...EMBARRASSMENT... by Madness
-------------------...........

*from 'Absolutely' (1980)*


*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: )


Verse 1:

 
 Re-ceived a l

etter just the

 other day;
  
    Don't seem

 they wanna kn

ow you no more

.
       
  They've laid

 it down, give

n you their sc

ore.
     
 With-in the f

irst two lines

, it bluntly r

ead;

Chorus 1:

            
You're not to 

            
come and see u

        
s no more; kee

p away from ou

r door,

 Don't come 'r

ound here no m

ore.
         
 What on earth

           
 did you do th

   
at for?

Verse 2:

           
 Our aunt, she

           
 don't wanna k

now, she says;

 What will the

 neighbours th

ink? They'll t

hink;

 We don't, tha

t's what they'

ll think, we d

on't,
         
 But I will, '

           
cos I know the

  
y think I don'

t.

Chorus 2:


 Our uncle, he

 don't wanna k

now, he says;

 We are a disg

race to the hu

man race, he s

ays;

 How can you s

how your face,
            
 When you're a

              
 disgrace to t

   
he human race?

Solo:

,  (x4)

Verse 3:

     
 No com-mittme

nt; you're an 

embarrassment,
  
    Yes, an em

barrassment; a

 living endors

ement.
     
 The in-tentio

n that you hav

e booked,
  
    Was an in-

tention that w

as overlooked.

Chorus 3:

         
 They say, sta

       
y a-way; don't

 want you home

 today.

 Keep a-way fr

om our door;
         
 Don't come 'r

          
ound here no m


ore.

Verse 4:

           
 Our dad, he d

           
on't wanna kno

           
w, he says; th

is is a seriou

s matter;

 Too late to r

econsider,
         
 No one's gonn

     
a wanna know y

a!

Chorus 4:


 Our mum, she 

don't wanna kn

ow, she says;

 I'm feelin' t

wice as old, s

he says;

 Thought she h

ad a head on h

er shoulder,
            
 'Cos I'm feel

            
in' twice as o

           
lder, I'm feel

    
in' twice as o

lder.

*KEY CHANGE*
------------

Solo:

,  (x6)

Outro:

         
      You're a

              
n embarrassmen

    
t.


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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)