Chords for Ian Dury Speaks About Spasticus Autisticus (inc. The Bus Drivers Prayer)
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His latest single is called Spasticus Autisticus and has just been withdrawn after it failed to be played on radio stations
Because it was said to be in bad taste
Ian Jury who was partly crippled after a childhood attack of polio wrote the song to mark the international year of the disabled
But it seems that some people found the lyrics offensive.
I'll be talking to him in a moment
But first a little touch of the song
[E] I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus autisticus
I riddle [C#] when I piddle, cause my middle [A] is a [E] riddle
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus autisticus
I [C#] scribble when I nibble and I quibble [A] when I [Em] scribble
Hello to you up there in [C] Northland
Ian Jury, [D#] when they wouldn't play it on the radio as it were, were you very angry?
Well, it was a pre-emptive anger in that I didn't think they were going to play it when I wrote it
So, I was not surprised but still, I wrote it knowing that it was going to be blanked a bit
[F] But you wrote it obviously in all seriousness
Were you not able to persuade any [N] of them beforehand that they maybe should play it for obvious reasons?
Well, on the single bag, I wrote, I can't remember, I don't think I've got one
But on the single bag there's what's supposed to be an explanatory note
Which is about my tribe being knowing no race or creed and paying no heed to such things
It could be rich or poor, it's, disablement can get anybody
And it was really about spasticus being a slave who wished to be free
I put it at the bottom, we too are determined to be free
And it's based on, the idea of spasticus is based on a film called Spartacus
Which had Kirk Douglas in it
And at the end bit, they say, which one of you is Spartacus?
And he goes, I'm Spartacus
And they all go, I'm Spartacus
And they hung everybody, confessed
That's really the theme of it
[G] No, because an institution like the BBC or the IBA is institutionalized
And I knew that, and I really wrote it partly because of that
[D] Have you met many people who actually would admit to you that they would [D#] be offended by the words, by the theme, by the attitude of it all?
I've heard of a couple of people, I have met, in fact, on a telephone program in London last week
I met a disabled woman over the phone who was very offended by it
And my mother was very worried
And we did a gig for Mencap, which is a mental charity organization
And we did a gig for it, and my mother was sitting next to a mother and a spastic child
And she was very worried about the child being upset, or even [C#] the mother being upset
[N] And I met a man from the Spastics Association, Spastics Society
He was also quite upset, he thought I was exaggerating the negative aspects of being disabled
But I don't think he was right, and I think that the radical, so-called radical spastic societies and theater groups
So far, have all been very glad I wrote it, and they say that they're, in a way, they're proud of it
It's not just about spastics, it's about everything
I wrote the word spasticus autisticus, because I don't know anything about autism, and I don't understand it
I know that it's one of the most frightening things that there must be for a parent to have an autistic child
And not even know why the child is
I'm going to try to turn you, just in the last few seconds, into a more cheerful note
And I know that your father was a bus driver in London
I know that you have a bus driver's prayer
Can you tell me, [G] tell it to me?
Yeah, well, it'll take me out of it, won't it?
Right
Oh, over the microphone
Our father, who art in Hendon, Harrow Road be thy name
Thy Kingston come, thy Wimbledon, inerith as it is in Hendon
Give us this day our Berkhamstead, and forgive us our Westminster
As we forgive those who Westminster against us
For thine is the Kingston, the pearly and the crawly, for Ivor and Ivar, crouching
Wonderful, thank you very [D] much
Perfect, I [Em] enjoyed that
Hello to you, my very [C] noble hand
[E] You may not comprehend, but they'll understand
As I [Bm] go past your window, [Am] give me lucky [Em] looks
You can read my body, but [C] you'll never read my books
[E] I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm
Because it was said to be in bad taste
Ian Jury who was partly crippled after a childhood attack of polio wrote the song to mark the international year of the disabled
But it seems that some people found the lyrics offensive.
I'll be talking to him in a moment
But first a little touch of the song
[E] I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus autisticus
I riddle [C#] when I piddle, cause my middle [A] is a [E] riddle
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus autisticus
I [C#] scribble when I nibble and I quibble [A] when I [Em] scribble
Hello to you up there in [C] Northland
Ian Jury, [D#] when they wouldn't play it on the radio as it were, were you very angry?
Well, it was a pre-emptive anger in that I didn't think they were going to play it when I wrote it
So, I was not surprised but still, I wrote it knowing that it was going to be blanked a bit
[F] But you wrote it obviously in all seriousness
Were you not able to persuade any [N] of them beforehand that they maybe should play it for obvious reasons?
Well, on the single bag, I wrote, I can't remember, I don't think I've got one
But on the single bag there's what's supposed to be an explanatory note
Which is about my tribe being knowing no race or creed and paying no heed to such things
It could be rich or poor, it's, disablement can get anybody
And it was really about spasticus being a slave who wished to be free
I put it at the bottom, we too are determined to be free
And it's based on, the idea of spasticus is based on a film called Spartacus
Which had Kirk Douglas in it
And at the end bit, they say, which one of you is Spartacus?
