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{t:Fings Ain't Wot They Used To Be} {key:C} {artist:Max Bygraves} Max Bygraves:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg-Ycc-yKqY Capo 3 {c: } Thanks Ian Blackhouse! {c: } They've [C] changed our [G] local Palais into [C] a [G] bowlin' alley and [C] fings ain't [F] what they used to [C] be [F] [G] {c: } There's [C] teds with [G] drainpipe trousers and [C] debs in [G] coffee houses and [C] fings ain't [F] what they used to [C] be [F] [G] {c: } There used to be [F] trams not very quick got ya from place to place But now there's just [Fm] jams half a mile thick [C] stay in the human [G] race - I'm walkin' {c: } [C] They stuck [G] parkin' meters out-[C]side our [G] doors to greet us now [C] fings ain't [F] what they [G] used to [C] be {c: } [C] Cor, monkeys [G] flyin' 'round the moon [C] we'll be [G] up there with 'em soon [C] fings ain't [F] what they [G] used to [C] be [F] [G] {c: } [C] Once our [G] beer was frothy but [C] now it's [G] frothy coffee well, [C] fings ain't [F] what they used to [C] be [C7] {c: } It used to be [F] fun Dad and old Mum paddlin' down Southend But now it ain't [Fm] done never mind, chum [C] Paris is where we [G] spend our outings {c: } [C] Grandma [G] tries to shock us all [C] doing a [G] knees up rock 'n' roll [C] fings ain't [F] what they [G] used to [C] be [C7] {c: } We used to 'ave [F] stars singers who sung a dixie melody They're buying guit [Fm]ars plinkety plonk [C] backin' themselves with [G] three chords only {c: } [C] Once we'd [G] dance from twelve to three [C] I've got [G] news for Elvis P [C] fings ain't [F] what they [G] used to, [C] There's a [F] lot, we [G] used to [C] fings ain't [F] what they [G] used to [C] be.....[G] [C]