Artist: Blur
Album: Parklife
Songs:
1. Song: Girls and boys
(One chord sequence throughout)
Gm C F Eb F#/F)
2. Song: Tracy Jacks
[Verse]
Gm7 A Gm7 A
(Tracy Jacks) works in civil service
Gm7 A Gm7 A
(Tracy Jacks) its steady employment
B A B A
(Tracy Jacks) is a golfing fanatic
B A B A
(Tracy Jacks) But his put is erratic
Gm7 A Gm7 A
(Tracy Jacks) saw a Harley Street Doctor
Gm7 A Gm7 A
(Tracy Jacks) who prescribed healthy living
B A B A
(Tracy Jacks) he's getting past forty
B A B
(Tracy Jacks) and all the seams are splitting
G B
Everyday he got closer
B E
He knew in his heart he was over
F#m B
Saying I'd love to stay here and be normal
B7
But its just so overrated
Gm7 A Gm7 A
(Tracy Jacks) left home without warning
Gm7 A Gm7 A
(Tracy Jacks) at five in the morning
B A B A
(Tracy Jacks) got on the first train to Walton
B A B A
(Tracy Jacks) stood on the sea front laughing
Gm7 A Gm7 A
(Tracy Jacks) ran up and down naked
Gm7 A Gm7 A
(Tracy Jacks) got stopped by the police
B A B A
(Tracy Jacks) driven back to London
G#m A B
And then it happened on a Tuesday morning
G#m A B
Tracy Jacks bulldozed down the house he lived in
B7
Saying its just so overrated
3. Song: End of the century
[Verse]
G Gmaj7
Ants in the carpet
Em Em/D
Dirty little monsters
Eb D
Eating all the morsels
Bm C
Picking up the rubbish
G Gmaj7
Give her effervescence
Em Em/D
She needs a little sparkle
Eb D
Good morning TV
Bm C
You're looking so healthy
[Chorus]
Em
We all say
D
Don't want to be alone
Em
We wear the same clothes
D
'Cos we feel the same
Em
We kiss with dry lips
D C
When we say goodnight
C
End of the century......its nothing special
[Verse]
G Gmaj7
Sex on the TV
Em Em/D
Everybody's at it
Eb D
And the mind gets dirty
Bm C
When you get clo ser to thirty
G Gmaj7
Gives her a cuddle
Em Em/D
They're glowing in a huddle
Eb D
Good night TV
Bm
You're all made up
And you're looking like me
[Chorus]
Em
We all say
D
Don't want to be alone
Em
We wear the same clothes
D
'Cos we feel the same
Em
We kiss with dry lips
D C
When we say goodnight
C
End of the century......its nothing special
[Bridge]
G F G F G F G
Can you eat her yes you can
[Chorus]
Em
We all say
D
Don't want to be alone
Em
We wear the same clothes
D
'Cos we feel the same
Em
We kiss with dry lips
D C
When we say goodnight
C
End of the century......its nothing special
[Verse]
E Esus4 E
Confidence is the preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as
Esus4
(Parklife)
E Esus4
And morning setup can be avoided if you take a route straight through
E Esus4
what is known as (Parklife)
E Esus4
John's got brewer's droop he gets intimidated by the dirty pigeons they
E Esus4
love a bit of it (Parklife)
E Esus4
Who's that gut lord marching...you should cut down on your porklife
E Esus4
mate...get some exercise
[Chorus]
E Bb B
All the people
E C B
So many people
G Em D
They all go hand in hand
C Asus4 A Bb7 B7
Hand in hand throught their parklife
[Verse]
(Same chords as verse 1)
I get up when I want, except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awaken by the
dustmen
I put my trousers on, have a cup of tea, and I think about leaving the
house
I feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too it gives me a feeling of
enormous well being
And then I'm happy of rht rest of the day safe in the knowledge there will
always be a bit of my heart devoted to it
[Chorus] (x2)
Em
We all say
D
Don't want to be alone
Em
We wear the same clothes
D
'Cos we feel the same
Em
We kiss with dry lips
D C
When we say goodnight
C
End of the century......its nothing special
4. Song: Badhead
[Verse]
G C G
So far we've not really stayed in touch
C Bb9 C G
Well I knew as much, it's no surprise that today
