Biography:
After the break-up of the original line-up of The Specials; Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Neville Staple broke away to form Fun Boy Three.
Their peculiar brand of politically driven retro-pop made an impression on the British pop charts during 1981-1982. Their biggest hit was Our lips are sealed, a retread of Go-go's 1981 song, which was co-written by Terry Hall. Other well-known tracks include The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) and T'ain't What You Do (Its The Way That You Do It), recorded with the fledgling all-girl group Bananarama.
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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!
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!
Fun Boy Three The Farm Yard Connection
Album: Waiting
Year: 1983
Tabbed by Jack Delonge
[Intro]
Dbm E A Ab
Dbm E A Ab
[Chorus]
Dbm Ab
Farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
[Verse 1]
Dbm Ab
What's your name? (Peter and Bob)
Dbm Ab
What's your age? (we're 23)
Dbm Ab
Where do you live? (we live on the farm)
Dbm Ab
What do you do? (we plant weed)
E Ebm7 Dbm Ab
We gotta do what we do 'cause we can't draw dough
E Ebm7 Ab
We've gotta earn our living
E Ebm7 Dbm Ab
But every time the job squad come and intrude
Dbm Ab Dbm Ab Dbm
Bang goes another week's wages, bang goes another week's food
[Chorus]
Dbm Ab
Farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
[Verse 2]
Dbm Ab
What happened next? (policemen come)
Dbm Ab
What did they do? (they make a rage)
Dbm Ab
What did you do? (we've stood still)
Dbm Ab
What did they do? (they drove away)
E Ebm7 Dbm Ab
We try to sit in the fields to protect our weed
E Ebm7 Ab
We've gotta earn our living
E Ebm7 Dbm Ab
And when the lawsuit come and took away our weed
Dbm Ab Dbm Ab Dbm
Bang went another week's wages, bang went the family's feed
[Chorus]
Dbm Ab
Farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
[Bridge]
Dbm Ab
A-hey diddle diddle, policemen on the fiddle
Dbm Ab
He sold all the drugs to the man in the middle
Dbm Ab
He put it on the plane at Heathrow central
Dbm Ab
It was picked up by a hippie and at Hertz car rental
Dbm Ab
Drove it into town and split it up in parcels
Dbm Ab
Sold it to his friends at an ethnic party
Dbm Ab
He talked about life, but missed all the points, points,
Dbm Ab
points, points, points, points, points
Dbm Ab
He sat crossed legged and passed around the joint
Dbm Ab
So they inhaled the West Indian export
Dbm Ab
They talked about life but missed all the points, points,
Dbm Ab
points, points, points, points, points
[Verse 3]
Dbm Ab
We were back on the farm
Dbm Ab
We're still working hard
Dbm Ab
We've got deadlines to meet
Dbm Ab
We're rushed off our feet
E Ebm7 Dbm Ab
We've got to replant the feed and it takes nine months to grow
E Ebm7 Ab
And we've gotta earn our living
E Ebm7 Dbm Ab
But if the crops don't show, we're gonna starve
Dbm Ab Dbm Ab Dbm
Bang goes another year’s wages, goodbye to life on the farm
[Chorus]
Dbm Ab
Farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
Dbm Ab Dbm
At the farm yard connection
Album: Waiting
Year: 1983
Tabbed by Jack Delonge
[Intro]
Dbm E A Ab
Dbm E A Ab
[Chorus]
Dbm Ab
Farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
[Verse 1]
Dbm Ab
What's your name? (Peter and Bob)
Dbm Ab
What's your age? (we're 23)
Dbm Ab
Where do you live? (we live on the farm)
Dbm Ab
What do you do? (we plant weed)
E Ebm7 Dbm Ab
We gotta do what we do 'cause we can't draw dough
E Ebm7 Ab
We've gotta earn our living
E Ebm7 Dbm Ab
But every time the job squad come and intrude
Dbm Ab Dbm Ab Dbm
Bang goes another week's wages, bang goes another week's food
[Chorus]
Dbm Ab
Farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
[Verse 2]
Dbm Ab
What happened next? (policemen come)
Dbm Ab
What did they do? (they make a rage)
Dbm Ab
What did you do? (we've stood still)
Dbm Ab
What did they do? (they drove away)
E Ebm7 Dbm Ab
We try to sit in the fields to protect our weed
E Ebm7 Ab
We've gotta earn our living
E Ebm7 Dbm Ab
And when the lawsuit come and took away our weed
Dbm Ab Dbm Ab Dbm
Bang went another week's wages, bang went the family's feed
[Chorus]
Dbm Ab
Farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
[Bridge]
Dbm Ab
A-hey diddle diddle, policemen on the fiddle
Dbm Ab
He sold all the drugs to the man in the middle
Dbm Ab
He put it on the plane at Heathrow central
Dbm Ab
It was picked up by a hippie and at Hertz car rental
Dbm Ab
Drove it into town and split it up in parcels
Dbm Ab
Sold it to his friends at an ethnic party
Dbm Ab
He talked about life, but missed all the points, points,
Dbm Ab
points, points, points, points, points
Dbm Ab
He sat crossed legged and passed around the joint
Dbm Ab
So they inhaled the West Indian export
Dbm Ab
They talked about life but missed all the points, points,
Dbm Ab
points, points, points, points, points
[Verse 3]
Dbm Ab
We were back on the farm
Dbm Ab
We're still working hard
Dbm Ab
We've got deadlines to meet
Dbm Ab
We're rushed off our feet
E Ebm7 Dbm Ab
We've got to replant the feed and it takes nine months to grow
E Ebm7 Ab
And we've gotta earn our living
E Ebm7 Dbm Ab
But if the crops don't show, we're gonna starve
Dbm Ab Dbm Ab Dbm
Bang goes another year’s wages, goodbye to life on the farm
[Chorus]
Dbm Ab
Farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
Dbm Ab
At the farm yard connection
Dbm Ab Dbm
At the farm yard connection
