The Knicker Elastic King Chords by The Rutles

_ _ He used to travel in bath kits [Gbm] until the slump came _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] Faced [Gb] with redundancy [Ab] he turned his [Db] mind to other [Ab] things
And soon [Gb] became a household [Db] name
_ _ [Ab] Nicker Elastic
[Gb] Everybody used [Ab] it Nicker Elastic
[Gb] Nobody refused [A] it
[B] Nicker Elastic [Db] King
The [A] Nicker [B] Elastic [Db] King
A [Ab] self [Abm]-made man [Fm] with a business [E] neuron
[Ab] And something to sell [Fm] to _
[E] everyone
[A] Nicker [B] Elastic [Db] King
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_ _ [Eb] He grew so rich the gnomes of Zurich
Were [Abm] keen with ending Woo _ -hoo
[Bb] The darling [Ab] of the slum [Bb] exchange
Made the [Ab] New Year's Honours list
[Bb] And won the [Ab] Queen's Award to [Eb] industry _
_ _ [Bb] Nicker Elastic
[Ab] Essence of propriety [Bb] Nicker Elastic
[Ab] Upholder of society
[B] Nicker [Db] Elastic [Eb] King
_ _ [B] _ [Db] Ooh la [Eb] la
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[Am] _ _ [F] This drop of business [Dm] kept [F] expanding
But [Bbm] then disaster _ _ _
Evite it
[B] The price of [Bb] raw materials
[B] Coupled with inflation
[C] Squeezed his [Bb] global [C] holdings
His liquid [Bb] assets bottomed out
[C] And shrunk his retail outlet [F] operations
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] Nicker [Eb] Elastic [F] King
A market faucet
[Db] The Nicker [Eb] Elastic [F] King
Horses for crossing
[C] A self-made man with a [Am] business [Ab] neuron
[C] And something to sell [Am] to [Ab] everyone
_ [Db] Nicker [Eb] Elastic [F] King
_ [Db] Ooh [F] la la
_ _ _ [Db] Nicker [Eb] Elastic [F] King _ _ _ _
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