Moving The Goalposts

   C     C/B Am   D                 C   C/B   Am  G
E|-------------------------2-----------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------3---3---3)----------------------------| 
G|----0----0----------(2-------2-------0----0------------------| 
D|---2----0----0---0------------------2----0----0--------------| 
A|--3----2----0----------------------3----2----0--(2)----------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------3-----------| 

   C                     D
I put on my raincoat to make it rain

     Em                          D
and sure enough the skies opened up again

    C                  D
I dreamed of you as I walked to the shops,

          Bm                         Em
you were dancing with the wallies on Top of the Pops

C    C/B    D
once in a while

   C      C/B      D
Gennady Gerasimov drops his smile

     C                    D
and you can see that his aim's

       Bm                  Em
a portfolio pregnant with gains

      C   C/B     D
he's been up all night

                C  C/B  Am  G
moving the goalposts

        Bm
like a jackdaw with a fiery brand,

 Em
spread the news all over this land

Am
robin hood and his merry men

     D
are never never never coming back again


[xylophone solo] :

        G               G                C               D
E|------|-3-------7---3-|---------3---5-|-3--------7--3-|-2-----------
B|------| (3)-----(7)-(3)|--------(3)-(3)|(5)------(5)(5)|(3)---------
G|------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------
D|------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-0-----------
A|------|---------------|---------------|-3-------------|-------------
E|------|-3-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------

        G               G                C               D
E|------|-3-------7---3-|---------3---5-|-7--------5--3-|-2-----------
B|------| (3)-----(7)-(3)|--------(3)-(3)|(5)------(5)(5)|(3)---------
G|------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------
D|------|---------------|---------------|-5-------------|-0-----------
A|------|---------------|---------------|-3-------------|-------------
E|------|-3-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------

[flugelhorn solo]:

        Bm              Bm              Em              Em
E|--2-0-|-------/5---3--|---------------|---------------|-------------
B|-----3| 0-1-3----------|3--------0h1-3-|3--(3/)5-------|------------
G|------|---------------|---------------|---------0-----|-------------
D|------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------
E||  
B|-| 
G||  
D||  

        C                D              C   C/B  Am     D
E|------|--------------0|---------------|---------------|-------------
B|------|----------3----|-----------0(1)| 5----3----1----|3-----------
G|-----0| 2-----2222-----|-2-------2-----|---------------|------------
D|-2-4--|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------
E||  
B|-| 
G|-| 
D||  

   C                  D
I don't believe that love should be pain

    Em                       D
so would  you please rub my back again

    C                       D
I think it's safe to leave them in the park

       Bm                       Em
let's blow out the candles and kiss in the dark


C   C/B    D
heavens above

             C           C/B       D
could this sticky stuff really be love

C      D           Bm        Em
don't get dressed yet   not yet

       C   C/B     D
we've been up all night

                 C  C/B  Am  G       .||
moving the goalposts                 .|| x 2

For the picking in the verses, use slow arpeggios, emphasising the bass
notes. In the verses, pick all the "C C/B..." runs like the ones in the
intro.

EADGBe
x32010 - C
x20010 - C/B
x02210 - Am
xx0232 - D

320033 - G
x24432 - Bm
022000 - Em

• Am
• Bm
• C
• C/B
• D
• Em
• G