Biography:
Ian Dury and the Blockheads were one of the most popular groups of the New Wave era in the U.K. in the 70s and early 80s. Their eclectic sound was drawn from their many musical influences; these included funk, jazz, rock and roll, soul, and reggae, not to mention leader Ian Dury's love of music hall. Dury's lyrics were a unique combination of lyrical poetry, word play, acute observation of British everyday life, and scatalogical humour. As the Blockheads, the band continued to play after Dury's untimely death in 2000.
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Other songs:
- Billericay Dickie
- Blackmail Man
- Blockheads
- Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
- Im Partial To Your Abracadabra
- Itinerant Child
- Lullaby For Francis
- My Old Man
- Profoundly In Love With Pandora
- Sweet Gene Vincent
- There Aint Half Been Some Clever Bastards
- Uncoolohol
- Wake Up And Make Love With Me
- What A Waste
- Youre More Than Fair
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...THERE AIN'T HALF BEEN SOME CLEVER BASTARDS... by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
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*Released 1978*
Intro:
Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 G D7 (x2), Daug
Verse 1:
G D7 C D7 G E7 A7 D7
Noel Coward was a charmer, as a writer, he was brahma.
G D7 C D7 G
Velvet jackets and py-jamas, the gay di-vorce, and other dramas.
Chorus 1:
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders),
A7 D
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards.
Interlude:
D D/B D/A G, Daug
Verse 2:
G D7
Van Gough did some eyeball pleasers,
C D7 G E7 A7 D7
He must have been a pencil squeezer.
G D7 C D7 G
He didn't do the Mona Lisa; that was an Italian geezer.
Chorus 2:
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders),
A7 D
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards.
Interlude:
D D/B D/A G, Daug
Verse 3:
G D7
Einstein can't be classed as witless;
C D7 G E7 A7 D7
He claimed atoms were the littlest.
G D7 C D7 G
When you did a bit of splittemness; frighten everybody shitless.
Chorus 3:
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 G D7
Probably got help from their mum, (who had help from her mum).
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 G D7
Now that we've had some, let's hope that there's lots more to come.
Chorus 4:
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders),
A7 D
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards.
Interlude:
D D/B D/A G, Daug
Verse 4:
G D7
Okey-dokey!
C D7
Oh!
G E7 A7 D7
Se-govia.
G D7
Da-laa la-laa da-daa da-lee,
C D7 G
De dump di dump, de dump-dump-diddle lum-lee.
Chorus 5:
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders),
A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders).
A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders),
A7
There ain't half been some clever... bastards!
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 G D7 Daug C
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32000 x24232 x02013 320003 xx0212 xxx332 x30210
E7 A7 Ab7 D D/B D/A
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
020100 x02223 464544 xx0232 x20230 x00230
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])
------------------------------------------------.............................
*Released 1978*
Intro:
Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 G D7 (x2), Daug
Verse 1:
G D7 C D7 G E7 A7 D7
Noel Coward was a charmer, as a writer, he was brahma.
G D7 C D7 G
Velvet jackets and py-jamas, the gay di-vorce, and other dramas.
Chorus 1:
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders),
A7 D
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards.
Interlude:
D D/B D/A G, Daug
Verse 2:
G D7
Van Gough did some eyeball pleasers,
C D7 G E7 A7 D7
He must have been a pencil squeezer.
G D7 C D7 G
He didn't do the Mona Lisa; that was an Italian geezer.
Chorus 2:
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders),
A7 D
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards.
Interlude:
D D/B D/A G, Daug
Verse 3:
G D7
Einstein can't be classed as witless;
C D7 G E7 A7 D7
He claimed atoms were the littlest.
G D7 C D7 G
When you did a bit of splittemness; frighten everybody shitless.
Chorus 3:
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 G D7
Probably got help from their mum, (who had help from her mum).
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 G D7
Now that we've had some, let's hope that there's lots more to come.
Chorus 4:
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders),
A7 D
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards.
Interlude:
D D/B D/A G, Daug
Verse 4:
G D7
Okey-dokey!
C D7
Oh!
G E7 A7 D7
Se-govia.
G D7
Da-laa la-laa da-daa da-lee,
C D7 G
De dump di dump, de dump-dump-diddle lum-lee.
Chorus 5:
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders),
A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders).
A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders),
A7
There ain't half been some clever... bastards!
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 G D7 Daug C
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32000 x24232 x02013 320003 xx0212 xxx332 x30210
E7 A7 Ab7 D D/B D/A
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
020100 x02223 464544 xx0232 x20230 x00230
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])
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