i think this is right…. i don’t have a xylophone or hammond organ
(yet) so guitar chords will have to do.
as usual…. feedback, distortion, corrections, jokes, yada yada ya..
all are welcome.
*laura*
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barre chords where appropriate (as usual)
Hitsville U.K.
(The Clash)
C G F (organ)
C F C
They cried the tears, they shed the fears
F C F G
Up and down the land
C F C
They stole guitars or used guitars
F C Am
So the tape would understand
F G C F
Without even the slightest hope of a 1000 sales
G C F
Just as if, as if there was, a hitsville in U.K.
C F G C
I know the boy was all alone, til the hitsville hit U.K.
C F C
They say true talent
F C F G
Will always emerge in time
C F C
When lightning hits small wonder
F C Am
Its fast rough factory trade
F G
No expense accounts, or lunch discounts
C F
Or hyping up the charts
F G C F
The band went in, ‘n knocked ’em dead, in 2 min. 59
C F G C
I know the boy was all alone, til the hitsville hit U.K.
(break)C F C F C F G
C F C F C Am
F G C F F G C F (helps if you have a xylophone)
F G C F
No slimy deals, with smarmy eels — in hitsville U.K.
F G C F
Lets shake’n say, we’ll operate — in hitsville U.K.
C F G C
I know the girl felt all alone, till the hitsville hit U.K.
C F C
The mutants, creeps and musclemen
F C F G
Are shaking like a leaf
C F C
It blows a hole in the radio
F C Am
When it hasnt sounded good all week
F G C F
A mike’n boom, in your living room — in hitsville U.K.
F G C F
No consumer trials, or A.O.R., in hitsville U.K.
C F G C
I know the boy was all alone, til the hitsville hit U.K.
F C
Now the boys and girls are not alone
F G C
Now the hitsville’s hit U.K.
F C
I know the boys and girls are not alone
F G C
Now the hitsville’s hit U.K.
F C
I know the boys and girls are not alone
F G C
Now the hitsville’s hit U.K.
F C
I know the boys and girls are not alone
F G C
Now the hitsville’s hit U.K.
