Band : Blur
Album : Modern Life Is Rubbish
Added by Mikhailo (tabteam@ultimate-guitar.com)
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FOR TOMORROW
Intro: B
He's a twentieth century boy, with his hands on the rails
Trying not to be sick again and holding on for tomorrow
London ice cracks on a seamless line
He's hanging on for dear life
So we hold each other tightly and hold on for tomorrow
Singing la la la la la...la la la la la la la la la
Holding on for tomorrow
p
D ------0-2-0--
A ----2--------
E --3----------
She's a twentieth century girl, with her hands on the wheel
Trying not to make him sick again
Seeing what she can borrow
London's so nice back in your seamless rhymes
but we're lost on the Westway
So we hold each other tightly and hold on for tomorrow
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ADVERT
It's six o'clock on the dot and I'm half way home
I feel foul mouthed as I stand and wait for the underground
And a nervous disposition doesn't agree with this
I need something to remind me that there is something else
You need a holiday somewhere in the sun
With all the people who are waiting
There never seems to be one
Say something, say something else (2x)
Advertisements are here for rapid persuasion
But if you stare too long you lose your appetite
And a nervous disposition doesn't agree with this
You need fast relief from aches and stomach pains
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COLIN ZEAL
Intro and verse:
e ----------p----------p----------p----------p---
B --6xx6xx-6-5-6xx6xx-6-5-6xx6xx-6-5-6xx6xx-6-5--
G --7xx7xx-7-5-7xx7xx-7-5-7xx7xx-7-5-7xx7xx-7-5--
D -----------------------------------------------
A -----------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------
Intro lead:
e -----------------------------------
B -----------------------------------
G ------2-0-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-2--
D ----------2---0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-0--
A --0-3-------3----------------------
E -----------------------------------
Colin Zeal knows the value of mass appeal
He's a pedestrian walker, he's a civil talker
He's an affable man with a plausible plan
Keeps his eye on the news, keeps his future in hand
And then he...
e ----------------------------------5-------- -------------------------
B ----------------------------2-3-2---2-3-2-- -------------------------
G --4-4-444-----------------2---------------- 2x --444---444---444--------
D --4-4-444-5-5-555-3-3-333-2---------------- --444-5-444-5-444-5-5-8--
A --2-2-222-5-5-555-3-3-333-0---------------- --222-5-222-5-222-5-5-8--
E ----------3-3-333-1-1-111------------------ ------3-----3-----3-3-6--
Looks at his watch, he's on time, yet again
Looks at his watch, he's on time, yet again
He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself
He's so pleased with himself ah ha
While sitting in traffic, Colin thinks in automatic
He's an immaculate dresser, he's your common aggressor
He's a modern retard with a love of bombast
Keeps his eye on the news, doesn't dwell on the past
e ----------------------------------5---------------------------------------------------
B --------------------5-3-----2-3-2---2-3-2------------------5-3---10^-10^-10^-10^-10^--
G ------------------------2-4------------------------------------2----------------------
D --/9-9-9-7^-5-7-8-3-----------------------9-9-9-7^-5-7-8-3----------------------------
A ------------------3--------------------------------------3----------------------------
E ------------------1--------------------------------------1----------------------------
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PRESSURE ON JULIAN
Only the magical transit children
Sing, sing the lullaby bah bah bah
Sitting on the pavement sucking on a long straw
It's colourful, its colourful but it washes you out
Here is my violence and here is the excuse
I learned it all but only secondhand
Falling into walls well what is it with you
You never know, never know, never know
We planned it all this way (2x)
Pressure on Julian
Swimming in yellow pissy water
Sand getting in between the ears
No blood in head in this bloody weather
Irate people with yellow tongues
Only the magical transit children
Sing, sing the lullaby bah bah bah
Falling into walls well what is it with you
You never know, never know, never know
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STARSHAPED
Intro:
Wash with new soap behind the collar
*
Keeps a clean mental state
Don't usually bother in cold weather
*
But still I'm getting into work late
And I don't need the practice
I've been making plans (for the future)
Become an unconscious man (all for the good)
I feel so unnecessary (we don't think so, you seem starshaped)
**
I have a couple at the weekend
*
Keeps up camaraderie
**
And my mind boggles in the muddle
*
At the possibilities
**
Wash with new soap behind the collar
*
Helps keep down the laundry
**
And now I bother in cold weather
*
Because it cleans me mentally
Fills:
* - -------------h-p--- ** - --------3----
A --------0-2-4-5-4-- B ------3---3--
E --0-2-4------------ G --2/4--------
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Air cushioned soles
I bought them on the Portobello Road on a Saturday
I stop and stare awhile
a common pastime when conversation goes astray
But don't think I'm walking out of this
She don't mind, whatever I say, whatever I say
I don't really want to change a thing
I want to stay this way forever
Blue blue jeans
I wear them every day there's no particular reason to change
My thoughts are getting banal
I can't help it but I won't pull out hair another day
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CHEMICAL WORLD
Taken from "Total Guitar" January 1998
Intro:
E ----------------------2-2-2-2------------------
B -2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3-3--3-h-p-h-p-----
G -2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2--2--4-2-4-2-5-- 4x
D -2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0--0----------3--
A -0-0-0-0---------------------------------------
E ---------4--4-4-4-4----------------------------
Intro/verse (US version starts here):
E -------------------------h--p--------------------------------------
B ---------14------------14-15-14------------------------------------
G ------14----14------------------14-----------------h--p-----p------
D --------------------14----------------h------12---9-10-9-7-9-7-----
A -11/14-----------11-----------------11-12----------------------10--
