B E A

B                      E      A     B                E

She left in the middle of the night with the kids

E            A              F#m       B          E A B

Wrapped in a blanket with a packet of crisps

B                           E       A         B E

Heading for her mother's on another estate

E               A         F#m           G#

The kids looked up at the light and the rain

G#                   Dm         G          F

In the middle of the night such adventures made

F              Dm   G          Eb

For two little kids staying up late

Eb               Dm       C#m        F#

It was rainy and windy as winter was bleak

F#  B          E          F#          F#m             B E A

At four in the morning on King George Street . . .

B                         E        A     B             E

She couldn't get to sleep where on Earth had he gone?

E               A            F#m        B     E A

The door opened wide and the light went on

B                 E           A    B            E

He was drunk as a lord with a tyre marked hat

E              A       F#m        G#

Falling in the hall on top of the cat

G#           Dm          G      F

Singing Viva Espana to a crying wife

F                      Dm    G      Eb

He took a swing at the shade on the light

Eb                    Dm        C#m          F#

They were knocking on the doors dressed like refugees

B              E       F#          F#m

In the pouring rain on King George Street . . .


                  (use synth or guitar w/ effect for  riff single notes: 
play in groups of three starting on the third string, second fret A note 
and moving up to the first string, fifth fret A note and then back down 
again)

                  a     b       c#     c#    f   f#  f# g# a    a g#
f     f  g# f#    f#  e d       d c# c
                  She won't have that behaviour         in         her
house    any more

  c b a        a  b  c#  c# f f# f# g# a  a g#  f  f g# f#     f# e
d  d c# b    b c# a
                  He's got to sober      up        or get kicked out
of the door

A           G# (G#sus4)

Down on the corner

    C#          F#    B C#

The kids at his feet 

C# F#    B     C#     F#

As daddy comes home

F# C#   F#     B       C#

On King George Street

C# F#          B     C# F#

As daddy comes home


F#-- (strum occasionally during break)

They stood around the kettle and watched as it brewed

Sneezing into hankies hands all blue

C#                  F#   B      C#            F#

The next evening he came around to the house

F#              B                G#m        Bb

With a bunch of flowers and they locked him out

                      Em             A            G

He peered through the window mouthed words in the air

              Em      A       F

Her lips to a cup she saw him out there

              Em

The kids came running

              D#m      G#

But were they happy to see

G#    C#         F#      B           G# (or C#)

Their daddy back home on King George Street

G#    C#         F#      B           F#m

Their daddy back home on King George Street  . . .

(repeat single-note riff starting on A note as described above)