"BENGALI IN PLATFORMS"

C    Dm   F    G      C   Dm   F     G
Bengali, Bengali    Bengali, Bengali

      Am
No no no

                           G6
he does not want to depress you

     Am
oh no no no no no

                       G6
he only wants to impress you

F          C
oh Bengali in platforms

          F                        C                       Em                 
he only wants to embrrrace your culture

         G                                                   
and to be your friend forever, forever

         C                    G        F
Bengali, Bengali

                 C                    G        F       C
Bengali, Bengali

     F                 Dm7
oh shelve your Western plans

                                       F                C                  
and understand

             F                                         
that life is hard enough when you

                 Dm7            F
belong here

C         Dm  
                                  F              G         C        Dm       F         G
A silver-studded rim that glistens

Am                                 G6          
and an ankle-star that...blinds me

         Am 
a lemon sole so very high

             G6
which only reminds me, to tell you

F                           C          
so I break the news gently

     F                              C                
I break the news to you gently

              Em                  
"Shelve your plans", shelve your plans
      G
oh shelve them

C                      
Bengali, Bengali

         G                         F                   
is the touchy march of time that binds you

C                 
dont blame me, dont hate me

     G                            F                        C
just because Im the one to tell you

                           F                                   Dm7          F       C
that life is hard enough when you belong here

                    F                            Dm7           F
life is hard enough when you belong here

G       F7       C       Em       G6
                                  C                 G                     F                                          
Oh, oh shelve your western plans

                             C                 G                        F           C                             
Oh, oh shelve your western plans

                                   F                                    Dm7                        F          C
that life is hard enough when you belong here

                F                                      Dm7              F
life is hard enough when you belong here

C            F
oh, oh

Dm7                  F
shelve your western plans

C          F
oh, oh

Dm7                 F          C
shelve your western plans, oh ...

                                 F                               Dm7            F  (fade out)
life is hard enough when you belong here

(Morrissey-Street)