Transcribed by Shaun Hand,
  3rd October 2000, 9.43pm
heliocentric@breathe.com

SATURDAY'S KIDS
(Weller)

From the LP 'Setting Sons'

Chords used:

G:   355433    A:     577655
C:   x3555x    F:     133211
D:   x5777x    Gsus4: xx5533
E:   022100
C#m: x46654

N.C. (Riff 1 x4)

G C D (x2)

la,la,la,la...

G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)       DSaturday's (xx0232@1)boys live life with insults,
G (320003@1)                             C (x32010@1)       DDrink (xx0232@1)lots of beer and wait for half-time results.
E (022100@1)                  C#mAfternoon (x13321@4)tea in the lite-a-bite,
A (x02220@1)                DChat (xx0232@1)up the girls, they dig it!

G (320003@1)                      C (x32010@1)         DSaturday's (xx0232@1)girls work in Tesco's and Woolworths,
G (320003@1)                        C (x32010@1)      DWear (xx0232@1)chep perfume cos it's all they can afford.
E (022100@1)                      C#mGot (x13321@4)to discos they drink Babycham,
A (x02220@1)              DTalk (xx0232@1)to Jan - in bingo accents.

G C D (x2)
La la la...

G (320003@1)                     C (x32010@1)     DSaturday's (xx0232@1)kids play on one arm bandits,
G (320003@1)                        C (x32010@1)     DThey (xx0232@1)never win, but that's not the point is it?
E (022100@1)                               C#mGet (x13321@4)themselves a paper when their pints go flat,
A (x02220@1)               DHow (xx0232@1)about that? - Far out, man!

G (320003@1)                       C (x32010@1)         DTheir (xx0232@1)mums and dads smoke Capstan non-filters,
G (320003@1)                      C (x32010@1)        DWallpaper (xx0232@1)lives cos they all die of cancer,
E (022100@1)             C#mWhat (x13321@4)goes on? - what goes wrong?

A (x02220@1)                       DSave (xx0232@1)up their money for a holiday,
A (x02220@1)               DTo (xx0232@1)Selsey Bill or Bracklesham Bay,
A (x02220@1)                           DThink (xx0232@1)about the future - when they'll settle down
A (x02220@1)                             DMarry (xx0232@1)the girl next door - with one on the way.

              CThese (x32010@1)are the real creatures that time has forgot,
    DNot (xx0232@1)given a thought.
E (022100@1)               F (133211@1)                                  GIt's (320003@1)the system - hate the system - what's the syste - m?

G C D (x4)
Oh.

G Gsus4 (x4)

G (320003@1)                     Gsus4 (3x0013@1)              G (320003@1)               Gsus4Saturday's (3x0013@1)kids live in council houses, wear V-neck shirts and baggy trousers,
G (320003@1)                     C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)   DSaturday's (xx0232@1)kids live in council houses, wear V-neck shirts and baggy trousers.

G C D (x2)

E (022100@1)                 C#mDrive (x13321@4)Cortina's fur trimmed dashboard,
A (x02220@1)                   DStains (xx0232@1)on the seats - in the back of course!

G C D (x8)
la, la, la

G (320003@1)