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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A nice cup of tea A P Herbert / Henry Sullivan ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1937--------------- Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat E-mail: mike@docsworkshop.co.uk Tuning:EADGBE I like the original recording by Binnie Hale - no capo needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE5IfIkl_oA The song structure is unusual - Verse 1 and Verse 3 have the same tune - but verses 2 and 4 have a different tune. And the ending to the 4th chorus has different words from those used the other three. C G Dm7 E B7 D7 G7 C F G Am D7 G7 C Cmaj7 Dm7 G7 C+ F Dm G D7 F#dim A7 e|-0-3-1---0-2--2--1--|-0-1-3-0--2--1-|-0-0-----1---1--0--1-1--3-2--2-----0-| B|-1-0-1---0-0--1--0--|-1-1-0-1--1--0-|-1-0-----1---0--1--1-3--0-1--1-----2-| G|-0-0-2---1-2--2--0--|-0-2-0-2--2--0-|-0-0-----2---0--1--2-2--0-2--2-----0-| D|-2-0-0---2-1--0--0--|-2-3-0-2--0--0-|-2-2-----0---0--2--3-3--0-0--1-----2-| A|-3-2-x---2-2--x--2--|-3-3-2-0--x--2-|-3-3-----x---2--3--3-0--2-x--x-----0-| E|-x-3-x---0-x--x--3--|-x-1-3-x--x--3-|-x-x-----x---3--x--1-x--3-x--x-----x-| [Verse 1]
Some Cfolks put much relGiance on politics and Cscience There's Dm7only one Ghero for Cme His Epraise we should be B7roaring - the Eman who thought of B7pouring The Dm7first boiling D7water onto G7tea
[Chorus 1]
I like a Cnice cup of Cmaj7tea in the Dm7morning G7 For to Cstart the C+day you Fsee Dm And at Dm7half-past eGleven well my idea of CHeaven is a D7nice cup of G7tea I like a Cnice cup of Cmaj7tea with my Dm7dinner G7 And a Cnice cup of C+tea with my Ftea Dm And Fwhen it's time for F#dimbed there's a Clot to be A7said For a Dm7nice G7cup of Ctea
[Verse 2]
You can Ctalk about your science and your airships in the Fsky I can Gdo without the wireless and you'll never see me fly The Cpublic benefactor of the universe for Fme Is the Amgenius who D7thought of pouring G7water onto tea.
[Chorus 1]
I like a Cnice cup of Cmaj7tea in the Dm7morning G7 For to Cstart the C+day you Fsee Dm And at Dm7half-past eGleven well my idea of CHeaven is a D7nice cup of G7tea I like a Cnice cup of Cmaj7tea with my Dm7dinner G7 And a Cnice cup of C+tea with my Ftea Dm And Fwhen it's time for F#dimbed there's a Clot to be A7said For a Dm7nice G7cup of Ctea
[Verse 3]
They Csay it's not nuGtritious but still it is deClicious And Dm7that's all that Gmatters to Cme It Eturns your meat to B7leather - but Elet's all die toB7gether The Dm7one drink in D7paradise is G7tea
[Chorus 1]
I like a Cnice cup of Cmaj7tea in the Dm7morning G7 For to Cstart the C+day you Fsee Dm And at Dm7half-past eGleven well my idea of CHeaven is a D7nice cup of G7tea I like a Cnice cup of Cmaj7tea with my Dm7dinner G7 And a Cnice cup of C+tea with my Ftea Dm And Fwhen it's time for F#dimbed there's a Clot to be A7said For a Dm7nice G7cup of Ctea
[Verse 4]
You can Ctalk about your liberties - they talk of women's Frights I don't Gwant to make no speeches 'cos the one that does is trite And Canyone can have my vote and chuck it in the Fsea But by Amgolly there'll be D7trouble if they G7try to touch me tea
[Chorus 2]
I like a Cnice cup of Cmaj7tea in the Dm7morning G7 For to Cstart the C+day you Fsee Dm And at Dm7half-past eGleven well my idea of CHeaven is a D7nice cup of G7tea I like a Cnice cup of Cmaj7tea with my Dm7dinner G7 And a Cnice cup of C+tea with my Ftea Dm And Fwhen it's getting F#dimlate almost Canything can A7wait For a Dm7nice G7cup of Ctea,