...THERE AIN'T HALF BEEN SOME CLEVER BASTARDS... by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
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*Released 1978*


Intro:

Cmaj7  Bm7  Am7  G  D7,
Cmaj7  Bm7  Am7  G  D7, D+

Verse 1:

G (320003@1)Noel Coward,
      D7Was (xx0212@1)a charmer,
C (x32010@1)   D7 (xx0212@1)As a writer,
       G (320003@1)    E7 (020130@1)A7 (x02020@1)D7He (xx0212@1)was drama.
G (320003@1)Velvet, jackets,
       D7And (xx0212@1)py-jamas,
    C (x32010@1)    D7The (xx0212@1)gay di-vorce,
          GAnd (320003@1)other dramas.

Chorus 1:

Ab7 (xx1112@1)  A7 (x02020@1)There ain't half been,
Some clever bastards,
D (xx0232@1)(Lucky bleeders,
Lucky bleeders),
      A7There (x02020@1)ain't half been,
                DSome (xx0232@1)clever bas-tards.

Interlude:

D  D/B  D/A  G, D+

Verse 2:

G (320003@1)Van Gough,
                 D7Did (xx0212@1)some eyeball pleasers,
   C (x32010@1)       D7He (xx0212@1)must have been,
         G (320003@1)       E7 (020130@1)A7 (x02020@1)D7A (xx0212@1)pencil squeezer.
   GHe (320003@1)didn't do,
         D7The (xx0212@1)Mona Lisa,
C (x32010@1)That was, 
D7 (xx0212@1)        G (320003@1)An Italian geezer.

Chorus 2:

Ab7 (xx1112@1)  A7 (x02020@1)There ain't half been,
Some clever bastards,
D (xx0232@1)(Lucky bleeders,
Lucky bleeders),
      A7There (x02020@1)ain't half been,
                DSome (xx0232@1)clever bas-tards.

Interlude:

D  D/B  D/A  G, D+

Verse 3:

G (320003@1)Einstein,
                    D7Can't (xx0212@1)be classed as witless,
C (x32010@1)         D7 (xx0212@1)He claimed atoms,
         G (320003@1)      E7 (020130@1)A7 (x02020@1)D7Were (xx0212@1)the littlest.
G (320003@1)When you did,
         D7A (xx0212@1)bit of splittemness,
C (x32010@1)       D7 (xx0212@1)       G (320003@1)Frighten everybody shitless.

Chorus 3:

Ab7 (xx1112@1)  A7 (x02020@1)There ain't half been,
Some clever bastards,
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)       Bm7 (x20202@1)           Am7 (x02010@1)Probably got help from their mum,
         G (320003@1)           D7(Who (xx0212@1)had help from her mum).
Ab7 (xx1112@1)  A7 (x02020@1)There ain't half been,
Some clever bastards,
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)        Bm7 (x20202@1)Now that we've had some,
      Am7Let's (x02010@1)hope that there's,
G (320003@1)           D7 (xx0212@1)Lots more to come.

Chorus 4:

Ab7 (xx1112@1)  A7 (x02020@1)There ain't half been,
Some clever bastards,
D (xx0232@1)(Lucky bleeders,
Lucky bleeders),
      A7There (x02020@1)ain't half been,
                DSome (xx0232@1)clever bas-tards.

Interlude:

D  D/B  D/A  G, D+
Verse 4:

G (320003@1)          D7 (xx0212@1)Okey-dokey!
C (x32010@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)Oh!
   G (320003@1)   E7 (020130@1)A7 (x02020@1)D7Se-govia. (xx0212@1)G (320003@1)Da-laa la-laa,
       D7Da-daa (xx0212@1)da-lee,
   CDe (x32010@1)dump di dump,
   D7 (xx0212@1)                 GDe (320003@1)dump-dump-diddle lum-lee.

Chorus 5:

Ab7 (xx1112@1)  A7 (x02020@1)There ain't half been,
Some clever bastards,
D (xx0232@1)(Lucky bleeders,
Lucky bleeders),
      A7There (x02020@1)ain't half been,
     DSome (xx0232@1)clever bastards.
(Lucky bleeders,
Lucky bleeders),
      A7There (x02020@1)ain't half been,
     DSome (xx0232@1)clever bastards.
(Lucky bleeders,
Lucky bleeders),
      A7There (x02020@1)ain't half been some clever...
Bastards!


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  Bm7 (x20202@1)   Am7 (x02010@1)   G (320003@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)    D+      C (x32010@1)     E7 (020130@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32000  x24232  x02013  320003  xx0212  xxx332  x30210  020100

   A7 (x02020@1)    Ab7 (xx1112@1)   D (xx0232@1)     D/B (x20232@1)   D/A (x00232@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02223  464544  xx0232  x20230  x00230


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