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Artist:          THE KEYPALS

Track:           Hi Vis Liz

Collection:      Blackpool Rock


Release Date:    3 June 2022

License:         CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)


Key:             Gm

BPM:             96


Instrument:      Guitar

Tuning:          E A D G B E

Capo:            -


A5               5-7-x-x-x-x

Bb5              x-1-3-x-x-x

F5               1-3-x-x-x-x

C5               x-3-5-x-x-x

G5               3-5-x-x-x-x

C                x-3-5-5-5-3

Gdim             x-1-2-0-2-x

G                3-2-0-0-3-3

G6               3-x-2-0-0-0

Eb               x-6-8-8-8-6

C6sus            x-3-3-2-1-1

Bb               6-8-8-7-6-6

Ab               4-6-6-5-4-4

D6sus            x-5-5-4-3-3


[Verse 1]

          A5

She wakes up

   Bb5       F5

No day off today

C5           G5

Must pay her way

F5   Bb5         A5         G5  A5

Cost of living's high and going up


Bb5        F5

Feeling subdued

C5           G5

Can’t afford food

F5   Bb5        A5         G5 A5

Eats one meal a day out of a cup


G5  G5 Bb5  B5  Bb5  G5


                A5

Envelopes stack up

Bb5         F5

Eyes to the floor

C5         G5

Tries to ignore

F5   Bb5            A5      G5  A5

Home is damp, she’s royally fed up


Bb5         F5

Sits on her throne

C5        G5

Opens her phone

F5    Bb5             A5          G5  A5

Tells the world she’s close to giving up


G5  G5  Bb5  B5  Bb5  G5


G5  B  C  B  Bb  Gdim  G  G6


[Pre-Chorus 1]

C   Eb

She is


[Chorus 1]

C6sus  Bb

Hi Vis Liz

        Ab        

Working night and day

   C        Bb

In order to live

C6sus  Bb

Hi Vis Liz

Ab

Nobody sees her

C             Bb    D6sus

Struggling to live


[Verse 2]

                A5

Motor car pulls up

Bb5       F5

Carriage awaits

C5            G5

Thank God for mates

F5  Bb5            A5          G5  A5

The pair share the cost of filling up


Bb5       F5

Works overtime

C5       G5

Not by design

F5 Bb5              A5            G5   A5

Wonders when things will start to pick up


G5  G5  Bb5  B5  Bb5  G5


                A5

Wages don’t add up

Bb5         F5

Seeks out a loan

C5         G5

Lets out a groan

F5   Bb5         A5            G5  A5

They don’t give enough to back her up


Bb5        F5

Panic sets in

C5        G5

Bills up again

F5      Bb5        A5            G5 A5

There’s no wriggle room, all out of luck


G5  G5  Bb5  B5  Bb5  G5


G5  B  C  B  Bb  Gdim  G  G6


[Pre-Chorus 2]

C   Eb

She is


[Chorus 2]

C6sus  Bb

Hi Vis Liz

        Ab        

Working night and day

   C        Bb

In order to live

C6sus  Bb

Hi Vis Liz

Ab

Nobody sees her

C             Bb    D6sus

Struggling to live


[Verse 3]

                  A5

She goes to queue up

Bb5              F5

Snakes round the block

C5           G5

Time to take stock

F5 Bb5        A5       G5 A5

Everything is going belly-up


Bb5         F5

On the breadline

C5        G5

Second in line

F5   Bb5            A5            G5   A5

Asks for meals that don’t need heating up


G5  G5  Bb5  B5  Bb5  G5


                A5

Body can’t warm up

Bb5         F5

Sits in the dark

C5          G5

She’s no monarch

F5 Bb5            A5          G5  A5

Bailiffs call and tell her to pay up


Bb5         F5

Brushes her teeth

C5        G5

Missing a crown

F5 Bb5           A5      G5   A5

So much for talk of levelling up


G5  G5  Bb5  B5  Bb5  G5


Instrument:      Bass

Tuning:          E A D G

Capo:            -


[Verse]

   .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   . 

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

A|-----0-----------|-----1-0---------|-----3-1-0-------|-------1-----0---| x2

E|-0-3-------------|---------3-1-----|-----------3-----|-----1---3-1---0-|


   .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .   .

G|-----------------|---------------------|

D|-----------------|---------------------|

A|-----0-----------|---1-2---1-------0---| x1

E|-0-3-----3-------|-3-----------3-----0-|


   .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   . 

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

A|-----0-----------|-----1-0---------|-----3-1-0-------|-------1-----0---| x2

E|-0-3-------------|---------3-1-----|-----------3-----|-----1---3-1---0-|


   .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .   . 

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|  

D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|

A|-----0-----------|---1-2---1-------|---2-3---2---1---|---3-4---4---5---|-5---7---------------| x1

E|-0-3-----3-------|-3-----------3---|-3---------------|-3-----3-------3-|---------------------|


[Chorus]

   .       .   .       .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   . 

G|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D|-3-----3-1---0-----0-----|-------------0---|-1-------1---1---|-5-1-----3-------|

A|---------------------3---|-1---1---1-3-----|---3---3---------|-----3-----------| x2

E|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


   .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .   .   

G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|

D|-----------------|-5---------------|---------------------|

A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------0---| x1

E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------0-|


[Outro]

   .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .   

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

A|-------1-----0---|-----------------|-----------------| x2

E|-0-1-3---3-1---0-|-----------------|-0---------------|



Hi Vis Liz

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