And he goes, I'm Spartacus
And they all go, I'm Spartacus
And they hung everybody, confessed
That's really the theme of it
[G] No, because an institution like the BBC or the IBA is institutionalized
And I knew that, and I really wrote it partly because of that
[D] Have you met many people who actually would admit to you that they would [D#] be offended by the words, by the theme, by the attitude of it all?
I've heard of a couple of people, I have met, in fact, on a telephone program in London last week
I met a disabled woman over the phone who was very offended by it
And my mother was very worried
And we did a gig for Mencap, which is a mental charity organization
And we did a gig for it, and my mother was sitting next to a mother and a spastic child
And she was very worried about the child being upset, or even [C#] the mother being upset
[N] And I met a man from the Spastics Association, Spastics Society
He was also quite upset, he thought I was exaggerating the negative aspects of being disabled
But I don't think he was right, and I think that the radical, so-called radical spastic societies and theater groups
So far, have all been very glad I wrote it, and they say that they're, in a way, they're proud of it
It's not just about spastics, it's about everything
I wrote the word spasticus autisticus, because I don't know anything about autism, and I don't understand it
I know that it's one of the most frightening things that there must be for a parent to have an autistic child
And not even know why the child is
I'm going to try to turn you, just in the last few seconds, into a more cheerful note
And I know that your father was a bus driver in London
I know that you have a bus driver's prayer
Can you tell me, [G] tell it to me?
Yeah, well, it'll take me out of it, won't it?
Right
Oh, over the microphone
Our father, who art in Hendon, Harrow Road be thy name
Thy Kingston come, thy Wimbledon, inerith as it is in Hendon
Give us this day our Berkhamstead, and forgive us our Westminster
As we forgive those who Westminster against us
For thine is the Kingston, the pearly and the crawly, for Ivor and Ivar, crouching
Wonderful, thank you very [D] much
Perfect, I [Em] enjoyed that
Hello to you, my very [C] noble hand
[E] You may not comprehend, but they'll understand
As I [Bm] go past your window, [Am] give me lucky [Em] looks
You can read my body, but [C] you'll never read my books
[E] I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm
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_ _ His latest single is called Spasticus Autisticus and has just been withdrawn after it failed to be played on radio stations
Because it was said to be in bad taste
Ian Jury who was partly crippled after a childhood attack of polio wrote the song to mark the international year of the disabled
But it seems that some people found the lyrics offensive.
I'll be talking to him in a moment
But first a little touch of the song
[E] I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus autisticus _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I riddle [C#] when I piddle, cause my middle [A] is a [E] riddle
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus autisticus _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I [C#] scribble when I nibble and I quibble [A] when I [Em] scribble
Hello to you up there in [C] Northland
_ Ian Jury, [D#] when they wouldn't play it on the radio as it were, were you very angry? _
Well, it was a pre-emptive anger in that I didn't think they were going to play it when I wrote it
So, _ _ I was not surprised but still, I wrote it knowing that it was going to be blanked a bit
[F] But you wrote it obviously in all seriousness
Were you not able to persuade any [N] of them beforehand that they maybe should play it for obvious reasons?
Well, on the single bag, _ I wrote, I can't remember, I don't think I've got one
But on the single bag there's what's supposed to be an explanatory note
Which is about my tribe being knowing no race or creed and paying no heed to such things
It could be rich or poor, it's, disablement can get anybody
And it was really about _ spasticus being a slave who wished to be free
I put it at the bottom, we too are determined to be free
And it's based on, the idea of spasticus is based on a film called Spartacus
Which had Kirk Douglas in it
And at the end bit, they say, which one of you is Spartacus?
And he goes, I'm Spartacus
And they all go, I'm Spartacus
And they hung everybody, confessed
_ That's really the theme of it
[G] No, _ because an institution like the BBC or the IBA is institutionalized
And I knew that, and I really wrote it partly because of that
[D] Have you met many people who actually would admit to you that they would [D#] be offended by the words, by the theme, by the attitude of it all?
I've heard of a couple of people, I have met, in fact, on a telephone program in London last week
I met a disabled woman over the phone who was very offended by it
And _ my mother was very worried
And we did a gig for Mencap, which is a mental charity _ organization
And we did a gig for it, and my mother was sitting next to a mother and a spastic child
And she was very worried about the child being upset, or even [C#] the mother being upset
[N] And I met a man from the Spastics Association, Spastics Society
He was also quite upset, he thought I was exaggerating the negative aspects of being disabled
But I don't think he was right, and I think that the radical, so-called radical spastic societies and theater groups
So far, have all been very glad I wrote it, and they say that they're, in a way, they're proud of it
It's not just about spastics, it's about everything
I wrote the word spasticus autisticus, because I don't know anything about autism, and I don't understand it
I know that it's one of the most frightening things that there must be for a parent to have an autistic child
And not even know why the child is_
I'm going to try to turn you, just in the last few seconds, into a more cheerful note
And I know that your father was a bus driver in London
I know that you have a bus driver's prayer
Can you tell me, [G] tell it to me?
