Cheer Up It Might Never Happen

E D Cheer up, it might never happen E D Drive-by shootings on the streets of Clapham E D Jackboots booting right across the map E D E And daddy's gone 'a looking with his pistol packin' mama E D And God didn't make the little green apples E D With the Halloween grin and the shaving tackle E D Another worrying thing for the grans to grapple E D E As the earth quakes, shakes and rolls and rattles on F G And if the whole world is a stage F G A kaleidoscope of lights and sound F G You can take my Equity card away F D And burn the theatre to the ground C B A D C B A E D Cheer up, it might never happen kid E D Although I think it probably just did E D The Christmas speech was a porno vid E D A topless picture on the British quid E D Jack and jill went off the cliff E D Contract killed in a lovers' tiff E D While Ben and Bill smoke a comic spliff E D Tom and Jerry built to a moronic riff F G And if the whole world is a stage F G A kaleidoscope of lights and sound F G You can take my Equity card away F D And burn the theatre to the ground E F E F E F E F Burn It Down E F Burn It Down E F Burn It Down E F Burn it Down D C B A D C B D C Sack the actors and the clowns B A Back to practice paper rounds D C Sweeping leaves and walking dogs B A Daily deeds and bob a jobs D D Sitting babies salting snow B A Helping ladies cross the road D C Washing cars, recycling tins B A Catching falling stars and things D C Helping old folk corner shop B A Little things that mean a lot D C A fairytale-like end to violence B A Through jumble sales and sponsored silence D C Stop the world I want to get back on B A I want to learn to love the bomb D C And have it tattooed across my gut B A The immortal words cheer up D C B A It might never happen to you kid D C B A It might never happen to you kid D C B A It might never happen to you kid D C B A Although I think it probably just did