Intro F Gmin Bb C F Gmin Bb C F F Bb F He came bursting out of nowhere Bb F like a sphere into the sky Bb F And he cast his light on everything Gmin Bb it was like he never died Bb F And he landed right on target Bb F But the target rolled away Bb F And it left him pointing nowhere Gmin Bb You could here the children say Bb C F G#min He's the fellow, the man who invented himself Bb C F F He's the fellow the man who invented himself And it continues in the same way for the next verse, and then, Bb F Nobody knows where he's from Bb F Nobody knows where he's gone gone gone F2 C But he's not here The F2 chord looks like this (it's still an F chord, just an inversion) (X03311)
Intro: D:-----2-2-2-0---0-------0-0-0------ A:-0-3---------3-----2-3-------3-2-0 A We head downhill, my hands fly back Our fingers freeze, our hair falls out, our hair falls out Our fingers freeze, our hair falls out The iron piston pumps and spouts D The steaming air as hot as sprouts E D A All aboard, Brenda's iron sledge No one's on top, they're comfortable They're sitting on a human chain, a human chain They're sitting on a human chain Their limbs compressed in icy slush Of freezing in a raw meat groove All aboard, Brenda's iron sledge D A E Please don't call me Reg, it's not my name The body's rear, a bucking sled Which hits a tree and falls asleep, and falls asleep Which hits a tree and that is that The grasshoppers curl up and burst And Brenda shovels on the wurst All aboard, Brenda's iron sledge Please don't call me Reg, it's not my name
The opening riff isn't really a chord,
but tabbed out I guess it would look like:
Bass plays low E...
Gtr. slides down from XXX9-11-X on beat 2,
Then X12XXX, and pull off on the A string to X02XXX.
The chord would be Em, and in both cases
the two notes are E and Bb, so let's
just refer to them as Hi and Lo, shall we?
Between couplets in the verse,
the Asus2 is just X02200, picked, with the
bass going up to B on beat 4.
Hi Lo Hi Lo
"O do policemen sing?" I heard a person cry...
Hi Lo Hi Lo Asus2
"We can do anything!" I heard the force re- ply...
And so on until...the chorus:
B: X24442
E: X79997 (bass plays A)
D: X57775 (bass plays G)
C#: X46664
C#maj7: X46564
F#: 244322
D#m: X68876
Bsus2 E D
It's true becauzza... Never argue with a rozzer...
D C# C#maj7
Never show him insolence...
F# D#m
Confidence...
The next 5 measures are picked, but if they were chords
they'd be C#: 9-11-11-10-9-9, B: 799877, and B7: 797877.
Some might choose to play these all as 7ths if they
were playing them as chords.
C# B
'Cuz who supplies the evidence?
C# B
It's not your mother, or your lover,
B7
Or your best friend's dog...
...And back to Em and the Hi-Lo verse part.
The end section:
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0-----------------3- D (XX0232)
...Our law and or-der's never-never-never-never-never gonna break down
Repeat 3 times, and on the last repeat (remember there's
an extra "never"), end (on "Down") with a chord which
might be described as E5 (add Bb): 022300.
As for the outro, it starts with the same E5 (addBb) chord,
then switches to XX4442, and up to XXX775, XXX997, XXX9-12-10,
and XXX-9-11-9, as the song fades out.
Oh do policemen sing, I heard a person cry
we can do anything, I heard the force reply
Oh do policemen sing, yes when they're in mood
and when the truncheons swing? That's when they're in the mood
it's true because-a. Never argue with a rozzer.
Never show them insolence
confidence
'cause who supplies the evidence
it's not your mother or your lover or your best friends dog
Oh do policemen dream? Yes, when they're fast asleep
And when policemen dream? It proves they're fast asleep
Oh do policemen sing? Yes if they've got the time
And when they sing for you? Just tell them they're sublime
Don't get stymied. Don't say ruddy, hell or blimey
don't complain if your beans aren't warm
Oh do policemen sing? Oh yes extremely well
haven't you heard the welsh, they really do excel
And are policemen gay? Depends on what you mean.
