Irk The Purists

 Artist: Half Man Half Biscuit    http://www.hmhb.co.uk/ 
 Track: Irk The Purists 
 Album: Trouble Over Bridgewater 
 Tabber: Woodshed 
  
  
 VERSE 1 
  
         E                          A 
 Give me Love, give me Can, give me Meatloaf 
  
         E                     B 
 Give me Rush, give me Marquee Moon 
  
         E                          A              E 
 Michael Ball, or The Fall, I could listen to them all 
  
        E               B    E 
 In the twilight or the afternoon 
  
  
 CHORUS 
  
 E                A                B                     E     A    E 
 Irk the purists, irk the purists, irk the purists its a right good laugh 
  
 E                A                B                      E 
 Irk the purists, irk the purists, irk the purists at the back 
  
  
 VERSE 2 
  
        E                           A  
 Hall & Oates, ?random goth?, Miles Davis 
  
       E                      B 
 Patti Smith, Simply Red, Sly Stone 
  
         E                       A                 E  
 Be they false or 4REAL, I don't care and nor does Neil 
  
    E              B          E 
 So long as we can hear their songs 
  
  
 CHORUS 
  
 E                A                B                    E  A   E 
 Irk the purists, irk the purists, it could well be an olympic sport 
  
 E                A                B                        E 
 Irk the purists, irk the purists, if you've never then you ought 
  
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 Husker Du Du Du, Captain Beefheart, E L O 
 Chris de Burgh, Sun Ra, Del Amitri, John Coltrane 
  
  
 E - A - B - E - A - B 
  
  
 CHORUS 
  
 E                A                B                       E     A  E 
 Irk the purists, irk the purists, come on boy you know it feels so right 
  
 E                A                B               E       A 
 Irk the purists, irk the purists, irk the purists tonight  
  
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