Alphadena
Released in 2010 by Kitchenware Records
Transpose
VERSE 1
Bm7b5
Bm7/A
There is a mansion out
E7#9
there in the trees
Where
Bm7/A
colonial gentry took
Eaug
pleasure
Eb6
They tamed land and
Am7b5
serf with e
D7
questrian
Gm
poise
G7
The
Bm7/A
chairman’s arriving on
E7#9
his four-wheeled perch
Bm7/A
Then come advocates,
Eaug
frowning
Eb6
Then those with
D7sus4/A
ghosts in their eyes
CHORUS 1
Are you
Bb
learning?
C#
Ab
Abm6/F
Are you
Bb
learning yet?
C#
Ab
Abm6/F
Are you
Bb
learning?
C#
Ab
Abm6/F
Are you
Bb
learning yet?
C#
Ebm
F7sus4
F7
F7sus4
F7
VERSE 2
Asus2
What did you say
D13b5
when he
E7#5
touched
you?
Asus2
Speak up, louder, no
D13b5
coaching
D13
Eb6
Short recess, no
D7sus4
leeching
press
Eb/G
This is how we
G7/F
make
redress
Bm7/A
Blighty left
Cmaj7/E
us
bereft
Bm7/A
So we sent forth witch
Cmaj7
doctors
Cm
Those peasant
C6sus2/E
children were blessed
CHORUS 2
Are you
Bb
learning?
C#
Ab
Abm6/F
Are you
Bb
learning yet?
C#
Ab
Abm6/F
Are you
Bb
learning?
C#
Ab
Abm6/F
Better
Bb
to forget
C#
Ebm
F7sus4
F7
F7sus4
F7
INTERLUDE
You
Ebm/F
gave use that lingo and
Ebm6/F
war
We
Bb9
gave dreamer sons, some had flaws
The
Ebm/F
Romans are laughing, you
Ebm6/F
know
And re
Bb9
fusing to pay up or go
Ab
F#
Ab
F#
VERSE 3
Now
Bm7/A
names have been uttered and
E7#9
cash may change hands
Bm7/A
After more letters and
Eaug
hearings
Now
Eb6
back to John Bull’s
D7sus4/A
Skid Row with you
CHORUS 3/OUTRO
Are you
Bb
learning?
C#
Abadd9/C
Abm6/F
Are you
Bb
learning yet?
C#
Abadd9/C
Abm6/F
Are you
Bb
learning?
C#
Abadd9/C
Abm6/F
Better
Bb
to forget the
C#
Roman debt
Ebm
Your betters left in trust for you
F7sus4
F7
F7sus4
F7
F7sus4
F7
Ebm