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Moving the Goalposts   Billy Bragg

 
 




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 Date: 13 Mar 1998 15:35:52 Z<br/>
 From: "Boulton, Nic" <br/>
 Subject: CRD:/b/bragg_billy/moving_the_goalposts.crd<br/>
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 the CD.<br/>
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 [intro]:<br/>
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    C     C/B Am   D                 C   C/B   Am  G<br/>
 e-------------------------2-----------------------------------<br/>
 B-----------------------3---3---3)----------------------------<br/>
 G----0----0----------(2-------2-------0----0------------------<br/>
 D---2----0----0---0------------------2----0----0--------------<br/>
 A--3----2----0----------------------3----2----0--(2)----------<br/>
 E-------------------------------------------------3-----------<br/>
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    C                     D<br/>
 I put on my raincoat to make it rain<br/>
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      Em                          D<br/>
 and sure enough the skies opened up again<br/>
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     C                  D<br/>
 I dreamed of you as I walked to the shops,<br/>
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           Bm                         Em<br/>
 you were dancing with the wallies on Top of the Pops<br/>
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 C    C/B    D<br/>
 once in a while<br/>
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    C      C/B      D<br/>
 Gennady Gerasimov drops his smile<br/>
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      C                    D<br/>
 and you can see that his aim's<br/>
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        Bm                  Em<br/>
 a portfolio pregnant with gains<br/>
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       C   C/B     D<br/>
 he's been up all night<br/>
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                 C  C/B  Am  G<br/>
 moving the goalposts<br/>
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         Bm<br/>
 like a jackdaw with a fiery brand,<br/>
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  Em<br/>
 spread the news all over this land<br/>
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 Am<br/>
 robin hood and his merry men<br/>
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      D<br/>
 are never never never coming back again<br/>
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 [xylophone solo] :<br/>
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         G               G                C               D<br/>
 e------|-3-------7---3-|---------3---5-|-3--------7--3-|-2-----------<br/>
 B------|(3)-----(7)-(3)|--------(3)-(3)|(5)------(5)(5)|(3)----------<br/>
 G------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------<br/>
 D------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-0-----------<br/>
 A------|---------------|---------------|-3-------------|-------------<br/>
 E------|-3-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------<br/>
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         G               G                C               D<br/>
 e------|-3-------7---3-|---------3---5-|-7--------5--3-|-2-----------<br/>
 B------|(3)-----(7)-(3)|--------(3)-(3)|(5)------(5)(5)|(3)----------<br/>
 G------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------<br/>
 D------|---------------|---------------|-5-------------|-0-----------<br/>
 A------|---------------|---------------|-3-------------|-------------<br/>
 E------|-3-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------<br/>
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 [flugelhorn solo]:<br/>
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         Bm              Bm              Em              Em<br/>
 e--2-0-|-------/5---3--|---------------|---------------|-------------<br/>
 B-----3|0-1-3----------|3--------0h1-3-|3--(3/)5-------|-------------<br/>
 G------|---------------|---------------|---------0-----|-------------<br/>
 D------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------<br/>
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         C                D              C   C/B  Am     D<br/>
 e------|--------------0|---------------|---------------|-------------<br/>
 B------|----------3----|-----------0(1)|5----3----1----|3------------<br/>
 G-----0|2-----2222-----|-2-------2-----|---------------|-------------<br/>
 D-2-4--|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------<br/>
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    C                  D<br/>
 I don't believe that love should be pain<br/>
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     Em                       D<br/>
 so would  you please rub my back again<br/>
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     C                       D<br/>
 I think it's safe to leave them in the park<br/>
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        Bm                       Em<br/>
 let's blow out the candles and kiss in the dark<br/>
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 C   C/B    D<br/>
 heavens above<br/>
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              C           C/B       D<br/>
 could this sticky stuff really be love<br/>
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 C      D           Bm        Em<br/>
 don't get dressed yet   not yet<br/>
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        C   C/B     D<br/>
 we've been up all night<br/>
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                  C  C/B  Am  G       .||<br/>
 moving the goalposts                 .|| x 2<br/>
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 For the picking in the verses, use slow arpeggios, emphasising the bass   <br/>
 notes. In the verses, pick all the "C C/B..." runs like the ones in the   <br/>
 intro.<br/>
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 EADGBe<br/>
 x32010 - C<br/>
 x20010 - C/B<br/>
 x02210 - Am<br/>
 xx0232 - D<br/>
 320033 - G<br/>
 x24432 - Bm<br/>
 022000 - Em<br/>
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 h is a hammer on<br/>
 / is a slide up<br/>
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 Nic<br/>
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 Nic.Boulton@bn.cwplc.com<br/>
 
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