D                  F#
I was born under a wandering star
       G                       F#
in the second council house of Virgo
D                         F#
Forceply removed from the belly of my ma
    G                  F#
and raised on milk and Pernod
D                    F#                G   F#
So just lie back and think of England

[Verse 2]
             D
Because I've slid down bannisters
    F#
for judges and barristers
G
reader's wives' husbands
     F#
with toothless decay
          D
I've been GBH'd and ABH'd
      F#
for a packet of B & H
          G
I've been taken
              F#
and I've been driven away

[Verse 3]

D                   F#
I was fornicating before I could read or write
G               F#
and now I can't stop, sir
D                        F#       G
I graduated from the Universty of Life
                  F#
and the school of hard knocks, sir

[Verse 4]

D                   F#             G
And my telephone is always ringing
       F#        B             B7
and my number is triple-X directory
     E     E7
call 0898 treble three
              A
Talk dirty to me
   C#
Oh come on all ye unfaithful,
D                          C#
joyful, triumphant and pathetically weak

[Verse 5]

          A
I've been Amsterdamned, Reeperbahned,
C#
wham bam no thank you mammed
       D
If the spirit is willing
          C#
then the telephone's cheap
A          C#              D
And if you want to step outside love
         C#                A
you step outside love with me
        A                 A7
You can step outside with me

[Verse 6]

D              F#
And if we ever meet again
  G
I don't know where
      F#
and I don't care when
D                            F#
I'm gonna help you with your sickness
                 G
like a Jehovah's Witness
               F#
you'll be born again and again, and again
D              F#
Just lie back, close your eyes
     G
and think of England
         F#                 B
and what England's done for me