C G C Bb9
I'll get up round two, with nothing to do
C Am
Except get a touch of flu
[Chorus]
Am D
And I might as well just grin and bear it
C A
'Cos its not worth the trouble of an argument
Am D
And in any case I'd rather wear it
C A
Your like a bad head in the morning
And I know
(Mid 8)
Am Em Am
Am Em C (D)
[Chorus]
Am D
And I might as well just grin and bear it
C A
'Cos its not worth the trouble of an argument
Am D
And in any case I'd rather wear it
C A
Your like a bad head in the morning
And I know
5. Song: Bank Holiday
[Verse]
A G
Grandma has new dentures
A G
To eat the crust of pizza
A G
Been taken out by her daughter
A G
Because she thought she ought'a
A G
The kids are eating snickers
A G
Because they're so delicious
A G
Then there's sticky fingers
A G B C
And mother loses her knickers
[Chorus]
Eb Bb C
Bank holiday comes six times a year
Eb Bb C
Days of enjoyment to which everybody cheers
Eb Bb C
Bank holiday comes with six pack of beer
C Bb G
......then its back to work A.G.A.I.N.
[Verse]
A G
Bar-b-que is cooking
A G
Sausages and chicken
A G
The patio is buzzing
A G
The neighbours they are looking
A G
John is down the fun pub
A G
Drinking lots of lager
A G
Girls and boys are on the game
A G B C
And all the high streets look the same
[Chorus]
Eb Bb C
Bank holiday comes six times a year
Eb Bb C
Days of enjoyment to which everybody cheers
Eb Bb C
Bank holiday comes with six pack of beer
C Bb G
......then its back to work A.G.A.I.N.
6. Song: The debt collector
[Chords]
(A)A F#m B B D C B E B7
(B)E E7 C#M/E C G Em/B C A
B E B E B E E7
7. Song: Far out
[Verse]
C Eb
I spy in the night sky don't I
C Eb C Eb
Phobe Io Elara Leda Callisto Sinope
C Eb F
Janus Dione Portia So many moons
Ab Bb F A Bb F
Quiet in the sky at night Hot in the milky way
Eb D
Outside in
C Eb C Eb
Vega Capella Hadar Rigel Barnard's star
C Eb C
Antares Aldebaran Altair Wolf 359
Eb F
Betelgeuse sun sun sun
[Chorus]
D
All those dirty words
Em
They make us look so dumb
D
Been drinking far too much
Em
And neither of us mean what we say
[Verse]
Gb Ab
You and I
Gb Ab
Collapsed in love
Dsus4 D E
And it looks like we might have made it,
G9 A
yes it looks like we made it to the end
D
What happened to us
Em
Soon it will be gone forever
D
Infatuated only with ourselves
Em
And neither of us can think straight anymore
[Chorus] (x2)
D
All those dirty words
Em
They make us look so dumb
D
Been drinking far too much
Em
And neither of us mean what we say
8. Song: London loves
[Verse]
G A G A
A malady has taken him over
G A G A
Coughing tar in his Japanese motor
G A
The lights are magic
G A
And he's got money
G A
So he'll be lucky
G A
He'll shoot like an arrow
[Chorus]
A Bm F#m
London loves
A Bm F#m
The mystery of a speeding car
A Bm F#m
London loves
A Bm F#m F
The misery of a speeding heart
[Verse]
(G and A again)
It's Love-U-Like and everyone's at it
But words are cheap and his mind is elastic
He loves the violence
Keeps ticking over
So sleep together
Before today is sold forever
[Chorus]
A Bm F#m
London loves
A Bm F#m
The way people just fall apart
A Bm F#m
London loves
A Bm F#m F
The misery of a speeding heart
(The rest of the song is just improvisation on this theme)
9. Song: Trouble in the message center
[Verse]
G A Db Eb
I am the message centre
G A Db Eb
Local and direct
G A Db Eb
Room to room an operator (no calls today dear, they'll just have to wait dear)
G A Db Eb
I call and I collect (so just strike him softly away from the body)
Bbm Dbm Abm B
You're made up too shiny today (in so much trouble)
Bbm Dbm Abm B
Thoughts are just pissing away "
Bbm Dbm Abm B
A new type face a new day "
Bbm Dbm Abm B
You can't remember ten minutes ago.
