Birthday card Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]I w[Am]as[C][F]
[C]on my last
warning from Mrs Example,
[Am]Clean up my act stop being
an as[F]shole,
Didn't [C]help my debacle,
I'd just woken up from [Am]an all day,
all night, [F]filthy [C](barkle),
Something quite (bait) about
today's [F]date,
I'd [Am]was hard to locate I'd drunk
too [C]much Pernod,
Took another swipe with my
Mach [F]3 Turbo,
Then it hit [Am]me like a raging inf[C]erno.

[Verse 2]
I don't be[Am]lieve it I,
Forgot her bloody birthday card,
She wont be a happy [C]gal,
For[Am]got her bloody birthday card,
[C]She's gonna scr[Am]eam and yel[C]l,
For[Am]got her bloody birthday card,
She'll [C]leave me man, she might as well,
For[F]got her bloody birthday card.

[Verse 3]
I try to [C]keep things relative,
[G]Never give (?) to my[Am]self if I can,
But I can only think negative,
[C]Used to tell her shit like I'd [F]lost my pen,
Now there's [Am]a chance I'll
never see her face again,
[C]So I walk a fine line, but it's not the end,
See [Am]I bought her a voucher for H and [C]M,
She can get a new skirt
and she'll look the part,
And [Am]if it don't work
pour out my heart,

[Verse 4]
[C]Look, yeah, I'm going to be
[Am]completely honest with you,
You know I love you, you know I respect you,
At [C]the end of the day, a birthday card,
[Am]It's just a piece of paper isn't it?
In an [C]envelope.
Yeah I know [Am]a voucher
is a piece of paper too,
Yeah, but you [C]can get a skirt with that,
Well you can get shoes [Am]then.
[F]Wait,

[Verse 5]
nah that's bull[C]shit,
I can't do that,
Cant [Am]sound like a wanker, (a [C]girly chat),
So I gotta make a dash
for the petrol station,
Cause [Am]their cards are perfect
for any occa[C]sion,
I drop my razor and splash [Am]my (boat),
I grab some tracky- d's and
a random coat,
[C]Then I'm on it with a wallet,
And I hit the pave[F]ment,
I'm [Am]running down the street with my face half shaven,
[C]

[Verse 6]
[Am]
I'm getting [C]stronger and stronger
my legs are burning,
[Am]There's still hope yet just a couple [C]of turn- in's,
[Am]
See the [C]longer I wander the more I scream,
[F]She get[Am]s here at 10 and it's quarter to.[F]

[Verse 7]
[C]I don't bel[Am]ieve it I[C],
For[Am]got her bloody birthday card,
[C]She wont be a [Am]happy [C]gal,
For[Am]got her bloody birthday card,
[C]She's gonna scream and yel[Am]l,
Forgot her bloody birthday card,
She'll [C]leave me man, she might as well,
For[Am]got her bloody birthday c[C]ard.

[Verse 8]
I get to the garage,
Panic scanning the rack,
[Am]99 percent of the range is all crap,[C]
Happy Birthday Dad, Worlds Best Mother,
I [Am]Love You Sister,
You're a Special [C]Brother,
No other bloody card with
a cover for a lover,
Plus [Am]I'm getting kinda stressed
as I search for [C]an other,
But this one struck me,
It's pink and funky,
With a [Am]cartoon print of a drunken
monkey.
[C]

[Verse 9]
[Am]
There's a [C]chance I'll make
it I'm nearly done,
[F]I han[Am]d him the coins and it's time to run[F],
[C][Am]
Now [C]it's 5 minutes too
and I'm nearly home,
I [Am]feel a vibration and check my phone.
[C]The

[Verse 10]
message [G]reads,
“Honey, I'll [C]be there [Am]shortly”,
“I just got off the bus
and I've started walking”,
So [C]like Kelly Holmes I sprint the home straight,
I [Am]rip my tracky- d's as I hurdle the gate,
I [C]crash through the [G]door,
I fall up the stairs,
[Am]Looking like I've been in intensive [C]care,
The Biro's f**ked, the pencil's broken,
I [Am]grab a Magic Marker
and write [C]a token,
Of my ap[G]preciation for her,
And the [Am]things that make her so [F]per- [C]fect,
S**t, there's the bell,
[F]I sea[Am]l the envelope
it should all be swell,
[F]Look, her[C]e she is,[G] my Kiera Knightly,
She [Am]gives me a kiss and
I hug [F]her tightly,
[C]She asks why I've only shaved half my [F]face,
And sweating like [C]I've just
come [F]first in some [C]race,

[Verse 11]
I got up extra early,
To [Am]exercise and stretch my thigh[F]s,
So [C]I could see my special girly,
She [Am]looks in my eyes and sees my lies,
[F]With a d[C]ubious face she
accepts the card,
[Am]She reads it,
drops it and slaps me [F]hard,
[C]I open it up and prepare for doom,
The [Am]text in the card reads Get [C]Well Soon.

[Verse 12]
I don't believe it I,
For[Am]got her bloody birthday card,
[C]She wont be a happy gal,
For[Am]got her bloody birthday c[F]ard,
[C]She's gonna scream and yell,
For[Am]got her bloody birthday card,
She'll [C]leave me man, she might as well,
For[Am]got her bloody birthday c[F]ard.

[Verse 13]
[C]Ok, I admit, yeah,
[Am]I messed up big time,
[C]But have I got a surprise [Am]for you?
Yep, nah man, wait for it,
I [C]booked us a table,
[Am]At Nandos,
No ser.. where [C]you going?,
Serious, [Am]where you going?,
It's only a card!