Blur

Blur - Parklife Album guitar tab

Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 11:21:59 -0300 (BST)

From: Lester Stype

Parklife by Blur: The entire tab of the entire album by Lester Stype (MFEJJP@mh1.mcc.ac.uk.) Copied directly from the CD booklet. Any mistakes are due to me, but essentially it's OK I think.

BOYS AND GIRLS

(One chord sequence throughout= Gm C F Eb F#/F)

Streets like a jungle

So call the police

Following the herd

Down to Greece

on holiday

Love in the 90's

Is paranoid

On sunny beaches

Take your chances, looking for

GIRLS WHO ARE BOYS

WHO LOVE BOYS LIKE THEY'RE GIRLS

WHO DO GIRLS LIKE THEY'RE BOYS

ALWAYS SHOULD BE SOMEONE YOU REALLY LOVE

Avoiding all work

Cos there's none available

Like battery thinkers

Count their thoughts on 1 2 3 4 5 fingers

Nothing is wasted

Only reproduced

You get nasty blisters

Du bist sehr schon

But we haven't been introduced

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TRACY JACKS

Gm7 A Gm7 A

(Tracy Jacks) works in civil service

Gm7 A Gm7 A

(Tracy Jacks) its steady employment

B A B A

(Tracy Jacks) is a golfing fanatic

B A B A

(Tracy Jacks) But his put is erratic

Gm7 A Gm7 A

(Tracy Jacks) saw a Harley Street Doctor

Gm7 A Gm7 A

(Tracy Jacks) who prescribed healthy living

B A B A

(Tracy Jacks) he's getting past forty

B A B

(Tracy Jacks) and all the seams are splitting

G B

Everyday he got closer

B E

He knew in his heart he was over

F#m B

Saying I'd love to stay here and be normal

B7

But its just so overrated

Gm7 A Gm7 A

(Tracy Jacks) left home without warning

Gm7 A Gm7 A

(Tracy Jacks) at five in the morning

B A B A

(Tracy Jacks) got on the first train to Walton

B A B A

(Tracy Jacks) stood on the sea front laughing

Gm7 A Gm7 A

(Tracy Jacks) ran up and down naked

Gm7 A Gm7 A

(Tracy Jacks) got stopped by the police

B A B A

(Tracy Jacks) driven back to London

G#m A B

And then it happened on a Tuesday morning

G#m A B

Tracy Jacks bulldozed down the house he lived in

B7

Saying its just so overrated

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END OF THE CENTURY

G Gmaj7

Ants in the carpet

Em Em/D

Dirty little monsters

Eb D

Eating all the morsels

Bm C

Picking up the rubbish

G Gmaj7

Give her effervescence

Em Em/D

She needs a little sparkle

Eb D

Good morning TV

Bm C

You're looking so healthy

Chorus:

Em

We all say

D

Don't want to be alone

Em

We wear the same clothes

D

'Cos we feel the same

Em

We kiss with dry lips

D C

When we say goodnight

C

End of the century......its nothing special

G Gmaj7

Sex on the TV

Em Em/D

Everybody's at it

Eb D

And the mind gets dirty

Bm C

When you get clo ser to thirty

G Gmaj7

Gives her a cuddle

Em Em/D

They're glowing in a huddle

Eb D

Good night TV

Bm

You're all made up

And you're looking like me

Chorus

G F G F G F G

Can you eat her yes you can

Chorus

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PARKLIFE The E etc. in this =12th fret (brush up on those barre chords!!)

