XTC - Respectable Street

      Respectable Street By XTC


[Intro]
B  C#  x 6


[Chorus]
B             C#            B     C#
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
           B        C#   E
Don't he realize this is Respectable Street?
B               C#             B         C#
What d'you think he bought that car for?
          B         C#      E
'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street


[Verse 1]
F#
Now they talk about abortion In cosmopolitan proportions to their daughters
B                                                                 C#
As they speak of contraception And immaculate receptions on their portable
E
Sony Entertainment Centers

[Chorus]
B             C#            B     C#
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
           B        C#   E
Don't he realize this is Respectable Street?
B               C#             B         C#
What d'you think he bought that car for?
          B         C#      E
'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street


[Verse 2]
F#
Now she speaks about diseases And which sex position pleases best her old man
B                                                                   C#
Avon lady fills the creases When she manages to squeeze in past the caravans
     E
That never move from their front gardens


[Chorus]
B             C#            B     C#
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
           B        C#   E
Don't he realize this is Respectable Street?
B               C#             B         C#
What d'you think he bought that car for?
          B         C#      E
'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street


[Bridge]
A           B              C#m     Bb
It's in the order of their hedgerows
A           B                 C#m        Bb
It's in the way their curtains open and close
A           B                  C#m        Bb
It's in the look they give you down their nose
A            B        C#m        G
All part of decency's jigsaw, I suppose

[Solo]

Am   C x2


[Verse 3]
G
Sunday church and they look fetching Saturday night, saw him retching over our fence
C                                                                               D
Bang the wall for me to turn down I can see them with their stern frown as they dispense
     F
The kind of look that says they're perfect


[Chorus]
C         Dm                C           Dm
Heard the neighbor slam his car door
         C        Dm
Don't he realize this is Respectable Street?
C            Dm                 C          Dm
What d'you think he bought that car for?
C           Dm             C         Dm
'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street
    C       Dm        C         Dm
He realized this is Respectable Street
    C        Dm      C          Dm
He realized this is Respectable Street
    C        Dm      C
He realized this is Respectable Street