THE BRITISH WAY OF LIFE by THE CHORDS Mod revival from UK 1980 INTRO: C C / G D G D G D / x2 C (strum) VERSE:

^Cdirty streets like d^Girty dreams ????????????? for your best friend plenty of shops with nothing in stock ^Dnever seems to end (never seems to end) ^Ca cinema, a bowling ^Ggreen a culture to preserve everyone always staring at each other ^Dbut no one speaks a word

PRE CHORUS:

(is it a)^A dream or ^Dis it ?????????? (does it) always rain or is it sunny, sunny ^Esunny.....^D..........

CHORUS: (G A ) D E A A this is the british way of life (A G ) D E A A G F# E i swallow my dreams like my beer

^D sunday dinn^Eer with the wif^Ae now ^Asus4 ^Dcos nothing ^Enew happens her^Ae...........^A

VERSE:

^Ci work all week in th^Ge company office don't even know my name i feel so cold, make me feel old ^Dnothing will ever change (nothing will ever change) ^Cdrink with the boys e^Gvery weekend to the future and the queen think i'll marry the girl who lives down the road ^Dand support my local team

PRE CHORUS:

(is it a)^A dream or ^Dis it ?????????? (does it) always rain or is it sunny, sunny ^Esunny.....^D..........

CHORUS: (G A ) D E A A this is the british way of life (A G ) D E A A G F# E i swallow my dreams like my beer

^D sunday dinn^Eer with the wif^Ae now ^Asus4 ^Dcos nothing ^Enew happens her^Ae...........^A

BREAK:

^Ethis is my^E life ^A(this is my ^Alife) x8 CHORUS:

^Dthis is the ^Ebritish way of ^Alife ^A ^Di swallow my^E dreams like my^A beer ^A ^D sunday dinn^Eer with the wif^Ae now ^A ^Dcos nothing ^Enew happens her^Ae...........^A

(G A ) D E A A this is the british way of life (A G ) D E A A G F# E i swallow my dreams like my beer

^D sunday dinn^Eer with the wif^Ae now ^Asus4 ^Dcos nothing ^Enew happens her^Ae...........^A

^Ethis is my^E life ^A(this is my ^Alife) x2

The Chords - The british way of life