...ITINERANT CHILD... by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
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*from 'Mr. Love Pants' (1997)*


Intro:

C7 (x32310@1)Verse 1:

  C7I (x32310@1)took out all the seats,
And away I went,
      F7Its (131241@1)a right old banger,
        C7And (x32310@1)the chassis bent.
It's got a great big peace sign,
Across the back,
    F7And (131241@1)most of the windows,
          C7Have (x32310@1)been painted black,
(Painted black).

Verse 2:

    C7The (x32310@1)windshields cracked,
Its a bugger to drive,
   F7It (131241@1)starts making smoke,
     C7Over (x32310@1)forty-five.
It's a phsychedelic nightmare,
With a million leaks,
     F7It's (131241@1)home-sweet-home,
        C7To (x32310@1)some sweet arse freaks.

Chorus 1:

C7 (x32310@1)Slow down,
  F7I-tinerant (131241@1)child,
    Bb7 (x13131@1)           C7The (x32310@1)road is full of danger.
C7 (x32310@1)Slow down,
  F7I-tinerant (131241@1)child,
       Bb7 (x13131@1)            C7Theres (x32310@1)no more welcome, stanger.

Verse 3:

C7 (x32310@1)Soon I was rumbling,
Through the morning fog,
        F7With (131241@1)my long haired children,
       C7And (x32310@1)my one eyed dog.
With the trucks and the buses,
And the trailer-vans,
   F7My (131241@1)long throw horns,
        C7Playing (x32310@1)Steely Dan,
(Steely Dan).

Verse 4:

   C7We (x32310@1)straggled out for miles,
Along the Beggars Hill,
         F7When (131241@1)the word came down,
          C7That (x32310@1)we'd lost Old Bill.
You can bet your boots I'm coming,
When the times are hard,
       F7That's (131241@1)why they keep my dossier,
   C7At (x32310@1)Scotland Yard.

Chorus 2:

C7 (x32310@1)Slow down,
  F7I-tinerant (131241@1)child,
       Bb7 (x13131@1)        C7 (x32310@1)You're still accele-rating.
C7 (x32310@1)Slow down,
  F7I-tinerant (131241@1)child,
    Bb7 (x13131@1)            C7The (x32310@1)boys in blue are waiting.

Break:

Gm (355333@1)       F (133211@1)Itinerant child,
                  C7 (x32310@1)   GmDont (355333@1)do what your doing,
          FItinerant (133211@1)child,
You'd better slow down.

Solo:

C7 (x32310@1)Verse 5:

         C7We (x32310@1)drove into Happy Valley,
Seeking peace and love,
       F7With (131241@1)a lone helicopter,
        C7Hanging (x32310@1)up above.
We didnt realise,
Until we hit the field,
           F7There (131241@1)were four hundred cozzers,
        C7Holding (x32310@1)riot sheilds.

Verse 6:

     C7They (x32310@1)terrorized our babies,
And they broke our heads,
       F7It's (131241@1)a stone fucking miracle,
        C7There's (x32310@1)no-one dead.
They turned my ramshackle home,
Into a burning wreck,
   F7My (131241@1)one-eyed dog,
      C7Got (x32310@1)a broken neck.

Chorus 3:

C7 (x32310@1)Slow down,
  F7I-tinerant (131241@1)child,
    Bb7 (x13131@1)           C7The (x32310@1)road is full of danger.
C7 (x32310@1)Slow down,
  F7I-tinerant (131241@1)child,
       Bb7 (x13131@1)            C7Theres (x32310@1)no more welcome, stanger.
C7 (x32310@1)Slow down,
  F7I-tinerant (131241@1)child,
       Bb7 (x13131@1)        C7You're (x32310@1)still accele-rating.
C7 (x32310@1)Slow down,
  F7I-tinerant (131241@1)child,
    Bb7 (x13131@1)            C7The (x32310@1)boys in blue are waiting.

Solo:

C7 (x32310@1)(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C7 (x32310@1)    F7 (131241@1)    Bb7 (x13131@1)   Gm (355333@1)    F (133211@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x35353  131211  x13131  355333  133211


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