No Agents Need Apply Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]I'm just a simple modest chap
as any [C]inn [G]can see.
I'm easy to [C]get on with
if [G]you'll just [C]agree [G]with me.[D]
[G]And yet there's folk that scorn me,
then they ask the [D]reason why.
[G]Whenever I show my face they [C]roar,
no [G]agents need apply.
When first I [C]came to London,
[G]it was an office echt to see
Folk [A]singing up and [G]down
the place [D]we used to leave for me
So [G]today, tonight, or any time,
you never will re[D]pent
If you [G]join the happy family
that pays me 10 %
It was me invented folk song,
and I've made it all the [D]go
I'm [G]counting all the folk clubs
as an impresario,
[A]Or [D]traditio[G]n, it was day
until I [C]set it on its [D]feet,
And [G]dragged it by the short hairs
[C]down the [G]length of Denmark Street.
I [C]breathed on it and gave it life
and [G]sent it to the top,
I [A]knew you'd hardly care
it fae the [D]music [A]they cop [D]-pop.
So [G]today, tonight, or any time,
you never will re[D]pent
If you [G]join the happy [C]family
that [D]pays me ten per[G]cent
I met a laddy far in the north,
a [C]wee bit [G]feckless [D]boy
[G]I kent that he had talent
by his suit, a cor[D]duroy
So I [G]walked up close behind him,
and I whispered in his [D]lug
I [G]knew the lad's a steamer's only wheel -train poodle,
Doug.
Knew he [C]sings for bobby
-soxers on the [G]telly,
that's no lie.
And [A]yet there's folks still say to me,
[D]no agents [A]need ap[D]ply.
[G]So today, tonight, or any time,
you never will re[D]pent,
If you [G]join the happy [C]family
that [G]pays me ten percent.
They say a wee bit talent
helps a [C]lad to get ahead
[D]But my [G]singers [C]have no need o' [G]it,
for they've got me instead
[D]Their [G]trust in me is boundless,
though there [C]are still [G]some who [D]cry
[G]Get back to Tin Pan [C]Alley,
for no [G]agents need apply
I can [C]o' a boot show business,
[G]and there's nothin'
I don't know
I've been [A]hanging around the fringes
[D]for the last three years or so
So [G]today, tonight, our only time,
you [C]never will re[D]pent
If you [G]join the happy family
that pays me ten percent
Oh, little did my mother think
when first [C]she cradled me
[D]That I w[G]ould be a big shot
[C]in the [G]folk song industry
[D]My [G]rise has been spectacular,
there's no one can deny
[D]Except the[G] aur[C]a folk
who say no [D]agents need [G]apply
In the [C]programs that are seedy
or [G]the budget's somewhat low
I can [C]get a [Am]cut rate [A]spot
for [D]you up on the radio
So [G]today, to[C]night,
or any time,
[G]you never will repent
[D]If you [G]join the happy [C]family,
that [G]pays me [D]ten [G]percent.