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


Intro:

C7

Verse 1:

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I took out all the seats and away I went,
      F7                       C7
Its a right old banger and the chassis bent.
It's got a great big peace sign across the back,
    F7                            C7
And most of the windows have been painted black. (Painted black).

Verse 2:

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The windshields cracked, its a bugger to drive,
   F7                       C7
It starts making smoke over forty-five.
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It's a phsychedelic nightmare with a million leaks,
     F7                      C7
It's home-sweet-home to some sweet arse freaks.

Chorus 1:

C7            F7                  Bb7             C7
 Slow down, I-tinerant child; the road is full of danger.
C7            F7                      Bb7              C7
 Slow down, I-tinerant child; there's no more welcome, stanger.

Verse 3:

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 Soon I was rumbling through the morning fog,
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With my long haired children and my one eyed dog.
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With the trucks and the buses and the trailer-vans,
   F7                       C7
My long throw horns playing Steely Dan. (Steely Dan).

Verse 4:

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We straggled out for miles along the Beggars Hill,
         F7                       C7
When the word came down that we'd lost Old Bill.
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You can bet your boots I'm coming when the times are hard,
       F7                          C7
That's why they keep my dossier at Scotland Yard.

Chorus 2:

C7            F7                     Bb7          C7
 Slow down, I-tinerant child; you're still accele-rating.
C7            F7                  Bb7              C7
 Slow down, I-tinerant child; the boys in blue are waiting.

Break:

Gm         F                           C7    Gm
 Itinerant child, don't do what you're doing.
          F
Itinerant child, you'd better slow down.

Solo:

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Verse 5:

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We drove into Happy Valley, seeking peace and love,
       F7                      C7
With a lone helicopter hanging up above.
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We didn't realise until we hit the field,
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There were four hundred cozzers, holding riot shields.

Verse 6:

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They terrorized our babies and they broke our heads,
       F7                            C7
It's a stone fucking miracle there's no-one dead.
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 They turned my ramshackle home into a burning wreck,
   F7                 C7
My one-eyed dog got a broken neck.

Chorus 3:

C7            F7                  Bb7             C7
 Slow down, I-tinerant child; the road is full of danger.
C7            F7                      Bb7              C7
 Slow down, I-tinerant child; there's no more welcome, stanger.

C7            F7                     Bb7          C7
 Slow down, I-tinerant child; you're still accele-rating.
C7            F7                  Bb7              C7
 Slow down, I-tinerant child; the boys in blue are waiting.

Solo:

C7

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C7      F7      Bb7     Gm      F

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x35353  131211  x13131  355333  133211


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