LOOKING AFTER NO. 1 - The Boomtown Rats
After looking on tab on here, some of them didn't have the guitar chord change
half way through. This is copied from the 1977 sheet music.
Intro: drums for 2 and half bars then D A
E E D A
The world owes me a living
E E D A
I waited on this dole queue too long
E
I've been standin' in the rain for fifteen minutes -
D A E
that's a quarter of an hour too long
A E A E
oh oh ho, oh oh ho
E E D A
I'll take all they can give me
E E D A
And then I'm gonna ask for more
E
Cos the money's buried deep in the bank of England
D A E
and I want the key to the vault
Chorus: A F#m N.C. D E A D E
I'm gonna take your money! Count your loss when I'm gone.
A F#m N.C. D E (N.C.) D A
I'm alright Jack! Lookin' after number one
E E D A
If I want something I get it
E E D A
Don't matter what I have to do
E
I'll step on your face, on your mother's grave
D A E
never underestimate me I'm nobody's fool
A E A E
oh oh ho, oh oh ho
E D A
I don't owe no-one nothing
E D A
If it's me, they must come to
E E E E
Stop, look, think, baby
D A E
I always get what I want and I want to get you
(Repeat chorus)
E A E A
Don't wanna be like you, I don't wanna live like you
E A D A E A(strum)
Don't wanna talk like you, you, you, at all
One Hit Chords: B/ B A/ B/B A/ B / B D/ E E/ (DRUM ROLL BEHIND STRUMMS)
Number one
Solo Chords: B / B / A / A / G / G / F#7 / F#7 E B/
F# E B
Don't give me love thy neighbour
F# E B
Don't give me charity
F#
Don't give me peace and love or the good lord above,
E B F#
you only get in my way with your stupid ideas
B F# B F#
oh oh ho, oh oh ho
F# E B
I am an island
F# E B
Entire of myself
F#
And when I get old, older than today
E B F#
I'll never need anybody's help in any way.
(Repeat chorus)
F# B F# B
Don't wanna be like you, I don't wanna live like you
F# B E B F# (strum)
Don't wanna talk like you, you, at all
F# F# F# B
I'm gonna be like, I'm gonna be like, I'm gonna be like - Me!
