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


Intro:

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Verse 1:

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You must have seen parties of Blockheads;
     D
With blotched and lagered skin.
A
 Blockheads with food particles in their teeth,
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What a horrible state they're in.

Verse 2:

            E
They've got womanly breasts under pale mauve vests,
D
 Shoes like dead pigs' noses.
A
 Cornflake packet jacket, catalogue trousers,
  E
A mouth what never closes.

Verse 3:

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You must have seen Blockheads in raucous teams,
D
 Dressed up after work.
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Who screw their poor old Eileens,
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Get sloshed and go berserk.

Verse 4:

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 Rotary accessory watches,
     D
Hire-purchase, signet rings.
  A
A beauty to the bully boys,
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No lonely vestige clings.

Verse 5:

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Why bother at all about Blockheads?
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Why shouldn't they do as they please?
         A
You know if it came to a brainy game,
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You could baffle a Blockhead with ease.

Break:

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 How would you like one,
Puffing and blowing in your ear-hole?
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 Or pissing in your swimming pool?

Interlude:

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Verse 6:

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 Bigger brained Blockheads often acquire;
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 Black and orange cars.
A
 Premature ejaculation drivers,
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Their soft-top's got roll-bars.

Verse 7:

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 "Fill her up", they say to Blockheads,
        D
"Go on, stick it where it hurts".
      A 
Their shapeless haircuts don't enhance;
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Their ghastly patterned shirts.

Verse 8:

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Why bother at all about Blockheads,
   D
Su-perior as you are?
       A
You're thoughtful and kind,
With a well-stocked mind,
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A Blockhead can't think very far.

Break:

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 Imagine finding one in your laundry basket,
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 Banging nails in your big black dog.

Solo:

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Verse 9:

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Why bother at all about Blockheads?
           D
Why should you care what they do?
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'Cos after all is said and done;
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 You're a Blockhead too.

Break:

(Instrumental):

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Outro:

E
 Blockheads, Blockheads,
D
 Blockheads, Blockheads,
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 Blockheads, Blockheads,
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 Blockheads, Blockheads.

(Repeat to Fade)


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