The Irony of It All
The Irony of It All

The Irony of It All chords by The Streets

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Fret 1

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  • Verse 1
    Hello, 
    Hello. 

    My 
    names 
    Terry 

    and I'm 
    a law 
    abider 

    There's nothing 
    I like 
    more 

    than getting 
    fired 
    up 
    on beer 

    And when 
    the weekends 
    here 
    to exercise 

    my right 
    to 
    get 
    paralyt
    ic 
    and fight 

    Good 
    bloke 
    fairly 

    But 
    I get 
    well 
    leery 
    when 
    geezers 

    look 
    at me 
    funny 

    Bounce 
    'em 
    round 
    like bun
    nies 

    I'm 
    likely 
    to cause 
    mischief 

    Good 
    clean 
    grief 
    you must 

    believe 
    and 
    ain't no 
    thief. 

    Law 
    abiding 
    and 
    all, 
    all 
    legal. 

    And who 
    cares 
    about 
    my 
    liver 

    when it 
    feels 
    good 

    What you 
    need 
    is some 
    real 
    manhood. 

    Rasher 
    Rasher 
    Barney 
    and Kasha 

    putting 
    peoples 
    backs 
    up. 

    Public 
    disorder, 

    I'll give 
    you 
    public 
    disorder. 

    I down 
    eight pints 
    and run 

    all 
    over 
    the place 

    Spit 
    in 
    the face 
    of 
    an officer 

    See 
    if 
    that bothers 
    you 
    cause 

    I never 
    broke 
    a law 
    in my 
    life 

    Someday 
    I'm 
    gonna settle 

    down 
    with a 
    wife 

    Come 
    on lads 
    lets 
    have 

    another 
    fight

    Verse 2
    Eh hello. 
    My 
    names 
    Tim 
    and I'm 
    a criminal, 


    In the eyes 
    of 
    society 
    need 

    to be 
    in jail 

    For the choice 
    of herbs 
    inhale. 

    This 
    ain't 
    no 
    wholesale 
    operation 

    Just 
    few eighths 
    and some 

    Playstations my's vocation 

    pose 
    a threat 
    to 
    the nation 

    And 
    down the 
    station 
    the police 

    hold 
    no 
    patients 

    Let's 
    talk 
    space 
    and time 

    like to 
    get deep 
    sometimes 

    and think 
    about 
    Einstein 

    And Carl 
    Young 
    And 
    old 
    Kung 

    Fu 
    movies 
    like 
    to see 

    Pass the 
    hydrator please 

    Yeah 
    I'm floating 
    on thin 
    air. 

    Going 
    to 
    Amsterdam 
    in the New 

    Year 
    - top 
    gear 
    there 

    'Cause I 
    taker 
    pride 
    in my 
    hobby 

    Home 
    made 
    bongs using 
    my 

    engineering 
    degree 

    Dear 
    Leaders, 
    please 
    legalize 

    weed 
    for 
    these 
    reasons. 

    Verse 3
    Like 
    I was 
    saying 
    to 
    him. 
    I told 

    him: "Top 
    with 
    me and 

    you 
    won't 
    leave." 

    So 
    I smacked 
    him in 
    the head 

    and downed 
    another 
    Carling 

    Bada 
    Bada 
    Bing 
    for 
    the lad's 
    night. 

    Mad 
    fight, 
    his 
    face's 
    a sad 
    sight. 

    Vodka 
    and Snake 
    Bite. 

    Going 
    on like 
    a right 
    geez, 

    he's 
    twat, 

    Shouldn't have 
    looked 
    at me 
    like 
    that. 

    Anyway 
    I'm 
    an 
    upstanding 
    cit
    izen 

    If a 
    war 
    came 
    along 
    I'd 

    be on the 
    front 
    line 
    with 
    em. 

    Can't 
    stand 
    crime 
    either 
    them 

    hooligans 
    on 
    heroin. 

    Drugs 
    and criminals 
    those 
    thugs 
    on 
    the penny 

    colored 
    will be the downfall 
    of soci
    ety 

    I've 
    got 
    all the 
    anger 
    pent 

    up 
    inside 
    of me. 

    You know 
    I don't 
    Verse 4
    see 
    why 

    I should 
    be 
    the criminal 

    How 
    can 
    something 
    with 

    no recorded 
    fatalities 
    be 
    illegal 

    And 
    how 
    many deaths 
    are there 

    per 
    year 
    from 
    alcohol 

    I just 
    completed 
    Gran 
    Tourismo on 

    the hardest 
    setting 

    We 
    pose 
    no 
    threat 
    on my 
    settee 

    Ooh the 
    pizza's here 
    will 
    someone 

    let 
    him in 
    please 

    "We didn't 
    order 
    chicken, 

    Not 
    a problem 
    we'll 
    pick 
    it out 

    I doubt 
    they 
    meant to 
    mess 
    us about 

    After 
    all 
    we're 
    all adults 
    not 
    louts." 

    As I was 
    saying, 

    we're friendly 
    peaceful 
    people 

    We're not 
    the ones 
    out 
    there 

    causing 
    trouble. 

    We just 
    sit 
    in this 
    hazy 
    bubble 

    with our 
    quarters 

    Discussing 
    how 
    beautiful 
    Gail 
    Porter 
    is. 

    MTV, 
    BBC Two, 
    Channel 
    Four 
    is 
    on 

    until 
    six 
    in 
    the morning. 

    Then at six 
    in the morning 
    the sun 

    dawns 
    and it's 
    my 
    bedtime. 

    Verse 5
    Causing 
    trouble, 
    your 
    stink
    ing 
    rabble 

    Boys 
    saying 
    I'm the 
    lad 
    who's spoiling 
    it 

    You're 
    on 
    drugs 
    it really 
    bugs 
    me 

    when people 
    try 
    and 
    tell 
    me I'm 
    a thug 

    Just 
    for 
    getting 
    drunk 

    like 
    getting 
    drunk 

    'Cause 
    I'm an upstanding 
    citizen 

    If a war 
    came 
    along 
    I'd 
    be 

    on the 
    front 
    line 
    with 
    'em. 

    Now 
    Terry 
    Verse 6
    you're repeating 

    yourself 

    But that's 
    okay 
    drunk 
    people 

    can't 
    help 
    that. 

    A chemical 
    reaction 
    inside 
    your brain 
    causes 

    you 
    to 
    forget 
    what you're 
    saying. 

    Verse 7
    What. 
    I know exactly 
    what 

    I'm 
    saying 

    I'm perfectly 
    sane 

    You stink
    ing 
    student 
    lameo 

    Go 
    get a 
    job 
    and stop 

    robbing 
    us 
    of our 
    taxes. 

    Verse 8
    Err, 
    well 
    actually 
    according 

    to 
    research 

    Government 
    funding 
    for 
    further 
    education 

    pales 
    in 
    insignificance 

    When compared 
    to 
    how much 

    they 
    spend 
    on 
    re
    pairing 

    Leery 
    drunk 
    people 
    at 
    the weekend 

    In casualty 
    wards 
    all 
    over the 
    land. 

    Verse 9
    Why 
    you 
    cheeky 
    little 
    swine 

    come 
    here 

    I'm gon
    na batter 
    you. 
    Come 
    here. 

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