E ------------------------------------------10-----------------------
E -------------------------h--p--------------------------------------
B ---------14------------14-15-14------------------------------------
G ------14----14------------------14-----------------h--p-----p------ 5x
D --------------------14----------------h------12---9-10-9-7-9-7-----
A ---12-----------11-----------------11-12----------------------10--
E ------------------------------------------10-----------------------
A (Bass Ab)
The pay-me girl has had enough of the bleeps
So she takes a bus into the country
A (Bass Ab)
Although she got herself rosy cheeks
She didn't leave enough money to pay the rent
A (Bass Ab)
The landlord says that she's out in a week
What a shame she was just getting comfy
A (Bass Ab)
Now she's eating chocolate to induce sleep
In a chemical world it's very, very, very cheap
Chorus:
E ------0-----------0--p---------0-------------------------
B ----2---2---2---2---2-0----------------------h-p-h-p-----
G --2-------1-------------2--1-2---1-4-----2--2-4-2-4-2----
D --------------2-----------------------4---------------4--
A ---------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------
And I don't know about you
But they're putting the holes in, yes, yes
It's been a hell of a do
They've been putting the holes in, yes, yes
A (Bass Ab)
Peeping Thomas has a very nice view
Across the street at the exhibitionist
A (Bass Ab)
These townies they never speak to you
Just stick together so they never get lonely
A (Bass Ab)
Feeling lead, feeling quite light-headed
Had to sit down and have some sugary tea
(Bass Ab) D
In a chemical world, in a chemical world
It's very, very, very cheap
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INTERMISSION
Provided by: Irene Marc
<irene@aei.ca>
x2
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*
Sunday, Sunday here again in tidy attire
*
You read the colour supplement, the TV guide
You dream of protein on a plate
Regret you left it quite so late
To gather the family around the table
To eat enough to sleep
Oh, the Sunday sleep
*
Sunday, Sunday here again a walk in the park
*
You meet an old soldier and talk of the past
He fought for us in two world wars and says
The England he knew is now no more
He sings the Songs of Praise every week
But always falls asleep
For that Sunday sleep
You dream of protein on a plate
Regret you left it quite so late
To gather the family around the table
To eat enough to sleep
And Mother's Pride is your epithet
That extra slice you will soon regret
So going out is your best bet
Then bingo yourself to sleep
Oh the Sunday sleep
Fill:
* - G --4-2-4-2^-0--
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OILY WATER
Intro/verse (~ = effect pedal):
E --0----0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
B --2----0-0-2----0-0--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
G --3----3-3-3----3-3--8-8-8-9-9-9-9-8--
D --4~~~-4-4-4~~~-4-4--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--
A --------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------
Lead in me and me in water
Dangling in my world
I swallowed too much oily water
It keeps slipping down my spine
In a sense of self in decline
Growing fat on sound
It's only an early morning dream
And the whole world will be alright
Chorus:
My head is full of suspicion
I'm coming home sometime
I've swallowed too much oily water
It keeps slipping down my spine
In a sense of self in decline
Lying on my back
It's only an early morning dream
And the whole world will be alright
Middle:
E --0----0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-------------------
B --2----0-0-2----0-0--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2----0-0-2----0-0--7-5-7-5-9-7-9-7--
G --3----3-3-3----3-3--8-8-8-9-9-9-9-8-3----3-3-3----3-3--7-5-7-5-9-7-9-7--
D --4~~~-4-4-4~~~-4-4--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-4~~~-4-4-4~~~-4-4--7-5-7-5-9-7-9-7--
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ending: play chorus 16x
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MISS AMERICA
Miss America sits in the shower
She's plucking hours from the sky
Picks up the telephone, into another home
Don't ask me why
I don't mind, I don't mind at all
I love only you
She's a well wisher and she wishes you well
Wish away, wish away
She's no jellybean, she's a Jemima ho ho
Wish away, wish away
I don't mind, I don't mind at all
I love only you
Da do da da do
Here is here and I am here
Where are you
Far away, far away
She's no jellybean, she's a Jemima ho ho
Wish away, wish away
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VILLA ROSIE
Practice doesn't make perfect when you're interbreeding
Speaking drivel can it get confused with heavy breathing?
Mixing drinks at water holes get snarled up in the suburbs
Meandering through this and that you are suspected of vagueness
When work is done, go to Villa Rosie every night (we're waiting)
So form a queue at Villa Rosie every night (so tasty)
Across the common every day you come across the fine line
But wearing boots can prevent the leeches in the long grass
Eating between meals stifles the appetite is it healthy?
Coming home that nagging doubt there in your belly
And all the while at Villa Rosie every night (we're tasting)
All losers come to Villa Rosie every night (we're waiting)
Don't break your back at Villa Rosie every night (we're waiting)
A sweeter life at Villa Rosie every night (so tasty)
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COPING
Primal, evil what am I?
Tongue-tied until the day I die
There's no love made with mermaids
It's just distraction or so they say
And I'm too tired to care about it
Can't you see it in my face, my face
When I feel this strange can I go through this again (2x)
It's a sorry state you're getting in
The same excuse is wearing thin
There's no self control left in me
What was not will never will be
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TURN IT UP
Kazoo, kazoo you are mine I give you my heart every time
Turn it up, turn it off, turn it in
Any way you choose, anyway you choose at all
Sometimes you do too much, sometimes it all gets too much
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RESIGNED
I think too much
On things I want too much
It makes me hateful
And I say stupid things
Only you can fill my blank heart
And I'm resigned to that
I wish the sun
Could just keep me warm
And I'm resigned to that
I'll forget to breathe someday
I've never stopped to think why
</irene@aei.ca>