Title: A Decent Cup Of Tea
Artist: Frank Turner
Album: Sleep Is For The Week
Instrument: 6 String Guitar
Intro
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| B | 3 3 3 3 | 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 |
| D | 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 2 |
| E | | |
VERSE
Probably best to work out the rhythm of the lyrics against the song.
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| B | 3 3 3 3 | 3 3 3 3 | 3 3 3 3 | 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 |
| D | 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 2 2 2 2 | 0 0 0 0 | | |
| E | | | 4 4 4 4 | 3 3 3 3 |
There hadn't been a day when everything had turned out right,
She called me up and asked me to come over in the night
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| B | | 3 3 3 3 | | |
| G | 3 3 3 3 | 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 | 6 6 6 6 |
| D | 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 | 5 5 5 5 | 7 7 5 5 |
| A | 4 4 4 4 | 2 2 2 2 | 5 5 5 5 | 7 7 7 7 |
| E | 2 2 2 2 | | 3 3 3 3 | 5 5 5 5 |
To make her cups of tea and listen quietly as she starts
To list the latest bunch of bastards who trampled on her
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| B | |
| G | 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 2 2 2 2 |
Heart
CHORUS
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| B | | | | |
| G | 7 7 4 4 | 2 2 2 2 | 7 7 4 4 | 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 7 7 3 3 | 2 2 2 2 | 7 7 3 3 | 2 2 2 2 |
She summers by my seat,
She winters without me
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| B | | |
| G | 7 7 4 4 | 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 7 7 3 3 | 2 2 2 2 |
She cries into her tea, that she's
| E | | |
| B | | |
| G | 7 7 7 7 | 6 6 6 6 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 7 7 6 6 | 5 5 5 5 |
Secretly lonely, only,
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| B | | | | |
| G | 7 7 4 4 | 2 2 2 2 | 4 4 6 6 | 11 11 11 11 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 |
| E | 7 7 3 3 | 2 2 2 2 | 3 3 5 5 | 10 10 10 10 |
What am i to do? It's obvious to me, She never seems to see.
VERSE 2
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| B | 3 3 3 3 | 3 3 3 3 | 3 3 3 3 | 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 |
| D | 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 2 2 2 2 | 0 0 0 0 | | |
| E | | | 4 4 4 4 | 3 3 3 3 |
I see her in the nightclubs,
I meet her in the bars,
At rooftop after-parties,
All crammed into friends cars
| E | | |
| B | | 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 3 3 3 3 | 4 4 4 4 |
| D | 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 4 4 4 4 | 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 2 2 2 2 | |
And we talk about the weather,
And how she drowns her pain in drink,
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| B | | |
| G | 4 4 4 4 | 6 6 6 6 |
| D | 5 5 5 5 | 7 7 7 7 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 | 7 7 7 7 |
| E | 3 3 3 3 | 5 5 5 5 |
And i nod, and never ever dare
To tell her what i think.
CHORUS 2
| E | | | | |
| B | | | | |
| G | 7 7 4 4 | 2 2 2 2 | 7 7 4 4 | 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 7 7 3 3 | 2 2 2 2 | 7 7 3 3 | 2 2 2 2 |
She summers by my seat,
She winters without me
| E | | |
| B | | |
| G | 7 7 4 4 | 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 7 7 3 3 | 2 2 2 2 |
She cries into her tea, that she's
| E | | |
| B | | |
| G | 7 7 7 7 | 6 6 6 6 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 7 7 6 6 | 5 5 5 5 |
Secretly lonely, only,
| E | | | | |
| B | | | | |
| G | 7 7 4 4 | 2 2 2 2 | 4 4 6 6 | 7 7 7 7 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 7 7 3 3 | 2 2 2 2 | 3 3 5 5 | 6 6 6 6 |
What am i to do? It's obvious to me, She never seems to see.
BRIDGE
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| B | | | | |
| G | 0 0 4 4 | 7 7 6 6 | 0 0 4 4 | 4 4 6 6 |
| D | 2 2 5 5 | 7 7 7 7 | 2 2 5 5 | 5 5 7 7 |
| A | 2 2 5 5 | 7 7 7 7 | 2 2 5 5 | 5 5 7 7 |
| E | 0 0 3 3 | 5 5 5 5 | 0 0 3 3 | 3 3 5 5 |
That it's not about the days when everything has turned out right,
It's more about the moments when she calls me in the night.
| E | | | | |
| B | | | | |
| G | 0 0 4 4 | 7 7 6 6 | 0 0 4 4 | 4 4 6 6 |
| D | 2 2 5 5 | 7 7 7 7 | 2 2 5 5 | 5 5 7 7 |
| A | 2 2 5 5 | 7 7 7 7 | 2 2 5 5 | 5 5 7 7 |
| E | 0 0 3 3 | 5 5 5 5 | 0 0 3 3 | 3 3 5 5 |
To make her cups of tea and wash the weary worries from her head,
And then to draw the pain out slowly as i put her into bed.
END
| E | | | | |
| B | | | | |
| G | 7 7 7 7 | 7 7 6 6 | 4 4 4 4 | 7 7 7 7 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 6 6 6 6 | 7 7 5 5 | 3 3 3 3 | 6 6 6 6 |
And i slip this information into every conversation,
She never seems to listen,
She never seems to
See.