The Headmaster Ritual

[Intro]
Cmaj9 Em11/G E Cmaj9 Em11/G E
Cmaj9 Aadd9/D Em11/G Cmaj9 Em11/G

[Pre-Verse]
Em11/G E Cmaj9 Em11/G E Cmaj9 Em11/G
E

[Verse 1]
A6       B6
  Belligerent ghouls
   E       C#m7/G#
Run Manchester    schools
A6              B6
Spineless swines
  D           E
Cemented minds
              B6
Sir leads the troops
Jealous of youth
             A6               E        C#m7/G#
Same old suit  since nineteen sixty two
B6
  He does the military twostep
    G#
Down  the nape of my neck

[Chorus]
C#7sus2             G#m/B
       I want to go home 
G#m               Amaj9
   I don't want to     stay
F#6/G#           B6
      Give up education
            Amaj9 G#
As a bad mistake
A
C#7sus2              G#m/B
       Midweek on the     playing fields
G#m                       Amaj9
   Sir thwacks you on the knees
                      F#6/G#
Knees you in the groin
         B6
Elbow in the face
Amaj9          G#                Amaj9
Bruises bigger than dinner plates
I want to go home
G#                    Cmaj9 Em11/G
  I don't want to stay

[Refrain]
Em11/G E Cmaj9 Em11/G E Cmaj9 Aadd9/D
Em11/G Cmaj9 Em11/G E Cmaj9 Em11/G
E Cmaj9 Aadd9/D Em11/G Cmaj9 Em11/G
E
Cmaj9 Em11/G E Cmaj9 Aadd9/D Em11/G
Cmaj9 Em11/G

[Pre-Verse]
Em11/G E Cmaj9 Em11/G E

[Verse 2]
A6       B6
  Belligerent ghouls
   E                  C#m7/G#
Run Manchester schools
         A6         B6 D
Spineless  bastards all
E              B6
 Sir leads the troops
Jealous of youth
              A6               E  C#m7/G#
Same old jokes  since nineteen two
B6
  He does the military twostep
    G#                   C#7sus2
Down  the nape of my neck

[Chorus]
             G#m/B
I want to go home 
G#m                Amaj9
   I don't want to stay 
F#6/G#        B6
      Give up life
                Amaj9 G#
As a bad mistake
A C#7sus2         G#m/B
         Please excuse me from gym
G#m                       Amaj9
   I've got this terrible cold coming on
   F#6/G#
He grabs and devours
B6
He kicks me in the showers
Amaj9
Kicks me in the showers
       G#
And he grabs and devours
 Amaj9
I     want to go home
G#                    Cmaj9 Em11/G
  I don't want to stay

[Outro]
Em11/G E Cmaj9 Em11/G E Cmaj9 Aadd9/D
Em11/G Cmaj9 Em11/G E Cmaj9 Em11/G
E Cmaj9 Aadd9/D Em11/G Cmaj9 Em11/G
E Cmaj9 Em11/G E Cmaj9 Aadd9/D
Em11/G Cmaj9 Em11/G E Cmaj9 Em11/G
E Cmaj9 Aadd9/D Em11/G Cmaj9 Em11/G
E Cmaj9 Em11/G E Cmaj9 Aadd9/D
Em11/G Cmaj9 Em11/G

[Fade Out]
Em11/G E Cmaj9 Em11/G E Cmaj9 Aadd9/D
Em11/G Cmaj9 Em11/G E Cmaj9 Em11/G
E Cmaj9 Aadd9/D Em11/G Cmaj9 Em11/G