E Esus4 E

Confidence is the preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as

Esus4

(Parklife)

E Esus4

And morning setup can be avoided if you take a route straight through

E Esus4

what is known as (Parklife)

E Esus4

John's got brewer's droop he gets intimidated by the dirty pigeons they

E Esus4

love a bit of it (Parklife)

E Esus4

Who's that gut lord marching...you should cut down on your porklife

E Esus4

mate...get some exercise

Chorus:

E Bb B

All the people

E C B

So many people

G Em D

They all go hand in hand

C Asus4 A Bb7 B7

Hand in hand throught their parklife

(Verse 2: Same chords as verse 1)

I get up when I want, except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awaken by the

dustmen

I put my trousers on, have a cup of tea, and I think about leaving the

house

I feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too it gives me a feeling of

enormous well being

And then I'm happy of rht rest of the day safe in the knowledge there will

always be a bit of my heart devoted to it

Chorus

It's got nothing to do with your Vorsprung Durch Technic you know

And it's got nothing to do with you joggers who go round and round and round

Chorus

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BADHEAD

G C G

So far we've not really stayed in touch

C Bb9 C G

Well I knew as much, it's no surprise that today

C G C Bb9

I'll get up round two, with nothing to do

C Am

Except get a touch of flu

Chorus:

Am D

And I might as well just grin and bear it

C A

'Cos its not worth the trouble of an argument

Am D

And in any case I'd rather wear it

C A

Your like a bad head in the morning

And I know......

Mid 8:

Am Em Am

Am Em C (D)

Chorus

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BANK HOLIDAY

A G

Grandma has new dentures

A G

To eat the crust of pizza

A G

Been taken out by her daughter

A G

Because she thought she ought'a

A G

The kids are eating snickers

A G

Because they're so delicious

A G

Then there's sticky fingers

A G B C

And mother loses her knickers

Chorus:

Eb Bb C

Bank holiday comes six times a year

Eb Bb C

Days of enjoyment to which everybody cheers

Eb Bb C

Bank holiday comes with six pack of beer

C Bb G

......then its back to work A.G.A.I.N.

A G

Bar-b-que is cooking

A G

Sausages and chicken

A G

The patio is buzzing

A G

The neighbours they are looking

A G

John is down the fun pub

A G

Drinking lots of lager

A G

Girls and boys are on the game

A G B C

And all the high streets look the same

Chorus

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THE DEBT COLLECTOR

(A)A F#m B B D C B E B7

(B)E E7 C#M/E C G Em/B C A

B E B E B E E7

Repeat most of it again.

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FAR OUT

C Eb

I spy in the night sky don't I

C Eb C Eb

Phobe Io Elara Leda Callisto Sinope

C Eb F

Janus Dione Portia So many moons

Ab Bb F A Bb F

Quiet in the sky at night Hot in the milky way

Eb D

Outside in

C Eb C Eb

Vega Capella Hadar Rigel Barnard's star

C Eb C

Antares Aldebaran Altair Wolf 359

Eb F

Betelgeuse sun sun sun

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TO THE END

D

All those dirty words

Em

They make us look so dumb

D

Been drinking far too much

Em

And neither of us mean what we say

Gb Ab

You and I

Gb Ab

Collapsed in love

Dsus4 D E

And it looks like we might have made it,

G9 A

yes it looks like we made it to the end

D

What happened to us

Em

Soon it will be gone forever

D

Infatuated only with ourselves

Em

And neither of us can think straight anymore

Chorus X2

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LONDON LOVES

G A G A

A malady has taken him over

G A G A

Coughing tar in his Japanese motor

G A

The lights are magic

G A

And he's got money

G A

So he'll be lucky

G A

He'll shoot like an arrow

A Bm F#m

London loves

A Bm F#m

The mystery of a speeding car

A Bm F#m

London loves

A Bm F#m F

The misery of a speeding heart

(G and A again)

It's Love-U-Like and everyone's at it

But words are cheap and his mind is elastic

He loves the violence

Keeps ticking over

So sleep together

Before today is sold forever

A Bm F#m

London loves

A Bm F#m

The way people just fall apart

A Bm F#m

London loves

A Bm F#m F

The misery of a speeding heart

(The rest of the song is just improvisation on this theme)

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TROUBLE IN THE MESSAGE CENTRE

G A Db Eb

I am the message centre

G A Db Eb

Local and direct

G A Db Eb

Room to room an operator (no calls today dear, they'll just have to wait dear)

G A Db Eb

I call and I collect (so just strike him softly away from the body)

Bbm Dbm Abm B

You're made up too shiny today (in so much trouble)

Bbm Dbm Abm B

Thoughts are just pissing away "

Bbm Dbm Abm B

A new type face a new day "

Bbm Dbm Abm B

You can't remember ten minutes ago.