They are not lewd or queer but they all dig the queen
Open ended, specially when you're apprehended
taken in and
Our law and order's never never never never gonna break down
Our law and order's never never never never gonna break down
Our law and order's never never never never gonna break down
A Em D7 C G
E It don't feel much like a home without a dog It don't feel much like a pool without a frog A E It don't feel much like a world without a girl A B It don't feel much like a girl without a human being It don't feel much like a fish without a pond It don't feel much like a fence with no beyond It don't feel much like a church without a god inside It don't feel much like a bank without a lot of money B E Oh come on baby (doo-doo-doot) give me your meat It don't feel much like a foot without a shoe It don't feel much like a me without a you It don't feel much like a train without a buffet car It don't feel much like a bed when there's nobody on it Ah swallow it It don't feel much like a bath without a plug It don't feel much like a hole without a drug It don't feel much like a drug without a side effect It don't feel much like an effect if you don't love nobody Come on baby gimme your meat
* E:-0-0h3-0-3-5-3---------- E * I watch the cars go back and forth I watch the cars go back and forth I watch the cars go back and forth A(5) Sometimes south and sometimes north E * I watch the cars I hear them stopping down the street I hear them stopping down the street I hear the sound of stocking feet A(5) I wonder who they're going to meet E * I'm getting drunk inside my house I see the men inside their shells I see the men inside their shells A(5) They go to prostitutes as well Who never mind the way the smell E * The prostitutes are paid for it Alright! I hear you're gonna try that too I hear you're gonna try that too I hear you're gonna try that too A(5) I wouldn't pay to go to you I'm getting drunk inside my house again I watch the cars go back and forth I watch the cars go back and forth I watch the cars go back and forth A(5) Sometimes south and sometimes north E * I watch the cars
E D It was in the city of shame E D That I found I wasn't to blame A(5) B(7) I was looking for a weird thing or two A(5) B(7) I discovered that it had to be you It was in the city of fear That I shouted 'Is there nobody here?' Though the echo had the name on a ring Still the echo wasn't called anything D A La, la, la, la, la, la, la E A La, la, la, la, la, la, la A E La, la, la, la, la, la, la A D La, la, la, la, la, la, la It was in the city of love All the flesh I ate was never enough Though I knew it wasn't good for my soul My body hungered for the ultimate goal It was in the city of spies That I spoke with nothing but lies When they set a trap for all you could feel It's important that your mind is concealed La, la, la, la, la, la, la It was in the city of shapes That she made love to several apes She felt weird for a couple of days Pretty soon she got used to their ways It was in the city of fools That she sold her beautiful jewels Someone bought them and sold them again Now they've been bought by several men E A La, la, la, la, la, la, la E D La, la, la, la [repeat as needed]
D G The sun is shining on the ground C D I see that nothing makes a sound D C I move invisible as air G D And choose the time to disappear D C D Ah, ah, ah - I'm in love with you
The spirit started long ago
They've found somewhere they couldn't go
They spend their time just looking out
For those who never share a doubt
Ah, ah, ah, ah - they're in love with you
The seagull on the seeping sand
Can die but never understand
The oil that festers on our shore
Will cast a stain for evermore
Ah, ah, ah, ah - who's in love with that?
The gnomes are moving through the night
The sing and fiddle with delight
And we eat Weetabix and sing
About the joys that love can bring
Ah, ah, ah, ah - if they ever come
The sun is shining very hard
It melts both margarine and lard
But me I only dream of you
I hope that you are dreaming too
Ah, ah, ah, ah - I'm in love with you
Intro: [Soft Boys version]
e:-0----0-1-2-3----0-1-2-7-5-??-3-0-
[the ?? is either a 5 or a 3. Kimberly plays it very fast and
very distorted, so I can't properly tell. If you can, let me
know]
B(7) A(5)
I don't mind walking through the wind and the rain
I don't mind waiting where they cancel the train
But when I don't have love I stand and complain
E D
I hate everything that I see
I don't mind waiting 'til the end of the world
'Cause in the Universe a womb I am curled
But Armageddon when the flag is unfurled
You know the first to fall out will be me
B(7) A(5) G(3) B(7)
We are all dancing on God's thumb
We are all dancing on God's thumb
I don't mind eating off the side of the plate
I don't mind jumping off the top of the gate
There's a solution if you're willing to wait and
Believe that it's worth waiting for
'Cause if you try to look for nobody else
You find it gets too much to live for yourself
You'll still be empty though you're crawling with wealth
And you're too fat to squeeze through the door
We are all dancing on God's thumb
We are all dancing on God's thumb
We are all dancing on God's thumb
There's no use preaching like you're gonna be saved
You cannot argue with a cross and a grave
It's just a question of the way you behave
If you wanna survive on your feet
We got a bunch of crippled looners in power
Who wanna treat us to a nuclear shower
I'd give my life for just a gun and an hour
You know I'd murder them out in the street
We are all dancing on God's thumb. It's humming disco