Blur (album) Chords - Blur






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BEETLEBUM
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INTRO
A

VERSE

A          C

Beetlebum, what you done? 

F
She's your gu-u-u-un,

G                  Bb 
Now what you done, Beetlebum?

A                  
Get nothing done (hey,a ay a)

C
You Beetlebum (oo ah oo)

F
Just get numb

G                     Bb            
Now what've you done, Beetlebum

A

CHORUS

N.C.
And when she lets me slip

C         Bm 
away, She turns me on and

Am                 F
all my violence is gone, nothing is wrong

Am      F 
I just slip away and 

Fm
I am gone

C    Bm
Nothing is wrong
Am   F

She turns me on

Am     F             Fm   C
I just slip away and I am gone


VERSE 

Beetlebum, because you're young
She's a gu-u-u-un
Now what you've done, Beetlebum?
She'll suck your thumb, she'll make you come
Coz, she's your gun
Now what you've done, Beetlebum?

CHORUS

N.C.
And when she lets me slip

C         Bm 
away, She turns me on and

Am                 F
all my violence is gone, nothing is wrong

Am      F 
I just slip away and 

Fm
I am gone

C    Bm
Nothing is wrong

Am   F
She turns me on

Am     F             Fm   
I just slip away and I am 


END (repeated 5 times)

A
He's on, he's on, he's on it
C
He's on, he's on, he's on it
F
He's on, he's on, he's on it
G
He's on, he's on, he's on it

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 SONG 2
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INTRO

F  Eb  Ab  Bb  C  x2


F    Eb   Ab   Bb   C       
Wah hoo!

F    Eb   Ab   Bb   C      
Wah hoo!


VERSE

F     Eb          Ab   Bb   C
I got my head checked

F     Eb          Ab   Bb   C
By a jumbo jet

F     Eb          Ab   Bb   C
It wasnt easy

F     Eb          Ab   Bb   C
But nothing is, no

CHORUS

F     Eb          Ab   Bb   C
Wah hoo!

F     Eb          Ab   Bb   C
When I feel heavy metal!

F     Eb          Ab   Bb   C
Wah hoo!

F     Eb          Ab   Bb   C
When I'm pins and I'm needles!

F     Eb          Ab   Bb   C
Wah hoo!

F     Eb          Ab   Bb   C
Well I lie and I'm easy

F                        Ab
All of the time when I'm never sure why I need you

Db
Pleased to meet ya!

F     Eb          Ab   Bb   C  x2

VERSE

I got my head done
When I was young
It's not my problem
It's not my problem

CHORUS

Wah hoo!
When I feel heavy metal!
Wah hoo!
When I'm pins and I'm needles!
Wah hoo!
Well I lie and I'm easy,
All of the time when I'm never sure why I need you
Pleased to meet ya!

END

F     Eb          Ab   Bb   C
Yeah yeah!

F     Eb          Ab   Bb   C

Yeah yeah!
F     Eb          Ab   Bb   C

Yeah yeah!

Oh, yeah

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       G|----3----|
       D|---------|
       A|---------|
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COUNTRY SAD BALLAD MAN
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INTRO

C       Bm      G       F       E       B   x2

VERSE

C       Bm      G
Yeah, I found nowhere

C       Bb      G
It got to know me

C       Bm      G
Let me sleep all day

C       Bb      G
Spend the money

C       Bm      G
I haven't felt my legs

C       Bb      G
Since the summer

C       Bm      G
And I don't call my friends

C       Bb      G 
Forgot their numbers


CHORUS

F        G      F
VIP 223

G          F
I had my chances

G        F 
Or did they have me

G        F     
Now stay up nights

G       F
Watch TV

Dm         B  C  B
Country sad

Bb
I'm a ballad man

VERSE

C       Bm      G       F       E       B  

C       Bm        G
I'm on a comeback roll

C       Bb        G
Yeah, I'm a blizzard

C       Bm        G
And in my motor home

C       Bb        G
Sweat on my pillow all night

CHORUS

VIP 223
I've had my chances
And they had me
Now stay up nights
Watch TV
I'm country sad
I'm a ballad man

SOLO

C       Bm      G       F       E       B  x3

C       Bm      G       F

CHORUS

VIP 223
I've had my chances
And they had me
Now stay up nights
Watch TV
I'm country sad

END

C#

D     C#    G     B  C#    D    C#
I'm a ballad man

G       B     
(I think I'm catching)

C#        D      C#
Cos I'm a ballad man

G           B
(I live the money)

C#        D      C#
Cos I'm a ballad man

G                  B
(I've a life on my hands)

C#       D       C#
Cos I'm a ballad man

G              B
(I think it's catching)

Cos I'm a
D         F   G   A  x6

end on D7 with C

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M.O.R.
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INTRO

D

VERSE

D
It's automatic (It's automatic)

