Lyrics & Chords: Petty Bourgeois (aka Sunny Disaster)


by Jim Pembroke. Album: Being (1974)
Asus                 G9
Oh what a commotion, bodies in the street
C9                   Dm         Dm7
Snipers in the yard, Jiminy Cricket
F6/9          Gm6   Bb-5                  Dm
Everyone's at large bucket and a spade bailing

Asus                 G9
Oh what a commotion, snipers on the beat
C9                      Dm          Dm7
Policemen on the prowl, stickety wicket
F6/9      Gm6   Bb-5                  Dm
Oh what a drag, everyone's at sea whailing

  G
  Give us a hint or a clue
  Fm                         Fm7
  Where do we start from and where do we go to
  G
  Give us a light in the cold
  Fm                     Dbm7
  Merlin! Our fortune be told!

    A           E               Em6  F#7sus  F#7     Bm
    Sentimental memories won't do in nineteen eighty two
                 Bm9               E7sus            Dj9
    When we will crawl like lice beneath a blade of hate (not nice)
        A                   E             Em6
    And you my friend will feel like in a zoo
        F#7sus  F#7    Bm
    Hey monkey, is it true?
                Bm9       E7sus              Dj7            Bbm7
    And I won't know, not I 'cause you'll be me and I'll be you
                                      Eb7
    Buh buh buh uhup, buh buh buh uhup

    Talkin' 'bout disaster
    Bbm7                              Eb7
    Buh buh buh uhup, buh buh buh uhup

    Talkin' 'bout disaster
                                                         -5
      Asus          G9/6             Dsus/j7         Dsus-9
      Cauliflowers, turnip peels and rotten eggs and spew   -5
      Asus             G9/6            Dsus/j7          Dsus-9
      Old tin cans and bottle tops and cabbage, plastic glue
      E7sus      Dj7           Cm7         F    D7
      Poka mola, soft soapola, choca rocka stew                -5
      Asus           G9/6              Dsus/j7             Dsus-9
      Mix 'em up and melt them down so there's your little clue
                Am           D       F            Dm7      F
      Look out! (Oh) Sunny disaster! (Oh) Sunny disaster! (Oh)

          C               G Bb             F6
        Disaster can be fun if you give up lettuce
                Cm7          Ebj7         Dsus-5
        Give up smell, touch Sunday lunch
          C               G Bb              F6
        Disaster can be fun if you give up breathing
                Cm7                Ebj7  Dsus-5/-9
        Give up hope, T.V. and the radio

            C                       Bbm7          Abj9-5
          Disaster can be very nice if you simply live like a lice
            C         Cmaj     Bbm9
          Disaster can be very nice

Asus                 G9
Oh what a commotion, bodies in the street
C9                   Dm         Dm7
Snipers in the yard, Jiminy Cricket
F6/9      Gm6   Bb-5                   Dm
Oh what a drag, everyone's at large bailing

Contributed by Suonna Kononen