Leon Rosselson – Ballad Of A Spycatcher chords
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[Intro] D C D C [Verse 1]D GNow listen children while I sing this ballad I've just madeD A CAbout a Peter (Wright, not Rabbit), a spycatcher by tradeD GI'll sing of how he joined a special gang called MI5D G D C DWho guard the nation's secrets so that liberty may thriveD7 GAnd of how young Peter, quick to learn, soon got to know the ropesDThe trick of picking locksA CThe art of opening envelopesD GAnd of how the senior officers began their working dayD G D C DBy trying to solve the crossword... in The Times (needless to say)[Chorus]D7But of all the strange things I'll relateGThe strangest thing to meD A CIs that this doggeral I am singing contravenes the Rule of ThreeDFor Nanny (God bless Nanny) Thinks it wouldn't doG D G D C DFor you to know about the naughty things that grown-up people do[Interlude] D C D C [Verse 2]D GS.F. (Special Facility) was Peter's favourite toyD A CAnd night and day he played with it like any little boyD GFor bugging rooms and tapping 'phones were things he loved the bestD G D C D'Five years' said Wright 'we bugged and burgled at the state's behest'D7 GWe bugged the Russian embassy which wasn't very chiqueD A CSo we bugged the French, the Chinese, the Egyptians and the GreekD GBugged Khrushchev's rooms in Clarriages and listened in with careD G D C DWhile 'K' decided on his tie and how to part his hair[Chorus]D7But of all the strange things I relateGThe strangest thing to meD A CIs that this doggeral I am singing contravenes the Rule of ThreeDFor Nanny (God bless Nanny) Thinks it wouldn't doG D G D C DFor you to know about the naughty things that grown-up people do[Interlude] D C D C [Verse 3]D They bugged colonial conferencesG DThen they turned their minds to keeping tabs on millitantsA Cand 'lefties' of all kindsD GTrade-unionists and studens where the targests of their whilesD G D C D They burgled C.P. member's homes and stole the party's filesD7And what did it add up to?D7 GAnd what did it avail?D A CAll this bugging and burgling and intercepting mailDDid it save us from the Russians?D GDid it help to keep us free?D G Did it keep this country green and pleasant?D C DDid it buggery![Chorus]D7But of all the strange things I relateGThe strangest thing to meD A CIs that this doggeral I am singing contravenes the Rule of ThreeDFor Nanny (God bless Nanny) Thinks it wouldn't doG D G D C DFor you to know about the naughty things that grown-up people doD C D C [Verse 4]D G'The trouble was' said Wright 'That we often were mislead'D A C'And the Russians always seemed to be a step or two ahead'D G'For what ever MI5 knew, the Russians knew it too'D G D C D'And when we knew they knew we knew, they knew we knew they knew'D7Penkovsky, was he theirs or ours? A triumph or a con?G A CSo back-and-forth and round-and-round the maisy dance went onD GWhile Peter set up operations Sunshine, Pigroot, ChoirD D C DDew-worm, Mole (what lovely names!) and saw them all mis-fire[Chorus]D7But of all the strange things I relateGThe strangest thing to meD A CIs that this doggeral I am singing contravenes the Rule of ThreeDFor Nanny (God bless Nanny) Thinks it wouldn't doG D G D C DFor you to know about the naughty things that grown-up people do[Interlude] D C D C [Verse 5]D'I fear the worst' says PeterG'And this I can't fogive:'D A C'For years the Secret Service has been leaking like a seive'D G'The evidence is growing there is someone placed on-high'D G'Who's tipping-off the Russians'D C D'A traitor and a spy'D7Was it Mitchell?D7Was it Hollice (The outfit's own D.G.)?G'Incredible!' I hear you sayA CBut Wright would not agreeDHis finger points to HolliceG'I'll unmask him if I can'D G D C D'He's ex-public school and Oxford, and I've never liked the man'[Verse 6]DAnd now my tales grows farcicleGAnd should we laugh or cry?D A CFor the C.I.A man Angleton names Wilson as a SpyD GAnd Cecil King in '68 decides to lead a coupD GAgainst the Wilson governmentD C DSo strange it must be trueD7 GAnd certain shady businessmen asked Peter for the genD A CTo do the dirt on Wilson and keep him out of Number 10D GAnd a group of senior officers tell Wright of their intentD G D C DTo save us from the clutches of a Labour government[Chorus]D7But of all the strange things I relateGThe strangest thing to meD A CIs that this doggeral I am singing contravenes the Rule of ThreeDFor Nanny (God bless Nanny) Thinks it wouldn't doG D G D C DFor you to know about the naughty things that grown-up people do[Interlude] D C D C [Verse 7]D GNow I haven't time to tell you of those other dirty tricksD A CLike the plot to bump-off Nasser (but that was MI6)D G D And of how the C.I.A planned in 1965 to open up their sharky mouthD C DAnd swallow MI5 aliveD7 GBut one more thing I feel that I should bring to your attention:D A CFor all his pains poor Peter never got his propper pensionD GSo why not buy his book yourelf and do the man some goodD G D C D So he can die comfort as ex-spycatchers should[Chorus]D7But of all the things I've told youGThe strangest thing to meD A CIs that this doggeral I am singing contravenes the Rule of ThreeDFor Nanny (God bless Nanny) Thinks it wouldn't doG D G D C DFor you to know about the naughty things that spycatchers do