Why else would he be so upset?

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Quench Guitar Chords

12 October 1998
(Heaton/Rotheray)

Courtesy of A.Ott and S.Burrows

The Quench Boxer

PERFECT 10

[intro]

A A A E, A A A E

A
She's a Perfect 10

But she wears a 12
                             E
Baby, keep a little two for me

A
She could be sweet 16

Busting out of the seams
                              E
It's still love in the first degree

A
When he's at my gate

With a big fat eight
                              E
You wanna see this smile on my face

A
And even at my door

With a poor poor 4
                             E
There ain't no man can replace

[Chorus]

A
We love our love
                      Bm
In different sizes
                      D
I love her body   
                     A
Especially the lines
                     A
Time takes its toll
                    Bm
But not on the eyes
                   E
Promise me this
                  A
Take me tonight

If he's extra large (that's me) Well I'm in charge
I can work this thing on top

And if he's XXL
Well what the hell
Every penny don't fit the slot

The anorexic chicks
The model 6
They don't hold no weight with me

Well, 8 or 9,
Well that's just fine
I like to hold something I can see

[Chorus]

I've bought a watch
To time your beauty
But I've had a bit of second hand

I've bought a calendar
And every month
Is taken up by the love we made

[Chorus]

IF

C                              F
If the greedy were the starving
Dm                           G
If the masters were the slaves
C                           F
If the owners became the dogs
Dm           G    C G
How would they behave?

(same as above)

Cos selling family heirlooms
For one fifty or a pound
Is like standing outside Burger King
Selling horse and hound

CHORUS

Am
Cos sleeping in a doorway
          C
With a futon and a quilt
             F              C
Is like crying in the rubble
          F                C
Of a building that you built

Am
The day that you're not man enough
             C
Is the day you cease to be
   F                        C
A wheel-barrow full of leaves
          G             C
From a rotten apple tree

If the mugger was a woman
And the man just passing by
Would ya' bird and bitch and slag it up
You'd shrivel up and die

If the landlord was the tennant
If the hunter was the game
If construction was constricted
And capital just the same

CHORUS

Cause sleeping in a doorway
With a futon and a quilt
Is like crying in the rubble
Of a building that you built

The day that you're not man enough
Is the day you cease to be
A wheel-barrow full of leaves
From a rotten apple tree

If the King was court jester
And the jester took the throne
He'd put the privileged on the streets
And give the poor a home

If the Irish were the English
And the English still not free
Would ya mick and thick and pad it up
You'd tongue the pip

CHORUS

Cause sleeping in a doorway
With a futon and a quilt
Is like crying in the rubble
Of a building that you built

The day that you're not man enough
Is the day you cease to be
A wheel-barrow full of leaves
From a rotten apple tree

The Quench Boxer

The Quench Boxer THE TABLE

(Verse)

F             G               Am
This table has four sturdy legs

F             G               Am
And a heart of very near wild oak

F       G               C
When others would have screamed

            Am
out loud my friend

F          G         Am
This one never even spoke

(Chorus)

          F              G
I've been sat upon, (ooh ohh)

          Am
I've been spat upon (ooh ohh)

          F
I've been treated like a bed

     G
Been carried like a stretcher,

     C                       Am
when someone thinks they're dead

          F            G
I've been dined upon (ooh ooh)

          Am
I've been wined upon (ooh ohh)

          F
I've been taken for a fool

G
Taken for a desk,

          C
when they should have been

    Am
at school

This table's been pushed against the door
When tempers, well tempers flare at night
Banged upon with knuckles clenched my friend
When someone thinks that they are right

I've been sat upon,
I've been spat upon
I've been treated like a bed
Been carried like a stretcher,
when someone thinks they're dead

I've been dined upon,
I've been wined upon
I've been taken for a fool
Taken for a desk,
when they should have been at school

C             F               C
Tables only turn when tables learn

C             F               G
Put me on a bonfire, watch me burn

C                    F
Treat me with some dignity,

      C                F
don't treat me like a slave

         C           F
Or I'll turn to the coffin

         C
in your grave

I've been sat upon,
I've been spat upon
I've been treated like a bed
Been carried like a stretcher,
when someone thinks they're dead

I've been dined upon,
I've been wined upon
I've been taken for a fool
Taken for a desk,
when they should have been at school

Tables only turn when tables learn
Put me on a bonfire, watch me burn
Treat me with some dignity,
don't treat me like a slave
Or I'll turn into the coffin in your grave

Big Coin

F
Big coin that you toss for heads or tails

Bb
Big coin you let slip down the drain

Gm                Bbm7
Big coin didn't find where it landed

F     Bb   F   C
Big coin, big coin

Big coin that you dropped
in the river
Little raft that took you across
Little hand that pulled it from the gutter
Big coin, big coin

        F           Bb
It's a tiny little heart

       F            Bb
that challenges the coin

        Gm
But the coin has

               C
no beat or no breath


Big coin won't even

            Bb   F
leave you a love note

C             F
Big coin, big death

Big coin that you held
and you treasured
Big coin you can't believe
that you lost
Little kiss that helped you
when you needed
Little kiss, big coin

Little heart
that has no exchange rate
Big coin that could join the IMF
Little heart is only greedy
'cause it's poor
Little heart, big coin

It's a tiny little heart that challenges the coin
But the coin has no north
or no south
Big coin says it will never leave you
Big coin, big mouth

       F                Bb
Little heart, it ain't gold,

         C
it ain't silver

F                      Bb
Little heart, it ain't wasted

C
on me

F                      Bb
Little heart, so much bigger

         C
than the coin

         Gm           C
Little heart, big guarantee

          Gm          C
Little heart, big guarantee

Fm, Bb, C
Little heart

It's a tiny little heart that challenges the coin
But the coin has no north or no south
Big coin says it will never leave you
Big coin, big mouth