Chords for Ian Dury and the Blockheads- What a waste (Revolver)
Tempo:
80.3 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Dm
A
C
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N] People have written in to [G] complain that they can't hear the lyrics.
[F] A lot more have written in to complain that they can.
I want you to listen very carefully to the Lionel Bart of the 70s, Ian Dury.
[N] Come on Ian!
[D] [Dm] [Eb]
[Dm] [A] [Eb]
[Dm] I can be the driver on articulated [Eb] loads.
I can be a mowing on water in either way.
[Dm] I can be a teacher in a classroom full of scholars.
[Eb] I can be the sergeant in a squadron full of wallows.
[F] What a waste.
[Eb]
[F] [G] So [C] as I play the fool in a six-piece band.
[Db] [A] I've got one life, [Dm] I should be damned.
To be so inclined.
[Eb] What a waste.
[C]
[Dm] [A] [Eb]
[Dm] I could be a lawyer with this strategy of bruises.
I could [Eb] be a doctor with policies and bruises.
[Dm] I could be a writer with a growing reputation.
[Eb] I could be the singing man of four-leaf clover.
[F] What a waste.
[Eb]
[F] [G]
[C] So as I play the fool in a six-piece band.
[Dbm] Last night, [A] everyone might stand.
[Dm] I should be mad to be so inclined.
[Eb] What a waste.
[C] [A] So
[Dm] [Eb] [C]
as I play the fool in a six-piece band.
[A] Last night, everyone might [Dm] stand.
I should be mad to be so [Eb] inclined.
What a waste.
[Em] [Eb]
So [G] as [C] I play [A]
[Dm] [Eb]
[C] the fool in a six-piece [A] band.
Last night, everyone might [Dm] stand.
I should be mad to be so [Eb] inclined.
What a waste.
So as I play
[C] the fool in a six-piece [A] band.
Last night, everyone might stand.
[D] I should be mad to be so [Eb] inclined.
What a waste.
[F] A lot more have written in to complain that they can.
I want you to listen very carefully to the Lionel Bart of the 70s, Ian Dury.
[N] Come on Ian!
[D] [Dm] [Eb]
[Dm] [A] [Eb]
[Dm] I can be the driver on articulated [Eb] loads.
I can be a mowing on water in either way.
[Dm] I can be a teacher in a classroom full of scholars.
[Eb] I can be the sergeant in a squadron full of wallows.
[F] What a waste.
[Eb]
[F] [G] So [C] as I play the fool in a six-piece band.
[Db] [A] I've got one life, [Dm] I should be damned.
To be so inclined.
[Eb] What a waste.
[C]
[Dm] [A] [Eb]
[Dm] I could be a lawyer with this strategy of bruises.
I could [Eb] be a doctor with policies and bruises.
[Dm] I could be a writer with a growing reputation.
[Eb] I could be the singing man of four-leaf clover.
[F] What a waste.
[Eb]
[F] [G]
[C] So as I play the fool in a six-piece band.
[Dbm] Last night, [A] everyone might stand.
[Dm] I should be mad to be so inclined.
[Eb] What a waste.
[C] [A] So
[Dm] [Eb] [C]
as I play the fool in a six-piece band.
[A] Last night, everyone might [Dm] stand.
I should be mad to be so [Eb] inclined.
What a waste.
[Em] [Eb]
So [G] as [C] I play [A]
[Dm] [Eb]
[C] the fool in a six-piece [A] band.
Last night, everyone might [Dm] stand.
I should be mad to be so [Eb] inclined.
What a waste.
So as I play
[C] the fool in a six-piece [A] band.
Last night, everyone might stand.
[D] I should be mad to be so [Eb] inclined.
What a waste.
Key:
Eb
Dm
A
C
F
Eb
Dm
A
_ _ [N] People have written in to [G] complain that they can't hear the lyrics.
[F] A lot more have written in to complain that they can.
I want you to listen very carefully to the Lionel Bart of the 70s, Ian Dury.
[N] Come on Ian! _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Dm] I can be the driver on articulated [Eb] loads.
I can be a mowing on water in either way.
[Dm] I can be a teacher in a classroom full of scholars.
[Eb] I can be the sergeant in a squadron full of wallows.
[F] What a waste.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] So _ [C] as I play the fool in a six-piece band.
[Db] _ [A] I've got one life, [Dm] I should be damned.
To be so inclined.
[Eb] What a waste.
[C] _
_ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Dm] I could be a lawyer with this strategy of bruises.
I could [Eb] be a doctor with policies and bruises.
[Dm] I could be a writer with a growing reputation.
[Eb] I could be the singing man of four-leaf clover.
[F] What a waste.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] So as I play the fool in a six-piece band.
[Dbm] Last night, [A] everyone might stand.
[Dm] I should be mad to be so inclined.
[Eb] What a waste. _
[C] _ _ _ [A] So _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [C]
as I play the fool in a six-piece band.
[A] Last night, everyone might [Dm] stand.
I should be mad to be so [Eb] inclined.
What a waste.
[Em] _ _ [Eb]
So [G] as [C] I play _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [C] _ the fool in a six-piece [A] band.
Last night, everyone might [Dm] stand.
I should be mad to be so [Eb] inclined.
What a waste. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So as I play _
_ [C] the fool in a six-piece [A] band.
Last night, everyone might stand.
[D] I should be mad to be so [Eb] inclined.
What a waste.
[F] A lot more have written in to complain that they can.
I want you to listen very carefully to the Lionel Bart of the 70s, Ian Dury.
[N] Come on Ian! _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Dm] I can be the driver on articulated [Eb] loads.
I can be a mowing on water in either way.
[Dm] I can be a teacher in a classroom full of scholars.
[Eb] I can be the sergeant in a squadron full of wallows.
[F] What a waste.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] So _ [C] as I play the fool in a six-piece band.
[Db] _ [A] I've got one life, [Dm] I should be damned.
To be so inclined.
[Eb] What a waste.
[C] _
_ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Dm] I could be a lawyer with this strategy of bruises.
I could [Eb] be a doctor with policies and bruises.
[Dm] I could be a writer with a growing reputation.
[Eb] I could be the singing man of four-leaf clover.
[F] What a waste.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] So as I play the fool in a six-piece band.
[Dbm] Last night, [A] everyone might stand.
[Dm] I should be mad to be so inclined.
[Eb] What a waste. _
[C] _ _ _ [A] So _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [C]
as I play the fool in a six-piece band.
[A] Last night, everyone might [Dm] stand.
I should be mad to be so [Eb] inclined.
What a waste.
[Em] _ _ [Eb]
So [G] as [C] I play _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [C] _ the fool in a six-piece [A] band.
Last night, everyone might [Dm] stand.
I should be mad to be so [Eb] inclined.
What a waste. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So as I play _
_ [C] the fool in a six-piece [A] band.
Last night, everyone might stand.
[D] I should be mad to be so [Eb] inclined.
What a waste.