Alphadena by Cathal Coughlan
From the Cathal Coughlan’s 2010 Rancho Tetrahedron album. Written by Cathal Coughlan. No capo.
VERSE 1
[Bm7b5]
[D6] There is a [B7] mansion out [Em7] there in the trees
Where co [B7] lonial gentry took [Eaug] pleasure
[Eb6] They tamed land and [Fm7/Ab] serf with e [D7] questrian [Gm] poise [G7]
The [D6] chairman’s ar [B7] riving on [Em7] his four-wheeled perch
[B7] Then come advocates, [Eaug] frowning
[Cm] Then those with [Am7b5/G] ghosts in their eyes
CHORUS 1
Are you [Bb/F] learning? [C#6] [Ab6]
[Fm7b5] Are you [Bb/F] learning yet? [C#6] [Ab6]
[Fm7b5] Are you [Bb/F] learning? [C#6] [Ab6]
[Fm7b5] Are you [Bb/F] learning yet? [C#6] [Ebm6]
[F7] [Bbm] (x2)
VERSE 2
[A] What did you say [Am6] when he touched you?
[A] Speak up, [B7] louder, no [Am7] coaching
[Cm] Short recess, [Am7] no leeching press
[Gm] This is [C/G] how we [Bm7b5] make redress
[A6] Blighty left [Em7] us be [C/G] reft
[A] So we sent forth witch- [Em7] doctors
[Cm] Those peasant [Am7b5/G] children were blessed
CHORUS 2
Are you [Bb/F] learning? [C#6] [Ab6]
[Fm7b5] Are you [Bb/F] learning yet? [C#6] [Ab6]
[Fm7b5] Are you [Bb/F] learning? [C#6] [Ab6]
[Fm7b5] Better [Bb/F] to forget [C#6] [Ebm6]
[F7] [Bbm] (x2)
BRIDGE
You [Cm7b5] gave use your lingo and [F] war
We [Bb7] gave dreamer sons, some had flaws.
The [Cm7b5] Romans are laughing, you [F] know
And re [Bb7] fusing to pay up or go
[Ab] [C#] [C7] [Ab] [F#] [C#] [C7] [Ab] (x2)
Now [D6] names have been [B7] uttered and [Em7] cash may change hands
[B7] After more letters and [Eaug] hearings
Now [Cm] back to John Bull’s Am7b5/GSkid Row with you
CHORUS 1
Are you [Bb/F] learning? [C#6] [Ab6]
[Fm7b5] Are you [Bb/F] learning yet? [C#6] [Ab6]
[Fm7b5] Are you [Bb/F] learning? [C#6] [Ab6]
[Fm7b5] Better [Bb/F] to forget
The [C#6] Roman debt
Your [Ab6] betters left
In trust for [F7] you [Bbm] [F7] [Bbm] [F7] [Bbm] [F#maj7]