A
Take it on the chin, take it on the

D Bm A A D Bm (F#m Am)


[Verse 1]
A                                 Bm E A
Sliding down the therapist's chair
      A                          B E
She's counting down the minutes
A
I'm digging deep and she's pretending to
    Bm E
care
A
Of if I'm honest, there's very little in
   Bm (E F#m)
it


[Pre-Chorus]
            E           F#m    A
Auntie Kathleen, retired maths queen
E
Never thought that there was anything wrong
F#m
And yet heart-ached Anthony
C#m              Bm          E
Would slap me on the back and say


[Chorus]
A                   (D F#m)                            
Take it on the chin
Bm                   A
Take a look within
          A                 (D F#m)
Won't you begin right over?
Bm                  A
Take it on the chin, take it on the chin

A                        (D F#m)
Take it on the chin
Bm                       C#m
Take a look within
A                           D
Won't you begin right over?
Bm                   F#m
Take it on the chin, take it on the chin
Am
Take it


[Verse 2]
A                                     B E
I'd rather be in the dentist's chair
          A
With Sir Paul Gascoigne in the summer of
   B (E) F#m
'96
A
Pinky promise, I'll pray to Saint Thomas
    B E
More
      A
Or no doubt you'll be cross with your
        B E
crucifix


[Pre-Chorus]
F#m                      C#m
Auntie Kathleen, retired maths queen
E
Never thought that there was anything wrong
F#m                         C#m
And yet heart-ached Anthony
                 E
Would slap me on the back and say


[Chorus]
A                    D
Take it on the chin
Bm                   C#
Take a look within
A                         D
Won't you begin right over?
Bm                              Am
Take it on the chin, take it on the chin
A                    (D F#m)
Take it on the chin
Bm                   C#
Take a look within
A                           (D F#m)
Won't you begin right over?
Bm                              F#m
Take it on the chin, take it on the chin

Take it

A D Bm A A D Bm A A

A F#m E D A F#m E


[Bridge]
D
Fine, honest
A
I'm fine, honest
A                       E
Fine, honestly, I'm fine
D
Fine, honest
C#m
I'm fine, honest
A                        E
Fine, honestly, I'm fine
D
Fine, honest (Honestly, I'm fine)
C#m
I'm fine, honest (Honestly, I'm fine)
A                       E
Fine, honestly, I'm fine (Honestly, I'm fine)
D
Fine, honest (Honestly, I'm fine)
Am
I'm fine, honest (Honestly, I'm fine)
E
(Honestly, I'm fine)


[Chorus]
A                   D
Take it on the chin
Bm                  C#
Take a look within
A                         D
Won't you begin right over?
Bm                               F#m      A
Take it on the chin, take it on the chin
                    (D F#m)
Take it on the chin
Bm                   C#
Take a look within
A                          D
Won't you begin right over?
Bm                               F#m
Take it on the chin, take it on the chin

Take it


[Outro]
A D Bm A A
D Bm F#m