...BLOCKHEADS... by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
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*from 'New Boots and Panties!' (1977)*


Intro:

E, D  A

Verse 1:

    EYou (022100@1)must have seen,
Parties of Blockheads;
     DWith (xx0232@1)blotched,
And lagered skin.
A (x02220@1)Blockheads,
With food particles,
In their teeth,
       EWhat (022100@1)a horrible state,
            D (xx0232@1)AThey're (x02220@1)in.

Verse 2:

            EThey've (022100@1)got womanly breasts,
Under pale mauve vests,
D (xx0232@1)Shoes like,
Dead pigs' noses.
A (x02220@1)Cornflake packet jacket,
Catalogue trousers,
  EA (022100@1)mouth what never closes.

Verse 3:

    EYou (022100@1)must have seen,
Blockheads,
In raucous teams,
D (xx0232@1)Dressed up after work.
    AWho (x02220@1)screw their poor,
Old Eileens,
    EGet (022100@1)sloshed,
                D (xx0232@1)AAnd (x02220@1)go berserk.

Verse 4:

E (022100@1)Rotary,
Accessory watches,
     DHire-purchase, (xx0232@1)Signet rings.
  AA (x02220@1)beauty to,
The bully boys,
   ENo (022100@1)lonely vestige,
        D (xx0232@1)AClings. (x02220@1)
Verse 5:

    EWhy (022100@1)bother at all,
About Blockheads?
    DWhy (xx0232@1)shouldn't they,
Do as they please?
         AYou (x02220@1)know if it came,
To a brainy game,
          EYou (022100@1)could baffle,
                       D (xx0232@1)AA (x02220@1)Blockhead with ease.

Break:

D (xx0232@1)How would you like,
One puffing and blowing,
In your ear-hole?
E (022100@1)Or pissing in,
                    D (xx0232@1)AYour (x02220@1)swimming pool?

Interlude:

E, D  A

Verse 6:

E (022100@1)Bigger brained Blockheads,
Often acquire;
D (xx0232@1)Black and orange cars.
A (x02220@1)Premature ejaculation,
Drivers,
      ETheir (022100@1)soft-top's,
               D (xx0232@1)AGot (x02220@1)roll-bars.

Verse 7:

E (022100@1)"Fill her up",
They say to Blockheads,
        D"Go (xx0232@1)on, stick it,
Where it hurts".
      A (x02220@1)Their shapeless haircuts,
Don't enhance;
      ETheir (022100@1)ghastly,
                 D (xx0232@1)APatterned (x02220@1)shirts.

Verse 8:

    EWhy (022100@1)bother at all,
About Blockheads,
   DSu-perior (xx0232@1)as you are?
       AYou're (x02220@1)thoughtful and kind,
With a well-stocked mind,
  EA (022100@1)Blockhead can't,
                D (xx0232@1)AThink (x02220@1)very far.

Break:

D (xx0232@1)Imagine finding one,
In your laundry basket,
E (022100@1)Banging nails,
                       D (xx0232@1)AIn (x02220@1)your big black dog.

Solo:

E, D, A, D  A

Verse 9:

    EWhy (022100@1)bother at all,
About Blockheads?
           DWhy (xx0232@1)should you,
Care what they do?
     A'Cos (x02220@1)after all,
Is said and done'
E (022100@1)                      D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)You're a Blockhead too.

Break:

(Instrumental):

D, E, D  A

Outro:

E (022100@1)Blockheads,
Blockheads,
D (xx0232@1)Blockheads,
Blockheads,
A (x02220@1)Blockheads,
Blockheads,
E (022100@1)Blockheads,
           D (xx0232@1)ABlockheads. (x02220@1)E (022100@1)Blockheads,
Blockheads.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   E (022100@1)     D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022100  xx0232  x02220


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)