E7
I need to unload (Need to unload)

Dm
Under the pressure (Under the pressure)

D
Gone middle of the road (Middle of the road)

Fall into fashion (Fall into fashion)

E7
Fall out again (Fall out again)

Dm
We stick together (We stick together)

D
Cos it never ends (It never ends)

CHORUS

D     A              
Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl)

G           A
Here comes a high (The only ones in the world)

G
Here comes everything (You and me we'll work it out)

D        A
Here it comes
 
                       D
You, me, we'll work it out

VERSE

Here comes tomorrow (Here comes tomorrow)
One, two, three episodes (Three episodes)
We stick together (We stick together)
Gone middle of the road (Middle of the road)
Cos that's entertainment (That's entertainment)
It's the sound of the wheel (Sound of the wheel)
It rolls on forever (Roll, roll forever)
Yeah you know how it feels (Know how it feels)

CHORUS

Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl)
Here comes a high (The only ones in the world)
Here comes everything (Like monkeys out in space)
Here it comes (We are members of the human race)

Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl)
Here comes a high (The only ones in the world)
Here comes everything (You and me we'll work it out)
Here it comes
You, me, we'll work it out

VERSE

N.C.
It's automatic (It's automatic)
I need to unload (Need to unload)
Under the pressure (Under the pressure)
Gone middle of the road (Middle of the road)

CHORUS

Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl)
Here comes a high (The only ones in the world)
Here comes everything (Like monkeys in outer space)
Here it comes (We are members of the human race)

Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl)
Here comes a high (The only ones in the world)
Here comes everything (You and me we'll work it out)
Here it comes
You, me, we'll work it out

END

D

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 ON YOUR OWN
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the same chord sequence is repeated  all the way through- except at the little bit
where graham just mutes the strings in the middle

VERSE

B                    E              F#7
Holy man tiptoed his way across the Ganges

B                  E            F#7
The sound of magic music in his ears

B            A           E        F#7
Videoed by a bus load of tourists

B                   E             F#7
Shiny shellsuits on, and drinking lemonade.

Now, I've got a funny feeling which I bought mail order
From a man in a tee-pee, California.
He said he once was the great game show performer
Then he blew all his money away,
Blew it all away.

CHORUS

So take me home, don't leave me alone
I'm not that good, but I'm not that bad
No psycho killer, hooligan geurilla
I dream to riot, oh you should try it
I'll eat parole, get gold card soul
My joy of life is on a roll
And we'll all be the same in the end
Cos then you're on your own
Then you're on your own

VERSE

Well, we all go happy day glow in the disco
The sound of magic music in our brains
Someone stumbles to the bathroom with the horrors
Says Lord, give me time, for I've jumped into space
I'm in outer space.

CHORUS

So take me home, don't leave me alone
I'm not that good, but I'm not that bad
No psycho killer, hooligan geurilla
I dream to riot, oh you should try it
I'll eat parole, get gold card soul
My joy of life is on a roll
And we'll all be the same in the end
Cos then you're on your own
Then you're on your own

So take me home, don't leave me alone
I'm not that good, but I'm not that bad
No psycho killer, hooligan guerilla
I dream to riot, oh you should try it
I'll eat parole, get gold card soul
My joy of life is on a roll
And we'll all be the same in the end
Cos then you're on your own

Then you're on your own 

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THEME FROM RETRO
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VERSE

Dm   A   Dm x4

CHORUS

Dm  F#m  Bb  A x2

VERSE

Dm   A   Dm x4

CHORUS

Dm  F#m  Bb  A x2

END

Dm   A   Dm x4

end on Dm


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YOU'RE SO GREAT
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INTRO

D#m  E      F#

VERSE

F#              D#m
Sad, drunk, and poorly

Bmaj7            F#
Sleeping really late

F#              D#m
Sad, drunk, and poorly

Bmaj7           G#m4
Not feeling so great

F#        E                      B
Wandering lost in a town full of frowns

F            D#m
Sad, drunk, and poorly

Bmaj7          G#m        E       C#sus2
Dogs digging up the ground

CHORUS

F#             D#m
And I feel the light

A#m                     B
In the night and in the day

F#             D#m
And I feel the light

A#m                 G#m4
When the sky's just mud and grey

F#             D#m 
And I feel the light

A#m                   E       F#   E  F#   E   F#
When you tell me it's OK

E                          G#m
Cos you're so great, and I love you

SOLO

F#   D#m   Bmaj7  F#

F#   D#m   Bmaj7  G#m
F#   E            B

F#   D#m   Bmaj7  E       

Tea, tea and coffee
Helps to start the day
Tea, tea and coffee
Shaking all the way
City's alive and, surprise, so am I
Tea, tea and coffee
Get no sleep today

And I feel the light
In the night and in the day
And I feel the light
When the sky's just mud and grey
And I feel the light
When you tell me it's OK
Cos you're so great, and I love you

END

F#     D#m
E      Em     B     C# 
    
D#m
E      Em     B     C#

D#m
E      Em     B     C#

D#m    
E      Em     B     C#

D#m    E

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 DEATH OF A PARTY
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VERSE

F#               Bm
The death of the party

F#               Bm
Came as no surprise

F#               Bm
Why did we bother?

