D.I.Y.
Recorded by Paul Heaton and Jacquie Abbott
A great song from the album 'What Have We Become'.
Please comment on any amendments you think are needed to chords or words and I will edit.
Play with a Rockabilly style feel.
verse 1
D
Some girls lose their boys after years
A D
Some lose them right at the start
D
Standing in line it's a question of time whose gonna
E A
Be the next broken heart
G D
But my heart belonged to a love so strong
G D
I would've loved him to the day that I die
D A D
But I didn't lose my love to the Lord above I lost him to a DIY
Bm D
D she was so determined to take him right out of my hands
Bm A
I if you're idle in love she'll steal him from the very first dance
Bm D
Y she was young and pretty and young and pretty's better than I
N.C. D
We give em all kisses now they've found another missus cos we lost em to a DIY
verse 2
D
Some women feel if you put around a seal it'll
A D
Keep your fella outa reach
D
But it ain't always so they can grab em from below thats a
E A
Lesson every woman can teach
G D
But my man was just the sort you can trust
G D
You could look a fella right in the eye
N.C. D
But it wasn't for deceiving for suddenly he was leaving and I lost him to a DIY
Bm D
D she was so determined to take him right out of my hands
Bm A
I if you're idle in love she'll steal him from the very first dance
Bm D
Y she was young and pretty and young and pretty's better than I
N.C. D
We give em all kisses now they've found another missus cos we lost em to a DIY
Bridge
N.C. A D
L A D I E S come on girls if shes wearing a dress
N.C. A
T H I E and F shes got high heels and he couldn't care less
N.C, A D
W O M E N come on girls it'll happen again
N.C. A F#m F#m/E F#m/D D
H I S T O R Y come on folks he's just an ordinary guy
Instrumental
Bm D
D she was so determined to take him right out of my hands
Bm A
I if you're idle in love she'll steal him from the very first dance
Bm D
Y she was young and pretty and young and pretty's better than I
N.C. D
We give em all kisses now they've found another missus cos we lost em to a DIY
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