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from ‘One Step Beyond’ (1979)

NB / Slide (between Chords)

Intro:

C#m A F#m, Abm B (x3)

Verse 1:

[C#m/C/C#m] My girl’s mad at me.[A/Ab/A][(F#m)]
[C#m/C/C#m] I didn’t wanna see the film tonight.
[C#m/C/C#m] I found it hard to say.[A/Ab/A][(F#m)]
[C#m/C/C#m] She thought I’d had e-nough of her.

Chorus 1:

Why [E/D#]can’t she see;
She’s lovely to me?
But I [E/D#]like to stay in, and [C#m/B]watch T.V.
On my own, every now and then.

Verse 2:

[C#m/C/C#m] My girl’s mad at me.[A/Ab/A][(F#m)]
[C#m/C/C#m] Been on the tele-phone for an hour.
[C#m/C/C#m] We hardly said a word.[A/Ab/A][(F#m)]
[C#m/C/C#m] I tried and tried, but I could not be heard.

Chorus 2:

Why [E/D#]can’t I ex-plain?
Why do I feel this pain?
‘Cos every-[E/D#]thing I say, she doesn’t,[C#m/B] under-stand,
She doesn’t rea-lise; she takes it all the wrong way.

Piano Solo:

C#m/C/C#m, A/Ab/A (F#m), C#m/C/C#m, F#m (x2)

Verse 4:

[C#m/C/C#m] My girl’s mad at me.[A/Ab/A][(F#m)]
[C#m/C/C#m] We argued just the other night.
[C#m/C/C#m] I thought we’d got it straight,[A/Ab/A][(F#m)]
[C#m/C/C#m] We talked and talked, un-til it was light.

Chorus 3:

I [E/D#]thought we’d a-greed,
I thought we’d talked it out.
Now when I [E/D#]try to speak, she says that[C#m/B], I don’t care,
She says I’m un-a-ware, and now she says I’m weak.

Outro:

C#m A F#m, Abm B, C#m

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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x46654 577655 244222 466444 799877 x35553

[E/D#] [C#m/B]
466544 x79997 x69997 x26654 242222

[Verse 2]
Swinging on my gate
They gain entry by the yard
Pulling at my hair they scream
Paint your thoughts upon my card

[Pre-Chorus]
But not tonight I’ve got studies to examine
Tomorrow I’ll be watching all the Queen’s men
A talent contest on Monday with my Uncle Sam
Who now takes up all my time he gives me things to do
’cause he’s a wonderful man

But I’m sailing across the sea
To see my Uncle Sam
I’m sailing across the sea
To be with my Uncle Sam
To be with my Uncle Sam

[Verse 4]
Silly little sniggers from the women liberators
But I’ll stand and hold my post
Polished buttons and erect I’ll raise the flag
I’ll show those women who’s the most

[Pre-Chorus]
But not tonight I’ve got studies to examine
Tomorrow I’ll be watching all the Queen’s men
A talent contest on Monday with my Uncle Sam
Who now takes up all my time he gives me things to do
’cause he’s a wonderful man

[Chorus to fade]
But I’m sailing across the sea
To see my Uncle Sam
I’m sailing across the sea
To be with my Uncle Sam
Sailing across the sea
To see my Uncle Sam
I’m sailing across the sea
To be with my Uncle Sam
I’m sailing across the sea
To be with my Uncle Sam
I’m sailing across the sea
To be with my Uncle Sam

[Verse 1]
When I get home it’s late at night,
I’m black and bloody from my life,
I haven’t time to clean my hands,
Cuts will only sting me through my dreams[Gm/D]!

[Verse 2]
It’s well past midnight as I lie, in a semi-conscious state,
I dream of people fighting me,
Without any reason I can see![Gm/D]

In the morning, I awake, my arms my legs, my body aches,
The sky outside is wet and grey,
So begins a – nother weary day,
So begins a – nother weary day!

[Verse 3]
After eating I go out, people passing by me shout,
I can’t stand this agony,
[Gm/D]

...Why don't they talk to me------?