E F#
It's too much trouble
(Middle 8 up half)
A tone, so that's (Bm D Am C (x4) E F#)
10. Song: Clover over dover
[Verse]
C#m B A
I'm on the white cliffs of Dover
C#m E A
Thinking it over and over
C#m B A
But if I jump its all over
C#m E A B
A cautionary tale for you
[Verse]
(Same chords]
I love to roll in the clover
With you over and over
On the white cliffs of Dover
And then I'd let you push me over
C#m B A G#m F#m(sus4) F# B C
And if that is the fact then in actual fact it's not where it's at and it's over
(x2)
[Verse 3]
(Same chords)
And now the bluebirds are over
The white cliffs of Dover
So when you push me over
Don't bury me I'm not worth anything
11. Song: Magic America
[Verse]
C# Bb F#
Bill Barret has a simple dream
C# Bb Eb
He calls it his plan B
C# Bb F#
Where the buildings and the sky and the air is sugar free
G# G#7
And everyone is very friendly
C# Bb F#
Plan B arrived on holiday
C# Bb Eb
Took a cab to the shopping malls
C# Bb F#
Bought and ate until he could do neither anymore
G# G#7
Then found love on channel forty-four
[Chorus]
C# B A F#m B
La la la la la he wants to go to Magic America
C# B A F#m B A Ab C# Bb
La la la la la he'd like to live in Magic America with all the magic people
[Verse]
C# Bb F#
Bill Barret sent his postcards home
C# Bb Eb
To everyone he'd ever known - they read
C# Bb F#
Fifty nine cents gets you a good square meal
G# G#7
>From the people who care how you feel
[Chorus]
C# B A F#m B
La la la la la he wants to go to Magic America
C# B A F#m B A Ab C# Bb
La la la la la he'd like to live in Magic America with all the magic people
(Mid 8)
C#7 B7 F# G#m7 (x3)
C#7 B7 A7
[Verse]
A E
Jubilee slouches in the settee
D F G
He's losing all the will to move
A E
He's gone divvy, too much telly
D F G
He's watching twenty four hours of rubbish
A E D
He's got butane, he's got plastic bags
F G
And his eyes are going square (oh yeah)
A E
He's no raver just anti social
D F G
He's not going to cut his hair
[Chorus]
D E
He dresses incorrectly....no one told him how to do it
E A
He dresses incorrectly....seventeen he not mean enough
D E A
He dresses incorrectly....talk to the girls but he's just too spotty
D C Bb A
He dresses incorrectly....not keen on being like anyone else
[Verse]
(Same chords)
Jubilee's dad, Billy Banker
Thinks his son is aslob
Should get out more stop scabbing
He should go out and get a job
No, he just plays on his computer games (reprise)
12. Song: This is a low
[Verse]
E Bm A C#m
And into the sea go pretty England and me
C Bm E
Around the Bay of Biscay and home for tea
Bm
Hit traffic on the Dogger Bank
A C#m
Up the Thames to find a taxi rank
C Bm E
Sail on by with the tide and fall asleep
And the radio says
E D
This is a low
E Am Bm
But it won't hurt you
E D E Am Bm
When you're alone it will be there with you
C Bm7 E
Finding ways to stay solo
E Bm
On the Tyne, Forth and Cromarty
A C#m
There is a low in the high Forties
C Bm
And Saturdays locked away on the pier
E
Not fast enough dear
Bm A
On the Malin Head, Blackpool looks black and red
C Bm
And the Queen she's gone round the bend
E
Jumped off Land's End
