[intro.]
 
        Em | Bm | Bm | A | G | F | B7/A
 
        Em | Gdim | Am6/F# | B7/A | Em

    Em
 It's a mystery to me
 
 Bm
 The game commences
 
 Bm                 A
 For the usual fee     plus expenses
 
 G                              F
    confidential information         it's in a diary
 
 B7
    this is my investigation
 
 Em              Gdim        Am    Em
    not a public enquiry
 
 (chord progress, timing exactly the same as above)
 
 I go checking on the reports
 Digging up the dirt
 You got to meet all sorts     in this line of work
     treachery and treason     there's always an excuse forit
     and when i find the reason
     i still can't get used to it.
 
 Em       D
 
 [chorus]
 
 G                                                  D
   and what have you got     at the end of the day
 
 Am                        Em              D
   and what have you got     to take away
 
 G                  C        D
   a bottle of whisky        and a new set of lies
 
 C                               B
   blinds on the window and    a pain behind the eyes.
 
 [intro.] part sets in ......
 
                   Am                   B7
 Scarred for life       no compensation  
  
 
(all quiet)
    private, hum (with nasal effect),
 =====================================
                  |  x     x     x     x | ---> 4 beats
 Investa.ga...tion (base starts right 
 AFTER the sound of "tion" stops)