E F#

It's too much trouble

Middle 8 up half a tone, so that's (Bm D Am C x4) (then E F#)

Chorus

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CLOVER OVER DOVER

C#m B A

I'm on the white cliffs of Dover

C#m E A

Thinking it over and over

C#m B A

But if I jump its all over

C#m E A B

A cautionary tale for you

(Verse 2: Same chords)

I love to roll in the clover

With you over and over

On the white cliffs of Dover

And then I'd let you push me over

C#m B A G#m F#m(sus4) F# B C

And if that is the fact then in actual fact it's not where it's at and it's over

(Repeat)

Verse 3: (Same chords)

And now the bluebirds are over

The white cliffs of Dover

So when you push me over

Don't bury me I'm not worth anything

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MAGIC AMERICA

C# Bb F#

Bill Barret has a simple dream

C# Bb Eb

He calls it his plan B

C# Bb F#

Where the buildings and the sky and the air is sugar free

G# G#7

And everyone is very friendly

C# Bb F#

Plan B arrived on holiday

C# Bb Eb

Took a cab to the shopping malls

C# Bb F#

Bought and ate until he could do neither anymore

G# G#7

Then found love on channel forty-four

Chorus:

C# B A F#m B

La la la la la he wants to go to Magic America

C# B A F#m B A Ab C# Bb

La la la la la he'd like to live in Magic America with all the magic people

C# Bb F#

Bill Barret sent his postcards home

C# Bb Eb

To everyone he'd ever known - they read

C# Bb F#

Fifty nine cents gets you a good square meal

G# G#7

From the people who care how you feel

Chorus

Mid 8: C#7 B7 F# G#m7 x3

Then C#7 B7 A7

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A E

Jubilee slouches in the settee

D F G

He's losing all the will to move

A E

He's gone divvy, too much telly

D F G

He's watching twenty four hours of rubbish

A E D

He's got butane, he's got plastic bags

F G

And his eyes are going square (oh yeah)

A E

He's no raver just anti social

D F G

He's not going to cut his hair

Chorus

D E

He dresses incorrectly....no one told him how to do it

E A

He dresses incorrectly....seventeen he not mean enough

D E A

He dresses incorrectly....talk to the girls but he's just too spotty

D C Bb A

He dresses incorrectly....not keen on being like anyone else

(Verse 2: Same chords as Verse 1)

Jubilee's dad, Billy Banker

Thinks his son is aslob

Should get out more stop scabbing

He should go out and get a job

No, he just plays on his computer games (reprise)

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THIS IS A LOW

E Bm A C#m

And into the sea go pretty England and me

C Bm E

Around the Bay of Biscay and home for tea

Bm

Hit traffic on the Dogger Bank

A C#m

Up the Thames to find a taxi rank

C Bm E

Sail on by with the tide and fall asleep

And the radio says

E D

This is a low

E Am Bm

But it won't hurt you

E D E Am Bm

When you're alone it will be there with you

C Bm7 E

Finding ways to stay solo

E Bm

On the Tyne, Forth and Cromarty

A C#m

There is a low in the high Forties

C Bm

And Saturdays locked away on the pier

E

Not fast enough dear

Bm A

On the Malin Head, Blackpool looks black and red

C Bm

And the Queen she's gone round the bend

E

Jumped off Land's End

Chorus X2

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Had a bit of trouble with the tab shift on my PC, so if any chords look out of place, that is why.

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