In the park I have to rest, I lie down, and I do my best,
The rain is falling on my face,
I wish I could sink with – out a trace!

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In the morning, I awake, my arms my legs, my body aches,
The sky outside is wet and grey,
So begins a – nother weary day,
…So begins a – nother weary day!

[Verse 4]
In the park I have to rest, I lie down, and I do my best,
The rain is falling on my face;
I wish I could sink without a trace–—![Gm/D]

In the morning, I awake, my arms my legs, my body aches,
The sky outside is wet and grey,

So begins a - nother weary day-------,

…So begins a – nother weary day,

So begins a - nother weary day--------,

…So begins a – nother weary day!

[Coda – repeats]
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[Verse 1]

Arlington house, address: no fixed abode
An old man in a three-piece suit sits in the road
He stares across the water, he sees right through the lock
But on and up like outstretched hands
His mumbled words, his fumbled words, mock

Sax

[Verse 2]

Further down, a photo booth, a million plastic bags
And an old woman filling out a million baggage tags
But when she gets thrown out, three bags at a time
She spies the old chap in the road to share her bags with
She has bags of time

Surrounded by his past, on a short white line
He sits while cars pass either side, takes his time
Trying to remember one better day
A while ago when people stopped to hear him say

Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine
Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes

Sax I

Now she has walked enough through rainy town
She rests her bag against his and sits down
She’s trying to remember one better day
A while ago when people stopped to hear her say

Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine
Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes
Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine
Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes
The feeling of arriving when you’ve nothing left to lose

Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine
Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes
Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine
Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes
The feeling of arriving when you’ve nothing left to lose

Buster, he sold the heat

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B|-11–10–9~-|
G|-11–10–9~-|
D|————|
A|————|
E|————|

With a rock-steady beat

e|-8–7–6~—|
B|-7–6–5~—|
G|-7–6–5~—|
D|————|
A|————|
E|————|

Interlude:
G, G

Verse 1:
An earthquake is erupting, But not in Orange street
A ghost-dance is preparing, You got to help us with your feet
If you’re not in the mood to dance, Step back, grab yourself a seat
This may not be uptown Jamaica, But we promise you a treat

Chorus 1:
Buster bowl me over with your bogus dance
Shuffle me off my feet
Even if I kept on runnin’
I’d never get to Orange street

Verse 2:
So I set it up myself to say, For the man who set the beat
So I’ll leave it up to you out there, To get him back on his feet

Interlude:
C, C, G, G

Chorus 2:
Buster bowl me over with your bogus dance
Shuffle me off my feet
Even though I’ll keep on runnin’
I’ll never get to Orange street

Interlude:
G, G, G, G,
C, C, G, G,
D, C, G, G,

Solo:
G, G, G, G, C, C, G, G, D, C, G, G

Coda:
Bring back the
Who is the
We want the

(Pause)

Interlude:
G, G, G, G,
C, C, G, G
D, C, G, G

Solo:
G, G, G, G, C, C, G, G, D, C, G, G

You’re not to come and see us no more,
Keep away from our door,
Don’t come ‘round here no more
What on earth did you do that for?

Our aunt, she don’t wanna know she says,
What will the neighbours think they’ll think,
We don’t that’s what they’ll think, we don’t,
But I will, ‘cause I know they think I don’t.

Our uncle he don’t wanna know he says,
We are a disgrace to the human race he says,
How can you show your face,
[C/D]When you’re a disgrace to the human race?

[Sax solo]
Am Am Em7 Em7 X4

No commitment, you’re an embarrassment,
Yes,an embarrassment, a living endorsement,
The intention that you have booked,
Was an intention that was overlooked.

They say, stay away,Don’t want you home today,
Keep away from our door,Don’t come ‘round here no more.
Our dad, he don’t wanna know he says,This is a serious matter,
Too late to reconsider,No one’s gonna wanna know ya!

Our mum, she don’t wanna know she says,
I’m feeling twice as old,she says,
Thought she had a head on her shoulder,
[C/D]Cause I’m feeling twice as older,
I’m feeling twice as older.

[Sax solo]
Bm Bm F#m F#m X6

You’re an embarrassment…