Ruby Blue
SOMETHING’S GONE WRONG
from: Down From Above, 1990
[D]Something’s gone wrong
Something ain’t right
They [G]smashed through the window
On Saturday night
And [Em]started big trouble
In the [D]quiet street
They were [D]shouting hey Abdullah
Are you coming out to fight
[G]Standing on the corner
In the yellow street light
With [Em]sticks and stones and bottles
With [D]broken glass
Well they [Em7]know
They’re gonna clean up the [D]neighbourhood
Don’t want no [Em7]foreigners, oh no
They [G]gave it to him in the head
[D]Didn’t wanna listen to what he said
[G] They had a job to do
[A] They had to see it through
[G]Yes they had a job to do
And a [A]cause to be true to
[D]Something’s gone wrong
Something ain’t right
They [G]smashed through the window
On Saturday night
And [Em]started big trouble
In the [D]quiet street
The [D]guy could not get away
Try as he might
[G]Now he knows the story
Of black meets white
And [Em]he’s gonna tell his children
All a[D]bout it
Well they [Em7]know
They’re gonna clean up the [D]neighbourhood
Don’t want no [Em7]foreigners, oh no
They [G]gave it to him in the head
[D]Didn’t wanna listen to what he said
[G] They had a job to do
[A] They had to see it through
[G]Yes they had a job to do
And a [A]cause to be true to