Alfie - Lily Allen
Capo: Fret 3
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
(Capo on third fret)
This song is super easy; it only requires the use of A, E and D chords. Have fun!
VERSE 1:
Oooooh, deary
me
My little brot
her's in his b
edroom smoking
weed.
I tell him he
should get up
'cause it's ne
arly half past
three
He can't be bo
thered 'cause
he's high on T
CH.
I ask him very
nicely if he'
d like a cup o
f tea
I can't even s
ee him 'cause
his room is so
smokey.
Don't understa
nd how one can
watch so much
TV,
My baby brothe
r Alfie how I
wish that you
could see.
CHORUS:
I only say it
'cause I care,
So please can
you stop pulli
ng my hair?
Now, now there
's no need to
swear,
Please don't d
espair, my dea
r mon frere.
VERSE 2:
Oooooh Alfie g
et up it's a b
rand new day
I just can't s
it back and wa
tch you waste
your life away
.
You need to ge
t a job becaus
e the bills ne
ed to get paid
Get off your l
azy ass, Alfie
please use yo
ur brain.
Surely there's
some walls ou
t there that y
ou can go and
spray
I'm feeling gu
iltier for lea
ding you astra
y.
Now how the he
ll do you ever
expect that y
ou'll get laid
,
When all you d
o is stay in p
laying your co
mputer games?
CHORUS:
I only say it
'cause I care,
So please can
you stop pulli
ng my hair?
Now, now there
's no need to
swear,
Please don't d
espair, my dea
r mon frere.
INSTRUMENTAL:
VERSE 3:
Oh little brot
her, please re
frain from doi
ng that.
I'm trying to
help you out s
o can you stop
being a twat.
It's time that
you and I sit
down and have
a little chat
,
And look me in
the eyes, tak
e off that stu
pid fitted cap
.
CHORUS:
I only say it
'cause I care,
So please can
you stop pulli
ng my hair?
Now, now there
's no need to
swear,
Please don't d
espair,
Please don't d
espair
My mon frere.