Intro  
G A D D  
G A D D  
G A D D  
G A D C D C  

verse 1  
D  
 Camped out on a lower slope, dog tired at the toposcope  
                           G             A  
Hot soup in the aftermath, salad days in many ways.  
     G                A  
Then time creeps up unseen  
       D  
And it puts me back at the front of the bus,  
G            A              D  
Hands I once held no longer there,  
G                 A  
Grey falls on the green  
     D  
As I try’n get used to me and not us  
G                   A               D    C  D  C  
Where I’m going I’m not sure that I care.  

verse 2  
D  
 Still thought I could play out wide, felt sure I could stay onside  
                                            G              A  
But stiff limbs and a shin which looks like Inter’s end on derby day says  
G                 A  
Time’s crept up unseen  
         D  
And it’s stuck me back at the front of the bus,  
G               A              D  
Bound who knows where, free of charge  
    G           A  
The situation’s lean  
          D  
Though it could be worse so I don’t make a fuss  
G             A                 D     C  D  D  
Still evading capture, still at large.  

Break  
G                      D  
 Somebody’s mumbling Galatians  
G                                   Bb  C   G  
 Somewhere a rope print fleece needs   90 degrees  
                         D  
Pushchair related confrontations  
G                           Bb       C     G     Bb C  G  A    A  
 Pastoral conceits, Italian fancies, comic glees.  

verse 3  
D  
 No stroll of a summer’s eve, neck brace and a shower sleeve  
                           G              A  
Hot soup in the afterlife, got my fingers crossed because  
    G               A  
Old Father Time’s a lie  
         D  
And he’s sat by me at the front of the bus.  
G            A             D  
Here I am as there I was before  
G             A  
Things I hold dear  
        D  
Held in place by means of a surgical truss  
G             A           D  
Sorry, not in service any more.  

C  D   C  D  C  D  D