Whippin' Piccadilly

Whippin' Piccadilly

Gomez

Note: Originally recorded in Ab and played with barre chords. This version is a ½ step higher, in the key of A, so that it can be played with open chords.

Chords in parentheses are anticipated--play on the last 8th note of the previous measure

Strum: D U X U D U X U X = scratch/mute

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Chord Guide
123
A: x02220 / 32 1
C: x32010 / 132
D: xx0232 / 3 4
G: 3x0003

Intro: / A - - - / x8

A (3) D

Once upon a time, not too long ago, we took a day out in Manchester

A C (½) D (½) A (2)
We all fall down, there's not enough hours in our day
A (3) D

Played a bit of football, fell in to the union, barged our way to the toilet

A C (½) D (½) A (2)
With the Kung Fu king, there's not enough hours in our day

/ A (hold) - - - / - - - - / - - - - / - - - - /

A (3) D
I remember seeing someone dressed in a suit looking like a lunatic

A C (½) D (½) A (2)
And we all fall down, there's not enough hours in our trip

A (3) D
Well, academy cartwheel's breakin' your hands--We got lovely posters for sale

A C (½) D (½) A (2)
And we all fall down, there's not enough hours in our day

A (4)
We like lovin' yeah, and the wine we share

A (4)
We like lovin' yeah, and the wine we share

/ A (hold) - - - / - - - - / - - - - / - - - - /

w/interlude lick:

/ A (hold) - - - / (G) (hold) - - - / x4

A (3) D
Finally made our way back to the train, rolling in to Sheffield tonight

A C (½) D (½) A (2)
And we all fall down, there's not enough hours in our life

A (3) D
So try and guess my weight and wait at the station--we're whippin Picadilly tonight

A C (½) D (½) A (2)
And it all falls down, there's not enough hours in our life
A (4)
We like lovin' yeah, and the wine we share

A (4)
We like lovin' yeah, and the wine we share

End on A

Interlude Lick:

Fingering: 3 2 3 1 3 1 2

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