Yeah, well, it'll take me out of it, won't it?
Right
Oh, over the microphone
Our father, who art in Hendon, Harrow Road be thy name
Thy Kingston come, thy Wimbledon, inerith as it is in Hendon
Give us this day our Berkhamstead, and forgive us our Westminster
As we forgive those who Westminster against us
For thine is the Kingston, the pearly and the crawly, for Ivor and Ivar, _ crouching _ _ _
_ Wonderful, thank you very [D] much
Perfect, I [Em] enjoyed that
Hello to you, my very [C] noble hand
_ [E] You may not comprehend, but they'll understand
_ As I [Bm] go past your window, [Am] give me lucky [Em] looks
_ You can read my body, but [C] you'll never read my books
[E] I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm
Because it was said to be in bad taste
Ian Jury who was partly crippled after a childhood attack of polio wrote the song to mark the international year of the disabled
But it seems that some people found the lyrics offensive.
I'll be talking to him in a moment
But first a little touch of the song
[E] I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus autisticus _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I riddle [C#] when I piddle, cause my middle [A] is a [E] riddle
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus autisticus _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I [C#] scribble when I nibble and I quibble [A] when I [Em] scribble
Hello to you up there in [C] Northland
_ Ian Jury, [D#] when they wouldn't play it on the radio as it were, were you very angry? _
Well, it was a pre-emptive anger in that I didn't think they were going to play it when I wrote it
So, _ _ I was not surprised but still, I wrote it knowing that it was going to be blanked a bit
[F] But you wrote it obviously in all seriousness
Were you not able to persuade any [N] of them beforehand that they maybe should play it for obvious reasons?
Well, on the single bag, _ I wrote, I can't remember, I don't think I've got one
But on the single bag there's what's supposed to be an explanatory note
Which is about my tribe being knowing no race or creed and paying no heed to such things
It could be rich or poor, it's, disablement can get anybody
And it was really about _ spasticus being a slave who wished to be free
I put it at the bottom, we too are determined to be free
And it's based on, the idea of spasticus is based on a film called Spartacus
Which had Kirk Douglas in it
And at the end bit, they say, which one of you is Spartacus?
And he goes, I'm Spartacus
And they all go, I'm Spartacus
And they hung everybody, confessed
_ That's really the theme of it
[G] No, _ because an institution like the BBC or the IBA is institutionalized
And I knew that, and I really wrote it partly because of that
[D] Have you met many people who actually would admit to you that they would [D#] be offended by the words, by the theme, by the attitude of it all?
I've heard of a couple of people, I have met, in fact, on a telephone program in London last week
I met a disabled woman over the phone who was very offended by it
And _ my mother was very worried
And we did a gig for Mencap, which is a mental charity _ organization
And we did a gig for it, and my mother was sitting next to a mother and a spastic child
And she was very worried about the child being upset, or even [C#] the mother being upset
[N] And I met a man from the Spastics Association, Spastics Society
He was also quite upset, he thought I was exaggerating the negative aspects of being disabled
But I don't think he was right, and I think that the radical, so-called radical spastic societies and theater groups
So far, have all been very glad I wrote it, and they say that they're, in a way, they're proud of it
It's not just about spastics, it's about everything
I wrote the word spasticus autisticus, because I don't know anything about autism, and I don't understand it
I know that it's one of the most frightening things that there must be for a parent to have an autistic child
And not even know why the child is_
I'm going to try to turn you, just in the last few seconds, into a more cheerful note
And I know that your father was a bus driver in London
I know that you have a bus driver's prayer
Can you tell me, [G] tell it to me?
Yeah, well, it'll take me out of it, won't it?
Right
Oh, over the microphone
Our father, who art in Hendon, Harrow Road be thy name
Thy Kingston come, thy Wimbledon, inerith as it is in Hendon
Give us this day our Berkhamstead, and forgive us our Westminster
As we forgive those who Westminster against us
For thine is the Kingston, the pearly and the crawly, for Ivor and Ivar, _ crouching _ _ _
_ Wonderful, thank you very [D] much
Perfect, I [Em] enjoyed that
Hello to you, my very [C] noble hand
_ [E] You may not comprehend, but they'll understand
_ As I [Bm] go past your window, [Am] give me lucky [Em] looks
_ You can read my body, but [C] you'll never read my books
[E] I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus, I'm spasticus
I'm