F#               Bm
Should have stayed away

CHORUS

D
Another night

Bm
And I thought Well, well

D                      Bm
Go to another party and hang myself
Gently on the shelf

VERSE

F#               Bm
The death of the teenager
F#               Bm
Standing on his own
F#               Bm
Why did he bother?
F#               Bm
Should have slept alone

CHORUS

Another night
And I thought Well, well
Go to another party and hang myself
Gently on the shelf

INTERLUDE

F#   Bm x4

CHORUS

Another night
And I thought Well, well
Go to another party and hang myself
Gently on the shelf 

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 CHINESE BOMBS
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INTRO

Ab    Db  C  B     Ab   B  Bb  A  x2

VERSE

Ab       Fm Ab Fm  Ab  Fm                        
He makes an inner arm block

Fm   Ab    Fm   Ab
Then kicks from behind

Fm  Ab      Fm   Ab
The lights, they go off

Fm  Ab Fm  Ab    Bb
But he can fight blind

Bb  Db Bb  Db  Bb
Cos he got the touch

Bb  Db Bb    Db   Ab   
And he won't live long

Fm  Ab   Fm   Ab   Fm
He comes from Hong Kong

Fm    Ab      Fm  Ab
Where justice is done

CHORUS

C             Ab   Bb   Ab
Chinese bombs,

C             Ab   Bb   Ab         
Mllions jump,

C             Ab   Bb   Ab
Chairman's junk,
 
C             Ab   Bb   Ab
USA,

G             F#   F    E
Won't somebody, 

G             F#   F    E
Won't somebody

Ab    Db  C  B     Ab   B  Bb  A
Sink the place!

Ab    Db  C  B     Ab   B  Bb  A  x2

VERSE

Got a call to go to Soho
The dragon said go
Let everyone know
That you got the touch
You come from Hong Kong
Where justice is done
Where people are strong
But you won't live long

CHORUS

C             Ab   Bb   Ab
Chinese bombs,

C             Ab   Bb   Ab 
Millions jump,

C             Ab   Bb   Ab
Chairman's junk,
 
C             Ab   Bb   Ab
USA,

C             Ab   Bb   Ab
Bruce Lee come, 

C             Ab   Bb   Ab
Save the day,

C             Ab   Bb   Ab
Bruce Lee come 

C             Ab   Bb   Ab
The Chinese way!
 

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 I'M JUST A KILLER FOR YOUR LOVE
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INTRO

G     Bb  B  C     Bb     G  x2  

VERSE

Gm
I heard a man who had no lungs
He took me in and made me lunch
Told me how I'd lost a friend
He smiled at me - that was the end

And I said,


CHORUS

G                          Bb    B
I'm just a killer for your love

C          Bb              G
I'm just a killer for your love

G                          Bb    B
I'm just a killer for your love

C          Bb               G
I'm just a killer for your love

VERSE

Cut my hair off in the road
I tear my coat off, drop my load
Wipe my hands on the grass
Cos now I know nothing will last

CHORUS

And I said,
I'm just a killer for your love
I'm just a killer for your love
I'm just a killer for your love
I'm just a killer for your love 

(fade out with chorus chords)


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 L00K INSIDE AMERICA
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INTRO

G    G/F#     Em      Em w/D         
Good morning, lethargy

F              C         Am
Drink pepsi is good for energy

G             G/F#         Em        Em w/D    
The bath's on, smoke in the bedroom

F               C            Am
Sore throat and on my neck a nasty bruise

D          
Where it came from, well I don't know

G                              Bm  Am          
We played last night, it was a good show


VERSE

G    G/F#     Em      Em w/D 
Got the play out, second rate chatshow

F              C         Am
It's a nation wide deal, so you gotta go

G             G/F#         Em        Em w/D 
Chuck from the company says it will be alright

F               C            Am
Got an ad on KROQ and there's an in-store tonight

D 
Well I build things up, then I let them go

G                           Bm  Am 
Got to get time share on the radio


CHORUS

G           F        C              D
Look inside America, she's alright, she's alright

Eb              Bb 
Sitting out the distance

Eb                    C#       D                      
But I'm not trying to make her mine 

G     F        C              D 
Looking for America, with its kooky nights and suicide

Eb                      Bb
Where the TV says it's alright

Eb         C#                            D
Coz' everybody's hung up on something or other


VERSE

Steppin' off in 20, so the driver says
I should sleep tonight
But I think I'll watch videos instead
Annie Hall leaves NY in the end
Press rewind and Woody gets her back again
And the whole world could pass through me
But I don't know if it means much to me

CHORUS

Look inside America
She's alright, she's alright
Sitting out the distance
But I'm not trying to make her mine
Looking for America
With its kooky nights and suicide
Where the TV says it's alright
Coz everybody's strung out on something or other

INTERLUDE

G       A     Am      D

G       A     Am      D      

Am            C


D
And the whole world could pass through me

G        G/F#   G/E  G/D          Bm  Am 
But I don't know if it means much to me


END

G   F   C   D x3

Ooh, ah oh, ah oh
G     F     Bm Am


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 STRANGE NEWS FROM ANOTHER STAR
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INTRO

DSUS4   D   Bb   D   Bb    D

VERSE

Bb            D
All I want to be

Bb                   D
Is washed out by the sea

Bb                 D
No Death Star over me

Bb                D
Won't give me any peace

Bb                    D
All I want is light relief

Bb                      D
Put the crazies on the street

Bb                           D
Give them guns and feed them meat

Bb                           D
They'll shoot the Death Star down

Bb                    D
Dig a hole and put it down

Bb                    E         G
A thousand miles underground

CHORUS

C#m7              G#m6    
They say it's no game

G                                 Bm
There's strange news from another star

C#m7          C
I'm lost, I'm lost

G                                 Bm
There's strange news from another star


N.C.         D

VERSE

Give me all your stuff
Until I can't get up
Watch the whole world freeze
Counting tin cans in our sleep
Submarines are diving deep
And don't believe in me
And don't believe in me
All I've ever done is tame
Will you love me all the same
Will you love me though it's always the same

CHORUS

They say it's no game
There's strange news from another star
I'm lost, I'm lost
There's strange news from another star
From another star
From another star
From another star 

END

Bm/E

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 MOVIN' ON
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INTRO

Bb     Ab    F    Bb    F   Eb x3

VERSE

Bb        Ab  F
At the music heist

Bb        F    Eb
I met the gourmet man

Bb        Ab  F
With aluminium lungs

Bb        F    Eb
Sucks out all he can

Bb        Ab  F
He sees the whole world go flip

Bb        F    Eb
In a stunt bug style

Bb        Ab  F
Cos he's a parasite

Bb        F    Eb
With a cellulite pile
Well he can smile

CHORUS

Bb         

C               Eb
Cos this is the music

Db7
Movin' on, we're movin' on

Bb

C                Eb
Hey, this is the music

Db7
Movin' on, we're movin' on

VERSE

Sticky eyes and sticky bones
You get no time on your own
You get a dose and a ghost
You get it coast to coast
Now you dye your hair black
Get Satan tattooed on your back
You pierce yourself with a Coke can
And rub yourself with fake tan
Now you're in the band

CHOUS

Bb 

C               Eb
Cos this is the music

Db7
Movin' on, we're movin' on

Bb 

C               Eb
Hey, this is the music

Db7
Movin' on, we're movin' on

Bb 

C                                 Eb 
No matter how low, there's always further to go

Db7
When you're movin' on, you're movin' on

Bb 

C                                 Eb 
No matter how low, there's always somewhere to go

Db7
Movin on, we're movin' on
Won't be long before we're gone

INTERLUDE

Bb  Ab   F       Eb   C   Gb x4

CHORUS 

Hey, this is the music
Movin' on, we're movin' on
Yeah, this is the music
Movin' on, we're movin' on
No matter how low
Theres always further to go
Movin' on, you're movin' on
No matter how low
There's always further to go

END

Db7

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 ESSEX DOGS 
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INTRO

A   F#m  x11


VERSE

A

F#m
I remember thinking murder in the car

A             F#m                 
Watching dogs somersault through sprinklers on tiny lawns

G#m            
I remember the graffiti

Bm
We are your children coming in with spray cans of paint

A
I remember the sunsets and the plains of cement

C                                                       A
And the way the night just seemed to turn the colour of orangeade


A                                F#m
In this town, cellular phones are hot with teens

A                          F#m
In this town, we all go to terminal pubs
It helps us sweat out those angry bits of life

G#m                         Bm
From this town, the english army grind their teeth into glass

A
You know youll get a kicking tonight

C
The smell of puke and p**s

Am
The smell of puke and p**s on your stilettos

CHORUS

Aw/b9     F#m


VERSE

A
Here comes that panic attack
F#m                   A    
My heart stops... and then it starts
F#m
Give me a drink
G#m
Ill drink your round
Bm
I take you round the pole
A
Its cold up here (I see the universe waiting by a minibus)
Youll catch the flu
C
Or youll catch the city
A
Either way, youll catch the flu
Or youll catch the city

CHORUS