Here's a great song from 1978 by The Members SOUND OF THE SUBURBS Intro G/D x 3 |---------------------------------------------| |----------------0--0-0-0-----3--3-3-3--0-----| |----0--0-0-0--------------0---------------0--| |--0-----------0------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| C5 G/D Same old boring Sunday morning, Old man's out washing the car C5 Mum's in the kitchen cooking Sunday dinner, G/D Her best meal, only one she does Am C G Johnnys upstairs in his bedroom sitting in the dark Am C G D D Annoying the neighbours with his punk rock electric guitar Chorus NC G B A This is the sound, This is the sound of the suburbs G B A C, E,D This is the sound of the suburbs Verse 2 C5 Every lousy Monday morning, Heathrow jets go crashing G/D Over our home C5 Ten o'clock, Broadmoor siren, Driving me mad G/D Won't leave me alone Am C G The woman next door just sits there and stares outside Am C G D She hasn't come out once ever since her husband died Chorus NC G B A This is the sound, This is the sound of the suburbs G B A C, E,D This is the sound of the suburbs Break E G E G |-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------| |-----0-0-------------0-0-----------||-----0-0-------------0-0-----------| |---------2-1-------------2-0-------||---------2-1-------------2-0-------| |--------------2---------------0----||--------------2---------------0----| |-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------| |--0-------------0-3-------------3--||--0-------------0-3-------------3--| C B5 C5 P/slide |--------------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |-----0-0--1---------|-----------------------------------------------------| |------------2-------|----------------------4-4----------------------/\----| |---------------2----|--4-44-44-44-44-44-44-----5-55-55-55-55-55-55-/--\---| |--3--------------0--|--2-22-22-22-22-22-22-----3-33-33-33-33-33-33/----\--| |--------------------|-----------------------------------------------------| D5 Eb5 E5, F5 F#5 G5, Ab5 A5, Bb5, B5 C5 Just keep going up the fretboard C5 is at fret 15. Bridge G B G D Youth Club groups used to wanna be free, Now they want ANARCHY! G B G D They play to fast, They play out of tune, practice in the singers bedroom C B A Drums quite good, the bass is too loud, and I can't hear the words Chorus G This is the sound B A This is the sound of the suburbs G B A C, E D This is the sound of the suburbs Verse 3 C5 G/D Saturday morning family shoppers, crowding out, the centre of town C5 Young blokes sitting on benches, shouting at the young girls G/D Walking around Am C G And johnny stands there at his window looking at the night Am C Say's 'Hey what you listening to? G D NC There's nothing there!' That's right. Chorus G B A This is the sound of the suburbs G B A This is the sound of the suburbs Bass solo G, B, A, A x2 Outro G This is the sound B A This is the sound G This is the sound B A This is the sound G This is the sound B A This is free sound G This is the sound B A This is the sou-ou-ou-ou-nd G B A This is the sound of the suburbs (Can you hear?) G B A This is the sound of the suburbs (Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah) G B A This is the sound of the suburbs (The one that I want) G B A C, E D This is the sound of the suburbs D, D, D, G NC. Fill - use this in the outro section |--------------------| |--------------------| |o------------------o| |o-----0-4-2--------o| |---2----------2-0---| |--------------------|
