Cm
We want Freddie for our leader
G
Freddie is a man of class
G
We want Freddie for our leader
Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass
[Verse 1]
Cm
Gentlemen and assassins and ladies of the night
G
I call upon you this evening in the hope of shedding some light
G
I can't go into detail or finger unfounded fools
Cm
But there are some here amongst us that are not playing to the rules
Cm
I've rounded up the low-life and local CID
G
Offered a free massage or else the third degree
G
There is no simple solution in this life we lead
Cm
So make things easy for yourself to the baronage concede
[Chorus]
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader
G
Freddie is a man of class
G
We want Freddie for our leader
Cm G Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass
[Verse 2]
Cm
Peace shall not prevail in Purley came the stark warning today
G
From his hospital bed Drip Fed Fred vowed he was here to stay
G Cm
"I'll tell you something for nothing", he claimed, "Never in all my nights
G Cm
Have I felt so intimidated by the cheap tactics on display"
[Piano Solo]
Cm G7 Cm
[Interlude]
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
[Chorus]
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader
G
Freddie is a man of class
G
We want Freddie for our leader
Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass
[Verse 3]
Cm
And approaching the pulpit, the Right Honourable Reverend Greene
Cm
"We're gathered here this evening to pay our due respects
G
To Drip Fed Fred who late last night fell out of his prison bed
G
We know the nonce behind it, who slipped the night PD - ooh
G7 Cm
The word is out now without doubt you will answer to me"
Cm
Gentlemen and assassins and ladies of the night
G
I call upon you this evening in the hope of shedding new light
G
There is a simple solution, one called honour amongst thieves
Cm
So we'll take pity on your souls and only cap your knees
[Interlude]
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
N.C.
Ahh-ah-ah-ah
[Chorus]
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader
G
Freddie is a man of class
G
We want Freddie for our leader
Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass
Cm
We want Freddie for our leader
G
Freddie is a man of class
G
We want Freddie for our leader
Cm
All stand and raise your champagne glass...
