Streets of Morpork

Inspiration: "Guards Guards" and others by Terry Pratchett

C                 G           Am                   Em
Have you seen the night watch skulking through the market
 F           C                  Dm                  G7
Avoiding any clashes since they know that they will lose
C               G
Muffled ringing of the bell
     Am              Em
It’s two o’clock and fairly well
F              C               G7          C
Sonny, keep it silent or we’re yesterday’s news
 

    F           Em         C Am
 So how can you say it’s illegal
 D7              D7                      G    G7
 If inside these walls there’s no law to find
    C               G
 So let me take you by the throat
     Am                   Em
 And drag you through the streets of Morpork
 F                 C                 G7                 C
 And I’ll show you something that’ll really change your mind

Have you seen the assassin, as he climbs the walls of Morpork
Dressed in many colours, but they all look black to me
Although inhuming pays quite well
Recession can strike there as well
For every two they stab gets you one poisoned free

In the university at a quarter past lunchtime
You only know they’re wizards by the pointy hats they wear
Dungeon dimensions
Grab all their attention
It it wasn’t for the students they’d forget the city’s there

Can you hear the dwarfs sing while beating up their neighbours
You really want to pick them up for causing an affray?
With axes flying through the air
You really shouldn’t go in there
For your sake and ours, sonny, put that book away!

© Martin Gordon-Kerr 1992

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