Standard (EADGBE)

well there’s a word that i don’t understand

i hear it everyday from my old man

it maybe cockney rhyming slang , it ain’t in no school book

he says it every time that he gets mad , a regular caution is my old dad

rub the old man up the wrong way and bet your life you’ll hear him say

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( run back up to = ,,, )

gertch u cow son , gertcha

C gertcha - when the kids are swinging on the gate

F gertcha - when the paper boy is half an hour late

C gertcha – when the pigeons are peckin at his seeds

F gertcha – when the barber starts F#dim diggin up his weeds

gertch u cow son , gertcha

F barstool preaching that’s the old mans game

(rest of song follows same chord progressions)

now the old man was a desert rat - khaki shorts and a khaki hat

how me mother could have fancied that - i just don’t know

but when the enemy came in sight - they gave up without a fight

cos they rubbed him up the wrong way - and this is what they heard him say

gertch u cow son , gertcha

gertcha - when my rock and roll records wake him up

gertch - when the poles knocked england out the cup

gertch – when the kids are banging on the door

gertcha- when the barman wont serve him any more

gertch u cow son , gertcha

barstool preaching he’s always been the same

Solo

chords as verse , do it chuck berry style )

gertch u cow son , gertcha

gertcha – when the dog left a message on the step

gertcha – lester piggot when he lost it by a neck

gertcha – when me brother kicked the toes out of his shoes

gertcha – when the houseflies are flying round the room

gertch u cow son , gertcha

barstool preaching he’s always been the same

gertcha

when me mother says he cant go down the pup

sisters boyfriend put sister up the club

at the tomcats - when theyre kickin up a din

Tottenham hotspurs – couldn’t get one in

When me mother locks him out the flat

When its raining – and he cant find his hat

In the morning – when his motor car wont go

Next door neighbour – when he wont give him a tow