The Chords The British Way Of Life chords

The British Way Of Life by The Chords

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:
C                   G
dirty streets like dirty dreams
????????????? for your best friend
plenty of shops with nothing in stock
D
never seems to end (never seems to end)
C                   G
a cinema, a bowling green
a culture to preserve
everyone always staring at each other
D
but no one speaks a word

PRE CHORUS:
         A         D
(is it a) dream or is it  ??????????
(does it) always rain or is it sunny, sunny
         E         D
         sunny...............

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           E              A           Asus4
          sunday dinner with the wife now
         D           E              A           A
         cos nothing new happens here...........

VERSE:
C                    G
i work all week in the company office
don't even know my name
i feel so cold, make me feel old
D
nothing will ever change (nothing will ever change)
C                    G
drink with the boys every weekend
to the future and the queen
think i'll marry the girl who lives down the road
D
and support my local team

PRE CHORUS:
         A         D
(is it a) dream or is it  ??????????
(does it) always rain or is it sunny, sunny
         E         D
         sunny...............

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           E              A           Asus4
          sunday dinner with the wife now
         D           E              A           A
         cos nothing new happens here...........

BREAK:
E         E          A           A
this is my life      (this is my life)  x8

CHORUS:

         D           E              A           A
         this is the british way of life
         D           E              A           A
         i swallow my dreams like my beer
         D           E              A           A
          sunday dinner with the wife now
         D           E              A           A
         cos nothing new happens here...........

(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           E              A           Asus4
          sunday dinner with the wife now
         D           E              A           A
         cos nothing new happens here...........

E         E          A           A
this is my life      (this is my life)  x2