• Song:

    The Sound Of The Suburbs

  • Artist:

    Members

  • Album:

    At the Chelsea Nightclu...

Here's a great song from 1978 by The Members

SOUND OF THE SUBURBS

Intro G/D x 3

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C5 (x355xx@1)                                                      GSame (320003@1)old boring Sunday morning, Old man's out washing the car
C5Mum's (x355xx@1)in the kitchen cooking Sunday dinner,
                            GHer (320003@1)best meal, only one she does
Am (x02210@1)     C (x32010@1)                    D (xx0232@1)Johnnys upstairs in his bedroom sitting in the dark
Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)Annoying the neighbours with his punk rock electric guitar

NC               G (320003@1)           B (x2444x@1)          AThis (x02220@1)is the sound, This is the sound of the suburbs
G (320003@1)          B (x2444x@1)          A (x02220@1)       
 This is the sound of the suburbs

Link C, E,D

Verse 2 
C5Every (x355xx@1)lousy Monday morning, Heathrow jets go crashing
         GOver (320003@1)our home
C5Ten (x355xx@1)o'clock, Broadmoor siren, Driving me mad
               GWon't (320003@1)leave me alone
Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)Go around next door to see there are burglars there
Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)She hasn't come out once ever since her husband died

NC               G (320003@1)           B (x2444x@1)          AThis (x02220@1)is the sound, This is the sound of the suburbs
G (320003@1)          B (x2444x@1)          A (x02220@1)       
 This is the sound of the suburbs

Link C, E,D

Break

E, E, G, G, E, E, G, G, C, C, B5, B5, C5, C5, D5  D#5 E5, F5  F#5 G5, G#5  A5
A#5, B5 C5 Just keep going up the fretboard C5 is at fret 15.

G (320003@1)                 B (x2444x@1)           G (320003@1)            DNew (xx0232@1)fat boy says, I wanna be free, Now they want ANARCHY!
G (320003@1)                B (x2444x@1)                G (320003@1)           DThey (xx0232@1)went too far, They got our tune, practice is a thing that they do
C (x32010@1)                                        B5 (x244xx@1)             D5Toms (xx023x@1)quite good, the bass is too loud, and I can't hear the words

                  G (320003@1)         
This is the sound 
            B (x2444x@1)          AThis (x02220@1)is the sound of the suburbs
G (320003@1)           B (x2444x@1)          A (x02220@1) This is the sound of the suburbs

Link C  E D

C5 (x355xx@1)                                                          GSaturday (320003@1)morning family shoppers, crowding out, the centre of town
C5Young (x355xx@1)blokes sitting on benches, shouting at the young girls
         GWalking (320003@1)around
Am (x02210@1) And johnny stands there at his window looking at the day
       Am (x02210@1)         CSay's (x32010@1)'Hey what you listening to?
        G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)NC
There's nothing there!' That's right.

G (320003@1)           B (x2444x@1)          A (x02220@1) This is the sound of the suburbs
G (320003@1)           B (x2444x@1)          A (x02220@1) This is the sound of the suburbs

Outo bass only
G, B, A, A x2

            GThis (320003@1)is the sound 
B (x2444x@1)           A (x02220@1) This is the sound 
            GThis (320003@1)is the sound 
B (x2444x@1)           A (x02220@1) This is the sound 
            GThis (320003@1)is the sound 
B (x2444x@1)            A (x02220@1) This is free sound 
            GThis (320003@1)is the sound 
B (x2444x@1)           A (x02220@1) This is the sou-ou-ou-ou-nd 
G (320003@1)           B (x2444x@1)          A (x02220@1) This is the sound of the suburbs

(Can you hear?)
G (320003@1)           B (x2444x@1)          A (x02220@1) This is the sound of the suburbs

(Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah)
G (320003@1)           B (x2444x@1)          A (x02220@1) This is the sound of the suburbs

(The one that I want)
G (320003@1)           B (x2444x@1)          A (x02220@1) This is the sound of the suburbs

Link C  E D

D, D, D, G NC.
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