Verse: E A Drag myself from my bed Gbm B Around 20 past 6 E A Get my kids up make breakfast Gbm B 1 egg 2 toast 3 weetabix E A and as i sit down i look up Gbm B and your standing in the doorway sun at your back A in my old brown dressing gown Gbm B Well no one can love you more than i love you now, but i E A Gotta go running for the bus Gbm B Coat flying and i try not to miss it this time E A but the drivers waiting and thats strange Gbm B kids on the top deck quiet for a change E A and theres no rain and no roadworks in the Gbm B A bus lane and all my hurts run away B and im smiling as im punching in Chorus: E B A B the day i died was the best day of my life E B A B the day i died was the best day of my life E B tell my friends and my kids and my wife A B everything will be alright E B A B the day i died was the best day of my life -next Verses have the same chord pattern as the first one- Verse: now the secretaries they got a smile for me and the intray on my desks almost empty I get a memo from executive joe saying Rob the gob is getting kicked out for embezzling funds from the company account and id be lying if i said i wasnt chuffed cos i always hated rob and now they'll probbaly offer me robs old job Verse: and in the park at lunch theres no whinos on my favourite bench none of that drunk chatter none of that pissy stench and the 20 little piegeons with the gammy leg decide to dine from someone elses sandwich instead and theres something about the city today like all the colours conspire to overwhelm the grey and this close to the fire i can feel no cold but a rainbow halo around my soul Chorus: E B A B the day i died was the best day of my life E B A B the day i died was the best day of my life E B tell my friends and my kids and my wife A B everything will be alright E B A B the day i died was the best day of my life Bridge: Dm F so i leave work get to the high street and i miss my bus C G should i wait for another no i cant be arsed Dm i begin to walk F C and rush hour crowd seem to part like the red sea G and im stopping at the offy Dm F 20 cigerettes and a 6 pack to relax me C and as i cross back over the street G i guess i never saw that taxi Interlude: chords from Bridge Outro: E B A B the day i died was the best day of my life E B A B the day i died was the best day of my life E B tell my friends and my kids and my wife A B everything will be alright E B A B the day i died was the best day of my life E B A B now i got 99 red ballons floating in the summer sky E B A B i got 99 red ballons drifiting past my dreamy eyes E B A B i got 99 red ballons floating in the summer sky E B A B i got 99 red ballons drfting past my dying eyes
