Substitute

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[Verse 1]
D             G                    D
 You think we look pretty good together
             G                    D
You think my shoes are made of leather

[Pre-Chorus]
          Em        G D    Em        G
But I'm a substitute  for another guy
D  Em          G    D      Em            G D
 I look pretty tall but my heels are high
    Em                G       D   Em      G  D
The simple things you see are all complicated
  Em          G      D       Em       G
I look pretty young, but I'm just backdated,
D A
  yeah

[Chorus]
D     A/D      G/D     D
Substitute your   lies for fact
  D         A/D         G/D        D
I see right through your   plastic mac
  D
I look all white,
A/D      G/D        D
   but my   dad was black
   D           A/D        G/D             D
My finelooking suit is really made out of sack

[Verse 2]
D                  G                D
 I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
                            G
The north side of my town faced east,
                   D
and the east was facing south

[Pre-Chorus]
            Em          G  D  Em       G
And now you dare to look me in  the eye
D      Em        G     D       Em       G
 Those crocodile tears are what  you cry
D      Em      G  D
It's a genuine problem,
   Em         G D   Em             G       D    Em
you  won't try   To work it out at all you just pass it by,
G    D   A
 pass it by

[Chorus]
D     A/D G/D   D
Substitute   me for him
D     A/D    G/D        D
Substitute my   coke for gin
D     A/D     G/D      D
Substitute you   for my mum
   D          A/D   G/D        D
At least I'll get my   washing done

[Interlude]
D G D D
G D

[Pre-Chorus]
          Em        G D    Em        G
But I'm a substitute  for another guy
D  Em          G    D      Em            G D
 I look pretty tall but my heels are high
    Em                G       D   Em      G  D
The simple things you see are all complicated
  Em          G      D       Em       G
I look pretty young, but I'm just backdated,
D A
  yeah

[Break]
D A/D G/D D D A/D G/D D
D A/D G/D D D A/D G/D D

[Verse 3]
D                  G                  D
 I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
                            G
The north side of my town faced east,
                   D
and the east was facing south

[Pre-Chorus]
            Em          G  D  Em       G
And now you dare to look me in  the eye
D      Em        G     D       Em       G
 Those crocodile tears are what  you cry
D      Em      G  D
It's a genuine problem,
   Em         G D   Em             G       D    Em
you  won't try   To work it out at all you just pass it by,
G    D   A
 pass it by

[Chorus]
D     A/D G/D   D
Substitute   me for him
D     A/D    G/D        D
Substitute my   coke for gin
D     A/D     G/D      D
Substitute you   for my mum
   D          A/D   G/D        D
At least I'll get my   washing done
D     A/D      G/D     D
Substitute your   lies for fact
  D         A/D         G/D        D
I see right through your   plastic mac
  D
I look all white,
A/D      G/D        D
   but my   dad was black
   D           A/D        G/D             D
My finelooking suit is really made out of sack