Biography:
Nik Kershaw (born Nicholas David Kershaw, 1 March 1958, in Bristol) is an English singer-songwriter. A former jazz-funk guitarist, he was a 1980s teen idol; his 62 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1984-5 beat all other solo artists at the time. He appeared at Live Aid in 1985, and has penned a number of hits for other artists, including a UK number one single in 1991 for Chesney Hawkes, "The One and Only".
Kershaw played guitar and sang in a number of underground bands from about 1976 before deciding on a career as a songwriter.
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- Cant Get Arrested
- Dark Glasses
- Die Laughing
- Feels Like Somebody Loves You
- Get Up
- Have A Nice Life
- I Wont Let The Sun Go Down On Me
- Loud Confident And Wrong
- Radio Musicola
- Shame On You
- Shine On
- So Quiet
- Somebody Loves You
- Stuff
- The Riddle
- The Skys The Limit
- These Tears
- Wide Boy
- Wouldnt It Be Good
- Yeah Yeah
- Youre The Best
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Nik Kershaw - Can't Get Arrested:
[CHORUS]
E A
You've got to laugh, though it's not funny
B B7 E B
You've got to laugh, or you would surely cry
E Ab C#m F#7
Can't buy a chance for love nor money
B B7 E Ab
Can't get arrested however hard you try
[VERSE 1]
C#m F#m
Your heart is numb you've screamed and shouted
Ab C#m Ab
Banged on the door relentlessly
C#m F#m
They should have come no doubt about it
Ab C#m B
To lock you up and throw away the key
[CHORUS]
E A
You've got to laugh, though it's not funny
B B7 E B
You've got to laugh, or you would surely cry
E Ab C#m F#
Can't buy a chance for love nor money
B B7 E Ab
Can't get arrested however hard you try
[VERSE 2]
C#m F#m
It's so unfair how unfair this is
Ab C#m Ab
You've done some things beyond the pale
C#m F#m
You've broken hearts and stolen kisses
Ab C#m B
Still not enough to get you into gaol
[INSTRUMENTAL]
E E A A B B7 E B
E Ab C#m F#7 B B7 E Ab
[BRIDGE]
A E
Well, it must feel like you're invisible
C#m F#
Say, do they know that you're alive
A
So what you gonna try now?
B7
Hey what you gonna try?
[VERSE 3]
C#m F#m
And now it's time to rest your poor head
Ab C#m Ab
You tried it all, You tried it all
C#m F#m
You might as well have stayed in your bed
Ab C#m B
You might as well be a flower on the wall
[CHORUS]
E A
You've got to laugh, though it's not funny
B B7 E B
You've got to laugh, or you would surely cry
E Ab C#m F#
Can't buy a chance for love nor money
B B7 E Ab
Can't get arrested however hard you try
[CHORUS]
E A
You've got to laugh, though it's not funny
B B7 E B
You've got to laugh, or you would surely cry
E Ab C#m F#7
Can't buy a chance for love nor money
B B7 E Ab
Can't get arrested however hard you try
[VERSE 1]
C#m F#m
Your heart is numb you've screamed and shouted
Ab C#m Ab
Banged on the door relentlessly
C#m F#m
They should have come no doubt about it
Ab C#m B
To lock you up and throw away the key
[CHORUS]
E A
You've got to laugh, though it's not funny
B B7 E B
You've got to laugh, or you would surely cry
E Ab C#m F#
Can't buy a chance for love nor money
B B7 E Ab
Can't get arrested however hard you try
[VERSE 2]
C#m F#m
It's so unfair how unfair this is
Ab C#m Ab
You've done some things beyond the pale
C#m F#m
You've broken hearts and stolen kisses
Ab C#m B
Still not enough to get you into gaol
[INSTRUMENTAL]
E E A A B B7 E B
E Ab C#m F#7 B B7 E Ab
[BRIDGE]
A E
Well, it must feel like you're invisible
C#m F#
Say, do they know that you're alive
A
So what you gonna try now?
B7
Hey what you gonna try?
[VERSE 3]
C#m F#m
And now it's time to rest your poor head
Ab C#m Ab
You tried it all, You tried it all
C#m F#m
You might as well have stayed in your bed
Ab C#m B
You might as well be a flower on the wall
[CHORUS]
E A
You've got to laugh, though it's not funny
B B7 E B
You've got to laugh, or you would surely cry
E Ab C#m F#
Can't buy a chance for love nor money
B B7 E Ab
Can't get arrested however hard you try
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