Intro:
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verse 1
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My wife Mary made a lovely shepherd’s pie & peas
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With carrots and gravy, oh and cabbage as an additional green
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I said that looks fantastic love and I tucked in hungrily
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My daughter Karen didn’t, something I wish I’d seen
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For soon my plate was empty, I said “Mary, is there any more?”
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She said “No, love, but its treacle sponge for afters” and I said “phwoar”
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I’d had a couple of mouthfuls, when I heard Karen declare
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“I can’t eat any more of this shepherd’s pie mum”
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Well it filled me with despair. (because if I’d known that I wouldn’t have started my sweet)
Chorus
G A F#m Bm A
But I can’t go back to savoury now
G A F#m Bm A
That shepherd’s pie was stunning but I’m, halfway through my pudding
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I can’t go back to savoury now
G Gm
My taste buds would go crazy. And I can’t go back to savoury now
(‘cause you can’t can you?)
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verse 2
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My tummy was in turmoil, I was panicked and confused
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And as Karen’s dinner grew colder, so did my sweet
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For my pleasure in that treacle sponge was now massively reduced
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By the sight of fluffy potato, and glistening meat
G A
Take this plate from me Oh Lord, before I go insane
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Should I press on with me afters, or go back to my main?
Chorus
G A F#m Bm A
Oh I can’t go back to savoury now
G A F#m Bm A
That shepherd’s pie was stunning but I’m, halfway through my pudding
G A F#m Bm A
I can’t go back to savoury now Oh no
G Gm
My taste buds would go crazy. And I can’t go back to savoury now
MIDDLE
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I can’t go back, I won’t go back
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I’d love to go back but I mustn’t do that
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I can’t go back, I won’t go back
G Gm7 A
Obviously I’d love to go back, but I mustn’t do that ... Oh
verse 3
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At that moment I heard a sound, a scrape of knife on plate
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As I watched Karen’s dinner go in the dog’s dish
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My appetite now gone, my pudding suffered the same fate
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I can only assume this appalling outcome was God’s wish
Chorus
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‘Cause I can’t go back to savoury...
A B G#m C#m B
I can’t go back to savoury now
A B G#m C#m B
That shepherd’s pie was stunning but I’m, halfway through my pudding
A B G#m C#m B
I can’t go back to savoury now
A Am E
My taste buds would go crazy. And I can’t go back to savoury now
REPRISE
A E
I can’t go back to savoury now