Hi Vis Liz

Release Date:
Friday, 3 June 2022 (Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday)

Contributors:
Chris Lane, Ed Ellis

Ableton Live Project
Mixed Masters
Mixed Stems
Unmixed Tracks

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---------------|