The Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion 1973

A E D E To write a cathedral, I'll need a ball-point pen A E D E It'll sound like 'Common People' sung by Christopher Wren A E D E On an upright piano with nice, narrow keys A E D In a Glaswegian chapel or a Parisian library D F#m And as I sing I watch you diving E F#m C# D Into a swimming pool that shines like a screen A E D And I call out, 'isn't this living?' A C#m And I call out, 'isn't this living?' E D And you call back, 'Jim, dear, it's living' E Bm And you call back, 'Jim, dear, it's living the dream' A E D E 2x A E D E I see my family in an ugly cemetery A E D E Two of them have been crying, two have shovels at the ready A E D E And I'd been lying if I said I'd foreseen this A E D I'd prefer to burn my body in Varanasi D F#m As I burn I watch you driving E F#m C# D Into a swimming pool that shines like a screen A E D And I call out, 'isn't this living?' A C#m And I call out, 'isn't this living?' E D And you call back, 'Jim, dear, it's living' E Bm And you call back, 'Jim, dear, it's living' C# D I wanted, I wanted kids getting into good schools E Following, breaking all the new rules A E Scoring goals, leading rolеs D Plimsolls, no holes E In a car with nice curves F#m E D A wifе with a perfect serve E D E F#m E D Just like the Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion, nineteen seventy three E A E D E Then Christopher Wren would smile down on me A E D E To write oh A E To write a cathedral D E I'll need a ballpoint pen A E To write a cathedral D E I'll need a ballpoint pen A E To write a cathedral D E I'll need a ballpoint pen A E To write a cathedral D I'll need a ballpoint pen