Rusholme Ruffians

[Intro] D  Bm
        A  G#  G
        D  Bm

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The last night of the fair
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By the big wheel generator
  D
A boy is stabbed
   Bm
And his money is grabbed
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And the air hangs heavy like a dulling wine
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She is famous
       Bm
She is funny
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An engagement ring
        Bm
Doesn't mean a thing
      A               G#     G
To a mind consumed by brass (money)

( D  Bm )

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And though I walk home alone
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I might walk home alone
          A                 G#    G
...But my faith in love is still devout

( D  Bm )

A        G#      G     D
The last night of the fair
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From a seat on a whirling waltzer
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Her skirt ascends for a watching eye
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It's a hideous trait (on her mother's side)
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From a seat on a whirling waltzer
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Her skirt ascends for a watching eye
A                            G#       G
It's a hideous trait (on her mother's side)

( D  Bm )

A            G#   G     D
And though I walk home alone
Bm       D                Bm  D  Bm   D
I might walk home alone
          A                 G#    G
...But my faith in love is still devout

( D  Bm )

A    G#   G   D           Bm
Then someone falls in love
              D           Bm
And someone's beaten up
          D          Bm
Someone's beaten up
        A            G#      G  D     Bm
And the senses being dulled are mine
            D            Bm
And someone falls in love
              D           Bm
And someone's beaten up
        A            G#      G  D     Bm
And the senses being dulled are mine
A            G#   G     D
And though I walk home alone
Bm       D                Bm  D  Bm   D
I might walk home alone
          A                 G#    G
...But my faith in love is still devout

( D  Bm )

A                G#    G      D
This is the last night of the fair
Bm                    D
And the grease in the hair
          Bm      D
Of a speedway operator
   A               G#    G          D
Is all a tremulous heart requires
       Bm         D
A schoolgirl is denied
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She said : "How quickly would I die
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If I jumped from the top of the parachutes?"

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So...scratch my name on your arm with a fountain pen
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(This means you really love me)
           D            Bm         D         Bm  D
Scratch my name on your arm with a fountain pen
Bm         A           G#   G
(This means you really love me)