I Am Kloot are a band formed in Manchester, England in 1999 by John Bramwell (guitar/vocals), Peter Jobson (bass) and Andy Hargreaves (drums), notable for their twisted, witty lyrics.
Their Debut single To You on Ugly Man Records was produced by and featured backing vocals by Guy Garvey, lead singer of ?lbow.
Debut album Natural History was released in the United Kingdom in March 2001 on Wall of Sound offshoot We Love You, followed by I Am Kloot in September 2003 on the Echo label.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
From the BBC produced 50th anniversary remake of the Beatles'
debut Please Please Me.
Kloot put their inimitable stamp on this classic, originally by
The Cookies.
Standard tuning
Capo position 5
Chords ======
Em 022000 E7 021000 Em7 020000 C#m7dim5 x42000 Bm x24432 Am x02210 Am/B x22210 C x32010 B7 x24242
nb these are hardly riffs, just lovely little passing notes - but it won't sound as good without them!!
Riff 1 ======
E ------------| B ------------| G ------------| D ------------| A ------------| E ---3---2----|
Riff 2 ======
E ------------| B ------------| G ------------| D ------------| A ------------| E ---0--2--3--|
Intro =====
EmE7Em7 C#m7dim5 EmE7Em7 C#m7dim5
Verse 1 =======
EmE7Em7 C#m7dim5 Chains baby's got me wrapped up in chains AmAm/BC Riff 1 But they ain't the kind that you can see BmAm These chains of love Em They've got a hold on me
Verse 2 =======
EmE7Em7 C#m7dim5 Chains baby's got me wrapped up in chains AmAm/BC Riff 1 But they're not the kind that you can see BmAm These chains of love Em They're all over me
Refrain 1 =========
Riff2
Am I wanna tell you pretty baby Em That you look divine Am Very clever in your letter B7 These chains are round my mind
Verse 3 =======
EmE7Em7 C#m7dim5 I'm in chains you've got me wrapped up in chains AmAm/BC Riff 1 They're not the kind that you can see BmAm These chains of love Em Are all over me
Refrain 2 =========
Riff2
Am I wanna tell you pretty baby Em That you look divine Am Clever letter in your leather B7 Tethered to my mind