Lyrics & Chords: The Decline Of The House Of Lords


by Jim Pembroke. Album: Wicked Ivory (1972)
Dmaj7           C#m7
Hand me down my morning suit
    C#7            F#m7
And air my evening gown
F#7           Hm7
Summon for my carriage
 1) E7sus    1) Dmaj7
2+3)E7     2+3) D
I'm going up to town
   C#m7             C#7
To bear my first condolescenses
   F#m7             F#7
To where I'm really bound
    Hm7       1) E7sus
            2+3) E7
And lie upon the evidence
   1)  Dmaj7     1) H7
  2+3) D       2+3) E7
That's hanging all around 

             A
     Because one man's meat
         E
     Is another man's bread
             Em                 D
     And the bigger boys end up fed
     H7  A            D
     So, get me to my funeral
        C#7                 F#m    F#m7
     My last blood has just bled 


And beg the sally army
To play a serenade
And while they blow the anthem
I will perish by the blade
And tell them not to worry
For over-time is paid
Soon as all the mourners
Leave the plot where I'm laid 

     'cause one man's meat
     Is another man's bread
     And the bigger boys end up fed
     So, get me to my funeral
     My last blood has just bled 

And while you highland sword-dance
I will try to die so gay
And swing a leg in Savoy style
And dance my blues away
But please don't sidle over
And slowly start to say
That someone thought they saw my head
Go flying that away 

     Because one man's meat
     Is another man's bread
     And the bigger boys end up fed
     So, get me to my funeral
     My last blood has just bled

                   A            D
          Ooh, so, get me to my funeral
             C#7                 F#m7
          My last blood has just bled
          D    H7             A            D (et cetera)
          Woo, everybody, so, get me to my funeral
          My last blood has just bled
          Ooh, one more time, so, get me to my funeral
          My last blood has just bled
          Ooh, once more for the King, get me to my funeral
          My last blood has just bled
          So, get me to my funeral
          My last blood has just bled
          So, get me to my funeral

Contributed by Suonna Kononen