A Network Betrayal Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][F][Am][F]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Charles Horton's pay
has [F]doubled to half a million
Despite [Am]ongoing travel chaos, strikes,
[F]cancellations and del[Am]ays
David McDermott suffered
[F]catastrophic
Injuries while re[Am]pairing an overhead line
If [F]his screams are heard by no one,
did [Am]it really happen?

[Verse 2]
"Well, I'll welcome to [F]those who
joined us in Stalybridge today
[Am]Please have all tickets and travel doc[F]
uments ready for inspection"
[Am]"Bow down to my presence,
and [F]just so you know
I've got a [Dm]CCTV camera
strapped to my chest"
"And I'm not [C#5]afraid [C]to use it"

[Verse 3]
[Am]"For the next thirty minutes,
I'll with[F]hold the smallest amount
[Am]of minute power known to man"
"But [F]do not make me prove it"
"You've had [Am]an opportunity to use
Your [F]railcard before boarding, boy
And [A]you blew [Am]it"[F]

[Verse 4]
It's a [Am]good job the views across
the Pennines are [F]beyond charming
But for twenty quid,
I'd [Am]expect nothing less
Err, not [F]that's a service you provide
[Am]Head resting against the vibrating win[F]dows
Is the comfort offered by the can in [Dm]hand
And a sense of motion,
which in fairness [A]is only [C]offered by the train

[Verse 5]
[Am]A ne[A]twor[Am]k be[F]trayal[A][Am]
[F]A nation fai[A]l[Am][F]
Network [G]betray[Dm]al[A][C]

[Verse 6]
[Am]It is but a crime that these
[F]private companies
Have their greasy [Am]paws on
our historic railways
[F]Northern Rail appeal to the most seasoned,
[Am]bottom set maths [F]jobsworth
Not to tail them all under the same brush
[Am]Heaven f[A]orbid[Am][F]

[Verse 7]
Board[Am]ing the train
doesn't offer same
Cultur[F]al perks as say a musical
festival [Am]does
Therefore, why should we be
expec[F]ted to pile our
Excrement upon [Am]someone
else's in the same manner
[F]And give as the pile grows taller
[Dm]

[Verse 8]
[C#5][C]
"If [Am]you've noticed anything suspicious,
Then [F]please report it to a member
of this [Am]train crew"
It is bizarre to know how [F]the
tannoy pattern varies de[Am]pending
Wholly on how much the conduct[F]or enjoys
the sound of their own [Am]voice[F]
[Am]Clearly a highlight for the blissfully
[F]unaware [Am][?] decendent
Who loves to think he is providing
[F]Much needed local knowledge
and humour
[Am]I don't have time to be
hanging around
[F]Huddersfield station's
lovely [Dm]little café
I'm on this train because
I've got actual [C#5]places to [C]be

[Verse 9]
A [A]net[Am]work [F]betra[Am]y al[A][Am]
[F]A nation fai[A]l
[F]Net[G]work be[Dm][D][Dm][C#5][C][A][Am]
[F][Am][A][Am][F][A][Am]
[F]tray[Dm][D][Dm]
[C][A][F][A]
[F][A][F][G][Dm]
[A]al[C]

[Outro 1]
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