Biography:
The Adverts were an English punk rock band who formed in 1976 and broke up in 1979. They are mainly remembered for their singles "One Chord Wonders" and "Gary Gilmore's Eyes". "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" reached the UK top 20 in August 1977.
Their first gig was to support Generation X on January 15, 1977 at The Roxy in London; their last was at Slough College on October 27, 1979. When the Adverts finally split up, T.V. Smith continued with Tim Cross forming as TV Smith's Explorers
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SAFETY IN NUMBERS (THE ADVERTS)
(note: not so sure about chords on pre-chorus....open to comment)
GUITAR INTRO: Some sort of A chord strummed 4 times!
ALL IN: F# F# E x4
VERSE:
A E F# F#
What are you going to do with your new ways?
What are you going to do with your new wave?
Bb B
Maybe it's that you no longer care.
Now you're so great. You've just got to stand there.
Bb B C#
Or were you never even bothered anyway, About the new wave.
CHORUS
F# A E
What about the new wave?
Did you think it would change things?
BREAK: F# x4
VERSE: (same as first verse)
Here we all are in the latest craze.
Stick with the crowd, hope it's not a passing phase.
It's the latest thing to be nowhere.
You can turn into the wallpaper.
But you know you were always there anyway,
Without the new wave.
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: F# x4
B B Bb Bb
It's just safety in numbers, x3
B B F# (strum) E (strum) A (strum) E (strum)
it’s safety in…..
F# F# E x4
VERSE:
When it's tricky, when it gets tough,
When you need to feel that you're good enough,
All you pretty people who've been taken over.
Had better start looking for your own answers.
'Cause there's no safety in numbers anyway, Or in a new wave
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: F# x4
B B Bb Bb
It's just safety in numbers, x3
B B F# (strum) E (strum) A (strum) E (strum)
it’s safety in…..
(note: not so sure about chords on pre-chorus....open to comment)
GUITAR INTRO: Some sort of A chord strummed 4 times!
ALL IN: F# F# E x4
VERSE:
A E F# F#
What are you going to do with your new ways?
What are you going to do with your new wave?
Bb B
Maybe it's that you no longer care.
Now you're so great. You've just got to stand there.
Bb B C#
Or were you never even bothered anyway, About the new wave.
CHORUS
F# A E
What about the new wave?
Did you think it would change things?
BREAK: F# x4
VERSE: (same as first verse)
Here we all are in the latest craze.
Stick with the crowd, hope it's not a passing phase.
It's the latest thing to be nowhere.
You can turn into the wallpaper.
But you know you were always there anyway,
Without the new wave.
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: F# x4
B B Bb Bb
It's just safety in numbers, x3
B B F# (strum) E (strum) A (strum) E (strum)
it’s safety in…..
F# F# E x4
VERSE:
When it's tricky, when it gets tough,
When you need to feel that you're good enough,
All you pretty people who've been taken over.
Had better start looking for your own answers.
'Cause there's no safety in numbers anyway, Or in a new wave
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: F# x4
B B Bb Bb
It's just safety in numbers, x3
B B F# (strum) E (strum) A (strum) E (strum)
it’s safety in…..
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