Checking In, Checking Out by the High Llamas

From the High Llamas’ 1994 Gideon Gaye album. Written by Sean O’Hagan. No capo.

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INTRO

[G] [Dm7] (x6)

VERSE 1

[G] If funny looks don’t get you [Bm7] down
[Cmaj7] You could [D/C] get on in this [Cmaj7] town [D7/F#]
[G] The drivers crawl along the [Bm7] curb
[Cmaj7] The thought of [D/C] walking’s quite ab [Cmaj7] surd [D/C]
[Cmaj7] The dumbest [D/C] thing I’ve ever [Em7] heard [Bm7]

CHORUS

[Am7] Checking in and checking [Gmaj7] out
[Em7] Why be [D] shy when you can [Dm] kick the [C] can and [A7] shout?

[G] [Dm7] (x2)

VERSE 2

[G] The living church must move a [Bm7] long
[Cmaj7] The Carme [D/C] lites could use a [Cmaj7] song [D7/F#]
[G] A blessing Father if you [Bm7] please
[Cmaj7] Help the [D/C] hopeless in their [Cmaj7] need [D/C]
[Cmaj7] They don’t [D/C] need this kind of [Em7] sleaze [Bm7]

CHORUS

[Am7] Checking in and checking [Gmaj7] out
[Em7] Why be [D] shy when you can [Dm] kick the [C] can and [A7] shout?

[G] [Dm7] (x4)

BRIDGE

[C7] Here’s a man whose run the marathon
[C7] Sad and lonely now it’s been and [G] gone [Dm7] [G] [Dm7]
[C7] Let me check upon my family
[C7] I wonder, do they still remember me
[Bb] I’m on [Eb] the run, [G/D] on the [C/D] fun run

VERSE 3

[G] Gifted artists need re [Bm7] spect
[Cmaj7] True col [D/C] lectors must col [Cmaj7] lect [D7/F#]
[G] There behind those rusty [Bm7] gates
[Cmaj7] Dodgy [D/C] sculptured license [Cmaj7] plates [D/C]
[Cmaj7] The gifted [D/C] sit around and [Em7] wait [Bm7]

CHORUS

[Am7] Checking in and checking [Gmaj7] out
[Em7] Why be [D] shy when you can [Dm] kick the [C] can and [A7] shout?

OUTRO/FADE

[G] [Dm7]