"Short A Couple A' Bob" (Steve Twigger)
From "How Are We Getting Home?" (2004)
Tune to DADGAD.
[Intro]:
A A7 A A7
[verse]:
D
Well, I'd say I'm in a pickle,
G
me cashflow doesn't trickle,
D A
there's nothing in my pocket except lint.
D
There's no bread for me butter,
G
me best friend is the gutter.
D A D
Do ye get the bloody pictures boys, I'm skint!
[chorus]:
A
I'm short a couple'a bob,
D
since I started on the grog,
D A
I've seen better days for sure.
G
I'm short a couple'a bob,
D
me head it's all a throb,
D A D
I've seen better days for sure.
[verse]:
D
I spend me mornin' clippin' coupons,
G
since I got me scoop on,
D A
the churchmouse is a rich man and I'm not.
D
But I ain't a down-and-out, see,
G
the train just left without me.
D A D
I don't own a smidgen or a jot!
[chorus]:
A
I'm short a couple'a bob,
D
since I lost me job.
D A
I've seen better days for sure,
G
I'm short a couple'a bob,
D
and I've run out of stuff to flog,
D A D
I've seen better days for sure.
here we go!
[break]:
D A D A G D A D
D A D A G D A D
[verse]:
D
Well, the pot that I would piss in,
G
It's temporarily missin',
D A
I'm not a pauper I'm just poor.
D
And I'm really not that miserable,
G
though me lack of funds is considerable,
D A D
The wolf is selling crackers at the door.
[chorus]:
A
I'm short a couple'a bob,
D
I eat my chips without the cod,
D A
I've seen better days for sure.
G
I'm short a couple'a bob,
D
there's no corn on me cob.
D A D
I've seen better days for sure.
[verse]:
D
Well, that silver spoon of mine,
G
got stuck where the sun don't shine.
D A
My fortune went away and doesn't call.
D
I've really fallen on hard times,
G
and I've just run out of rhymes,
D A D
so I better finish quickly while I can...
D
still...finish.
[chorus]:
A D
short a couple'a bob, there's no bricks in me hod,
D A
I've seen better days for sure.
G
I'm short a couple'a bob,
D
I'm not the man you want to rob.
D A D
I've seen better days for sure.
D A D
I've seen better days for sure.
D A D
I've seen better days for sure.
[outro]:
D A D A G D A D