The Headmaster Ritual Chords by The Smiths

[Start]

[Intro]
C G E7 G E C D G
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E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 B
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C G E7 B E E7 E E7
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E E7 C G E A
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[Verse]
B                 
Belligerent ghouls
E              C#m    
Run Manchester schools
A         B     
Spineless swines
         E7    E
Cemented minds ■
E7            B     
Sir leads the troops
        B       
Jealous of youth
         A                   E     C#m7 B
Same old suit since nineteen sixty two  ■
                             G#  
He does the military twostep down
               C#7 
The nape of my neck
             B    G#m7
I want to go home ■   
                G#m7
I don't want to stay
        B        
Give up education
         Amaj7   G#
As a bad mistake ■ 


[Chorus]
Amaj7 C#7            B           G#m7  
■     ■   Midweek on the playing fields
                       Amaj7
Sir thwacks you on the knees
                 Amaj7
Knees you in the groin
         Emaj7   
Elbow in the face
Amaj7          G#7         Amaj7 
Bruises bigger than dinner plates
                  G#
I want to go home ■ 
                G#  
I don't want to stay
       E      Cmaj7
Dadada Dadada ■    
G      E Cmaj7  D
Dadada ■ Dadada ■
G            
Dadada Dadada
       Cmaj7  G
Dadada Dadada ■
Em     Cmaj7 
Dadada Dadada
D           G Gmaj7 C Em C       
Belligerent ■ ■     ■ ■  ■ ghouls


[Solo]
G Em Cmaj7 D Gmaj7 G E7 E
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E7 E E7 Cmaj7 G E
■  ■ ■  ■     ■ ■
E7 A B
■  ■ ■


[Verse]
E              C#m    
Run Manchester schools
A                  B   E
Spineless bastards all ■
E7               B     
■  Sir leads the troops
           B    
Jealous of youth
         A                       E   C#m7 B
Same old jokes since nineteen oh two ■    ■
                             G#  
He does the military twostep down
               C#7 
The nape of my neck
             B   
I want to go home
G#m7            C#m7
I don't want to stay
        C#m7
Give up life
         Amaj7   G#7
As a bad mistake ■  
A C#7        B              G#m7
■ ■   Please excuse me from gym 
                       A           E 
I've got this terrible cold coming on
   E                
He grabs and devours
   Emaj7           B      
He kicks me in the showers
Amaj7                  
Kicks me in the showers
       G#7               Amaj7
And he grabs and devours ■    
          Amaj7  
I want to go home
G#                     
■  I don't want to stay


[Chorus]
G E Cmaj7 G Em Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
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C G Em Cmaj7 G Em C D
■ ■ ■  ■     ■ ■  ■ ■
Gmaj7 G Em G Em Cmaj7 G Gmaj7
■     ■ ■  ■ ■  ■     ■ ■    
G Em G Em Cmaj7 D G Cmaj7
■ ■  ■ ■  ■     ■ ■ ■    
G Em Cmaj7 D Gmaj7 G Em C
■ ■  ■     ■ ■     ■ ■  ■


[Outro]
G Em Cmaj7 D Gmaj7 G Em G
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Em Cmaj7 D A
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