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E B [Verse 1] E B In the earliest days of my shop-lifting career E G# You could safely say I was filled with fear A B It was nail-biting work from the very start E B But several quick successes soon gave me heart [Verse 2] E B After a while I could pick and nick with ease E B Some shirts, some trousers and a few LP's A B No one ever stopped me, they didn't seem to care E B It sometimes seemed to me, there was no one there (Link) C#m F# Then a fine summers day my mate Ted and me C#m F# Set off down the West End on our usual spree C#m A Things were as normal for an hour or so B Then my nimble hands were a bit too slow [Verse 3] E B Two store-detectives made a fast approach C#m B One grabbed my jacket, (you're nicked, haha!) the other grabbed my throat A B "So we caught you at last", one said with joy E B "Been after you some time, my light-fingered boy" (Link) E C#m B C#m B A B E B (Link Vocal) C#m F# If only I'd remembered my common sense C#m F# They captured me red-handed with evidence C#m A If I go to the manager and say I'm sorry B Maybe he'll forgive me for my youthful folly (Link 2) Em D "But - but what will the social worker say Em D If - if I don't come home today? Em D He'll gimme a clout Em D What if they don't let me out? Em D I - I told 'em I'm on me own Em D Don't they understand I'm from a broken home?" [Verse 4] E B I'll tell him I'm the product of a broken home C#m Bm And I always went out on my own A B Was it too late to say I'd pay E B And I'll never steal again till the end of my days? E B Because I had no friends to call as such C#m G#m Money and possessions I did not 'ave much A B So I started to steal in order to get by E B The quickness of the hand deceives the eye E B Deceives the eye, the eye, the eye, the eye, the eye, the eye