Capo 3

C G, G D, C Em, A D

         C                G
So! Come on ye childhood heroes!
            G                D
Won't your rise up from the pages
         C                Em
of your comic-books your super-crooks and
  A              D
show us all the way.

       C                  G
Well! Make your will and testament.
            G               D
Won't you? Join your local government.
            C             Em
We'll have Superman for president
     A              D
let Robin save the day.

C A, D C Bb A
C A, D C Bb A
Am...

      C                 G
So! Where the hell was Biggles
          G               D
when you needed him last Saturday?
      C                  Em
And where were all the sportsmen
    A                    D
who always pulled you through?

             C               G
They're all resting down in Cornwall -
  G               D
writing up their memoirs
       C           Em
for a paper-back edition
        A           D
of the Boy Scout Manual.

D...
Em D, Em D, Em D, Em D
A B D E A
Am...

Orchestral part
D Am G G Am     3 times
 
Am...
? ? ? ? ? ? ? (triplets)
D

   _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
   | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | <- triplets
                     G                       G
  |-----------------------|-----------------------|
  |------------------3-3-3|------------------3-3-3|
  |----2-----2-------0-0-0|----2-----2-------0-0-0|   twice
  |--0-----0-------0-0-0-0|--0-----0-------0-0-0-0|
  |0-----4-----0-2---2-2-2|0-----4-----0-2---2-2-2|
  |-----------------------|-----------------------|
   ^     ^     ^ ^         ^     ^     ^ ^         <- accent
 

        G              A         D sus2/4
So you ride yourselves over the fields
         G            A       D sus2/4
and you make all your animal deals
          G               A          D sus2/4 A sus2/4
and your wise men don't know how it feels

to be thick as a brick.