Drip Fed Fred Cifras

DIP FED FRED
As recorded by Madness feat. Ian Dury
(From the 1999 Album WONDERFUL)
 
 
[Chorus]
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader
                    G
Freddie is a man of class
G
We want Freddie for our leader
                                   Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass
 
[Verse 1]
Cm
Gentlemen and assassins and ladies of the night
                                    G
I call upon you this evening in the hope of shedding some light
G
I can't go into detail or finger unfounded fools
                                                Cm
But there are some here amongst us that are not playing to the rules
Cm
I've rounded up the low-life and local CID
                               G
Offered a free massage or else the third degree
G
There is no simple solution in this life we lead
                                        Cm
So make things easy for yourself to the baronage concede
 
[Chorus]
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader
                    G
Freddie is a man of class
G
We want Freddie for our leader
                                   Cm   G Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass
 
[Verse 2]
Cm
Peace shall not prevail in Purley came the stark warning today
                                             G
From his hospital bed Drip Fed Fred vowed he was here to stay
G                                                                        Cm
"I'll tell you something for nothing", he claimed, "Never in all my nights
       G                          Cm
Have I felt so intimidated by the cheap tactics on display"
 
[Piano Solo]
Cm   G7   Cm
 
[Interlude]
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
 
[Chorus]
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader
                    G
Freddie is a man of class
G
We want Freddie for our leader
                                   Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass
 
[Verse 3]
Cm
And approaching the pulpit, the Right Honourable Reverend Greene
Cm
"We're gathered here this evening to pay our due respects
                                          G
To Drip Fed Fred who late last night fell out of his prison bed
G
We know the nonce behind it, who slipped the night PD - ooh
            G7                        Cm
The word is out now without doubt you will answer to me"
Cm
Gentlemen and assassins and ladies of the night
                                    G
I call upon you this evening in the hope of shedding new light
G
There is a simple solution, one called honour amongst thieves
                                     Cm
So we'll take pity on your souls and only cap your knees
 
[Interlude]
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
 
[Chorus]
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader
                    G
Freddie is a man of class
G
We want Freddie for our leader
                                   Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader
                    G
Freddie is a man of class
G
We want Freddie for our leader
                                   Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass...
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