Frank Turner - Mr richards

^CMr Richards was gripped by a new fear D Am C D G-C Who would be at his retirement party

^CSlipped over the edge of the workforce D Am C D G-C The question remained and in his wake there came an army

^EmWhat price c^Creature comforts^G, what is th^Dis life really all about? ^EmHe drew a li^Cne between^G work and livi^Dng, and work was winning out ^EmAnd he worked for ^Chalf his lif^Ge, to spend the ^Dend just feeling tired out Em C (Back to main riff)G-C That's when his roof caved in

^CAnd cut it down to the ones he got on with D Am C D G-C Paired each one off with the decade of his career

^CThe crazies, the ladies, the lovers he'd known D Am C D G-C And then he looked around his office and wondered why he was still here

^EmWhat price c^Creature comforts^G, what is th^Dis life really all about? ^EmHe drew a li^Cne between^G work and livi^Dng, and work was winning out ^EmAnd he worked for ^Chalf his lif^Ge, to spend the ^Dend just feeling tired out ^EmThat's when he realised that he s^Gcrimped and saved all his precious days ^FSo he could buy icers and microwaves ^EmAnd he only looks ^Dforward to his ^Cholidays

^DAnd it would be n^Emice to have holiday ^Amhomes and ^Chealthy bank ^C/Bstatements and ^Amfat little ki^Dds, ^DAnd I guess you can be ^Emhappy to dream all your ^Amdreams as camc^Corder reco^C/Brds ^Amof the things that you ^Ddid, ^DBut as soon as your ^Emsleeping does it really ^Ammatter what ^Cmattress you ^C/Bhappen ^Amto be sleeping on^D? D Em F(Let Ring) As long as your living and your having fun; he always laughed at the C(Let Ring) G-C drop-outs, that he could never live that way. But the ^Ftruth is Mr Richards was a ^Fcoward, he was af^Emraid.

^CTo make his life and work the same thing ^DCleared he ^Amdesk, he hit the r^Coad and he n^Dever reti^Gred.