The Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen

(Em7)Kids and (Am)planes and (G)runway strikes,

(G)flashy pimps (Am)and fam'ly fights,

(Em7)spotted dogs (Am7)(D7sus4)and bloodshot eyes,

(F7)our space captain (F)laughs and tries

(F)to (F6)understand (C)the scheme of things.

(Dm9)And just in time (Bm7)the scene (E7)has changed.

(Bb9)The bus is here;

(F)bring the beer.

(C)Sherman's (A7)reading (D7)(F)Shakespeare.

(Am9)Movie makers, (G)booby shakers,

(G)and (Am)sexy airplane (Bb9)ticket takers,

(F)union (Em7)members, (Dm7)Leo Fender's (C)pride and joy,

(Bb)electric (F)toy.

(Am9)Teachers and learners (G)and incense burners,

(Am9)religious leaders (F)and chronic (Fmaj7)bleeders,

(Dm7)thieves and (Em7)(F)pirates

(Am)on a ride;

(Bbsus2)it's a hippie (F)commune,

bona (C)fide.

(Em7)My life and (Am)time,

(G)the war death (F)dealers,

(Em7)rockpop (Am)(F69)correspondence feelers.

(C)But Okies and (Dm7)Limeys,

(C)curtain climbers, (F)(Em7)Stones and future (A7)Dominoes,

(F)I know which way the wind (F#dim7)blows,

(C)stolen cola no (Am7)one knows,

(F)but it's still a (Bb9)shady crew.

(F)'Cause I love (F#dim7)her and she

(C)loves you.

(F)Just (F#dim7)myself and forty friends (C)in the name of Cocker (A7)Power

(F)out here on

(F#dim7)the (C)road (Gm)(A7)again

(Dm7)with mad dogs and (G7)(C)Englishmen.