Tuning: E A D G B E

From the album "More Specials" (1980) Youtube link: https://youtu.be/MKEe0yUvMo0 Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/78NSOd4F79KTnlGZBa1Jds?si=131f84adfd2a4e41 [Intro] | G | G | G | | C | C B | C | | G | Em Ebm | Dm | | B C | [Verse 1]

^FYou saw a woman^G in a cafe, ^Clips of crimson, ^Fyellow grin ^G Her shoes were wrong and she ^Flooked extremely ^Cthin ^C ^Dm ^Em ^F Her jewels were faked,^G she had a rinse, her ^Chair was greyish ^Fblue ^G She looked ashamed when ^Fshe explained to ^Cyou ^C ^Dm ^Em

[Chorus]

It ain't ^Ameasy when there's ^D7no one to ^Flean on It ain't ^Ameasy when there's ^D7nobody ^Ebmthere^Em It ain't ^Ameasy when your ^D7lovers are ^Fall gone ^FmNobody ^Cthere, ^Emnobo^Dmdy ^Gcares

[Verse 2]

^F The pubs were closed she'd got^G nowhere to go ^Cwhen she'd spilled her ^Ftea Have you^G never thought, one ^Fday that could be ^Cme? ^C ^Dm ^Em ^F Her temper changed, she looked^G so deranged, her ^Cperfume turned to ^Fgin ^G You looked at her and ^Fshe began to ^Csing ^C ^Dm ^Em

[Chorus]

It's ^Amall a ^D7load of ^Fbollocks It's ^Amall a ^D7load of ^Ebmbollo^Emcks It's ^Amall a ^D7load of ^Fbollocks ^Fm And ^Cbollocks ^Emto ^Dmit ^Gall

[Instrumental] | G | G | G | G | | C | C B | C | C | | G | Em Ebm | Dm | | B C | | F | G | C | F | | G | F | C | [Verse 3]

^CYou ^Dmtell ^Emme

N.C.

You think that they should lock her away and scrape the make-up off her skin

N.C.

Then we'd see the warts around her chin ^CShe ^Dmtried ^Emto

N.C.

Keep her looks but lost her mind when she lost her youth and grace

N.C.

Your words were just an insult to her face ^C ^Dm ^Em

[Chorus]

It ain't ^Ameasy when there's ^D7no one to ^Flean on It ain't ^Ameasy when there's ^D7nobody ^Ebmthere^Em It ain't ^Ameasy when your ^D7lovers are ^Fall gone ^Fm And ^Cbollocks ^Emto ^Dmit ^Gall

[Outro]

When I first saw ^Gyou ^G I really thought you were a ^Cwet dream ^Bcome ^Ctrue Now I know that you don't ^Gcare^Em ^Ebm ^Dm About somebody else's ^Bnight^Cmare

The Specials - Pearls cafe