Charles Dickens Song - Horrible Histories Chords
Chords: G, Gsus4, D, C, Am, Em, And, Drood”
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Genre: comedy, novelty, uk
[Intro]
G Gsus4 G Gsus4
[Verse 1]
D C
I lived a happy life ‘til I was ten years old
G
When debt landed dad in prison and our country house was sold
D C
Lodged with a lady in her London flat, so cold
G
Worked at a boot polish factory, labelling jars quite dull all told
Am
Goodness only knows
C D G
I was a miserable soul
G Gsus4 G Gsus4
[Verse 2]
D C
For a time I went to school but then I found a job
G
As a clerk to a lawyer, oh, it made my poor head throb
D C
I failed to be an actor despite my loud gob
G
Ended up reporting speeches of the parliamentary mob
Am
Then as everybody knows
C D G
I started writing prose
G Gsus4 G Gsus4
[Chorus 1]
Am
Put my life into my books
C D
Friends and enemies and crooks
Am
Legal bosses up they crop
C D
In “The Old Curiosity Shop”
Am
Fagin in “Oliver Twist”
C D
A factory pal, you get the gist
G D Em
And although my memory’s quite foggy
C D G
Got Scrooge from the grave of Ebenezer Scroggie
G Gsus4 G Gsus4
[Verse 3]
D C
My first book was an overnight sensation
G
But I drove myself too hard to enjoy the adulation
D C
Despite my wealth, my family begged for money
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