• Song:

    Groovy Times

  • Artist:

    Clash

[Intro]

E    /G#m   /A    /B
E    /G#m   /A    /B
E    /G#m   /A    /B
E    /G#m   /A    /B

D                     A
High Street shops are boarded up,
        Bm                   G
and the terrace it is fenced in.
D                       A
See-through shields are walled across
    Bm                G
the way that you came in.
            D                A
But there's no need to get excited,
       Bm                      G
As the lorries bring the bacon in,
           D                  A
'Cause the housewives are all singin',
        Bm        G    A Bm
"Groovy times are here a-gain."

[as above]
D                 A
They discovered on Black Saturday,
         Bm                    G
That mobs don't march, they run (they run)
D                     A
So you you can excuse the nervous triggerman,
        Bm                  G
for this once jumping the gun.
D                        A
They were picking up the dead,
      Bm               G
Out of the broken glass,
D                     A
Yes, it's number one, hit radio says
          Bm            G
"Groovy times are here at last."


E    G#m  A  B
Groo-oo---vy times,
E    G#m  A  B
Groo-oo---vy times,
E    G#m  A  B
Groo-oo---vy times.

[chords under solo as chorus - 3X E/G#M/A/B, 1X B/A/G#m/E]

B    /A    /G#m  /E

Play this on acoustic. There's a bit enclosed within stars (**-7--9--7--**) that I'm not
too sure about.
E-------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------7---7-5------|
G----------------------------------6-7-9-7-6-7----------7-----|
D---7--7-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7--9---------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|

E---------------4----5--------------------7-5-----|
B-----------------------------7-7-----------------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|

Joes starts singing again but play this bit underneath:

E----------7---------------------------------------------------|
B---7-10----10-p-7-7------------7--10--10--7-------------------|
G------------------------9--7--9----------------**-7--9--7--**-|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|

E------------------------5-/-10------5-/-10----10-/-2----|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|

E----5-/-10------5-/-10-----10-/-2-------------5-/-12-----|
B---------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------|

E--------------------7------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----|
B----7-8-7----7----------10--------------------------------|
G-----------9----9--7--------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|


[as verse 1]
D               A
The intake is on the uptake,
        Bm                  G
the acceleration's pretty grim.
D                  A
I can remember his first appearance,
        Bm                    G
now look what's happened to him.
D              A
They put him in a dog suit,
             Bm         G
like nineteen sixy four.
D                    A
King of early evening ITV,
             Bm              G
"Groovy times forever more."

[as chorus]
E    G#m  A  B
Groo-oo-vy times,
E    G#m  A  B
Groo-oo-vy times,
E    G#m  A  B
Groo-oo-vy times.
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