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Squeeze - Please Be Upstanding (Difford/Tilbrook) From the 2017 studio album, The Knowledge. Listen here: https://youtu.be/Q-adTK7LeSY __________________________________________________________________________________________ [Intro] D | D | D | D [Chorus]

^DPlease please please be upstanding ^Bm7Please please please be upstanding ^AmPlease please please be upstanding ^GNow ^Am

[Verse 1]

We've been together ^Ftwenty ^Dyears ^Am The passion's never ^Fdisa-^Dppeared ^Em Then things started ^Bmto regress ^Em Undoing all my ^Ameagerness I ^F#7knew other men had ^Bmfelt like me ^AmSinking down in misery

[Chorus]

^DPlease please please be upstanding ^Bm7Please please please be upstanding ^AmPlease please please be upstanding ^GNow ^Am

[Verse 2]

My manhood took a ^Fsilent ^Dblow ^Am I thought I had no ^Fplace to ^Dgo ^Em We sat up talking ^Bmall night long^Em The tactile mood ^Amremaining strong ^F#7She took me gently ^Bmby the hand To-^Amgether we devised a plan

[Chorus]

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Please please please be upstanding

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Please please please be upstanding

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Please please please be upstanding N.C. | Gm Now

[Chorus]

^DPlease please please be upstanding ^Bm7Please please please be upstanding ^AmPlease please please be upstanding D Bbdim | D Now

[Bridge]

The doctor ^B7saw me and was not sur-^E7prised The tests came ^Aback and I was lost in-^F#m7side In the ^Fm7image was a darkened ^Bbm7shape ^D He gave me ^B7pills to take and tables ^E7turned The side e-^Affect was just a gentle ^F#m7burn I felt ^B7scared as I laid ^Cawake

[Interlude] D | Bm7 | Am | G Gm | Am [Verse 3]

We understand each ^Fm7other's ^Dfears ^Am We'd always been there ^Fm7down the ^D7years ^Em The prospect of a-^Bmnother night ^Em Waking up and ^Amholding tight ^F#Trying to balance ^Bmin mid air With ^Bsus4nothing but a dribble ^Dsus2there ^D

[Chorus]

^DPlease please please be upstanding ^Bm7Please please please be upstanding ^AmPlease please please be upstanding ^GNow ^Gm

[Chorus]

^DPlease please please be upstanding ^Bm7Please please please be upstanding ^AmPlease please please be upstanding ^GNow

[Outro] D | Edim | D

Squeeze - Please be upstanding