Standard (EADGBE)

In the umpire's pocket away,

And all remains, in the groundsman's pains,

For the rest of time and a day.

There'll be one mad dog and his master, pushing for 4 with the spin.

On a dusty pitch, with two pounds six, of willowwood in the sun.

When an old cricketer leaves the crease, you never know whether he's gone,

If maybe you're catching a fleeting glimpse, of a twelfth man at silly mid-on.

And it could be Geoff, and it could be John,

With a new ball sting in his tail.

And it could be me, and it could be thee,

And it could be the sting in the ale.........sting in the ale.

Solo on verse

Verse 2

chords as above - sorry don't have the words to hand)

Chorus

as above)

............playing D instead of open B

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and for complete beginners the rest of the chords: