WIDE BOY Nik Kershaw (from The Riddle)
Guitar/Bass riff: Dm Am C A# Am C x4
C# Fm F# G#
He made a record,
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it made him famous yes it made him a star,
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the life and soul of the party.
C# Fm F# G# A
He rocks, he shocks, you never know where you are with him.
A C#m7 D E
He got no sense but he got money.
A C#m7 D E F#
He got no sense but he got overnight success.
C#m F# C#m D D E
Exceed excess, exceed excee-ee-eeess.
A C#m7 D E
He no big deal, he just a wide boy.
A C#m7 D E F#
He no big deal he's just an ordinary guy.
C#m F# C#m D D E
Oh me oh my, oh me oh my-yy-yyy!
Riff: F#m C#m E D C#m E x2
Solo: F Am7 A# C x4
He made a movie.
He played the driver of a big yellow car.
He is super fab and groovy.
He struts, he crows, you never know where you are with him.
He got no sense but he got money.
He got no sense but he got overnight success.
Exceed excess, exceed excee-ee-eeess.
He no big deal, he just a wide boy.
He no big deal he's just an ordinary guy.
Oh me oh my, oh me oh my-yy-yyy!
E F# E D
(and with your) symmetry teeth and your California tan
E F# E D
I’m here to tell you that: You ain’t no superman,
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you’re just a wide boy!
Riff and fade away: F#m C#m E D C#m E
