There Aint Half Been Some Clever Bastards Chords by Ian Dury And The Blockheads ...THERE AIN'T HALF BEEN SOME CLEVER BASTARDS... by Ian Dury & The Blockheads ------------------------------------------------............................. *Released 1978* Intro: Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 G D7, Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 G D7, D+ Verse 1: G Noel Coward, D7 Was a charmer, C D7 As a writer, G E7 A7 D7 He was drama. G Velvet, jackets, D7 And py-jamas, C D7 The gay di-vorce, G And other dramas. Chorus 1: Ab7 A7 There ain't half been, Some clever bastards, D (Lucky bleeders, Lucky bleeders), A7 There ain't half been, D Some clever bas-tards. Interlude: D D/B D/A G, D+ Verse 2: G Van Gough, D7 Did some eyeball pleasers, C D7 He must have been, G E7 A7 D7 A pencil squeezer. G He didn't do, D7 The Mona Lisa, C That was, D7 G An Italian geezer. Chorus 2: Ab7 A7 There ain't half been, Some clever bastards, D (Lucky bleeders, Lucky bleeders), A7 There ain't half been, D Some clever bas-tards. Interlude: D D/B D/A G, D+ Verse 3: G Einstein, D7 Can't be classed as witless, C D7 He claimed atoms, G E7 A7 D7 Were the littlest. G When you did, D7 A bit of splittemness, C D7 G Frighten everybody shitless. Chorus 3: Ab7 A7 There ain't half been, Some clever bastards, Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 Probably got help from their mum, G D7 (Who had help from her mum). Ab7 A7 There ain't half been, Some clever bastards, Cmaj7 Bm7 Now that we've had some, Am7 Let's hope that there's, G D7 Lots more to come. Chorus 4: Ab7 A7 There ain't half been, Some clever bastards, D (Lucky bleeders, Lucky bleeders), A7 There ain't half been, D Some clever bas-tards. Interlude: D D/B D/A G, D+ Verse 4: G D7 Okey-dokey! C D7 Oh! G E7 A7 D7 Se-govia. G Da-laa la-laa, D7 Da-daa da-lee, C De dump di dump, D7 G De dump-dump-diddle lum-lee. Chorus 5: Ab7 A7 There ain't half been, Some clever bastards, D (Lucky bleeders, Lucky bleeders), A7 There ain't half been, D Some clever bastards. (Lucky bleeders, Lucky bleeders), A7 There ain't half been, D Some clever bastards. (Lucky bleeders, Lucky bleeders), A7 There ain't half been some clever... Bastards! CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 G D7 D+ C E7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x32000 x24232 x02013 320003 xx0212 xxx332 x30210 020100 A7 Ab7 D D/B D/A EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x02223 464544 xx0232 x20230 x00230 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)