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[Verse 1]

^DYou’re a white collar boy and you gave into the law Give^G in to the ^D/F#pressure the ^Emcops gonna g^Detcha ^DYou were a thieving dog at work until they caught your little paw Your ^Gwage won’t ^D/F#stretch, to ^Dm/Fpicking up c^E7hecks A ^Acustodial sentence you ^Dnarrowly avoided ^BCommunity service you ^Emhad to go al^Em7ong with You’re ^Abanging the rocks at the old city docks Poor ^Dboy poor ^Cboy poor ^Gboy poor ^Aboy Poor ^Dboy poor ^Cboy poor ^Gboy poor ^Aboy

[Verse 2]

^DYou were chained to a girl that would kill you with a look It’s^G a nice way^D/F# to die she’s^Em so easy on ^Dthe eye ^DShe said let’s get away, but you played it by the book You’r^Ge a warden’^D/F#s pet, she’s^Dm/F a screaming^E7 suffragette “W^Ae ain’t in prison, we’l^Dl just finish up and go home” ^BShe said, “Not for me,^Em I’ve got pl^Em7ans for later on” So she ^Abelted the sarge and she jumped on a barge You f^Dell, you ^Cfell you ^Gfell you ^Afell You f^Dell, you ^Cfell you ^Gfell you ^Afell

[Bridge]

^GWhite collar, got ^Fdirt in your pants You got ^Cegg in your hair You got ^D#spit in your chin

[Chorus]

^GWhite collar, ^Fscared to be ^Cbored ^GBlue Collar, she’s ^Fopening ^Cdoors ^GWhite collar ^Fboy, on the ^Crun from the ^Dlaw

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^N.C.She said “You ain’t ugly, you can kiss me if you like” Go a^Ghead and ki^D/F#ss her, you d^Emon’t know wh^Dat you’re missing ^DYou said “Baby, you’re special, but there’s something not quite right.” She’s^G a Venus in^D/F# flares and ^Dm/Fyou wanna sp^E7lit hairs! “I^A am innocent, you are a^D rocket. ^BThings were ok till yo^Emu took out t^Em7he copper” Leave m^Ae alone, and get used to the chains You’r^De a pain,^C a pain, ^Ga pain, a^A pain You’r^De a pain,^C a pain, ^Ga pain, a^A pain

[Bridge]

^GWhite collar, got ^Fdirt in your pants You got ^Cegg in your hair You got ^D#spit in your chin

[Chorus]

^GWhite collar, ^Fscared to be ^Cbored ^GBlue Collar, she’s ^Fopening ^Cdoors ^GWhite collar ^Fboy, on the ^Crun from the ^Dlaw

Belle & Sebastian - White collar boy