Biography:
1. A British Mod Revival band consisting of Chris Pope, Martin Mason, Billy Hassett, and Brett Ascott. They have reformed and are have been playing gigs since 2010 witha musical style Mod / Punk.
2. An American doo wop group, whose lone hit was "Sh-Boom", ranked #215 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. The Chords were a 1950s American doo wop group, whose lone hit was "Sh-Boom". They are sometimes mistakenly cited as the first R&B group of the 1950s to reach the pop charts.
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THE BRITISH WAY OF LIFE by THE CHORDS
Mod revival from UK 1980
INTRO: C C / G D G D G D / x2
C (strum)
VERSE:
C G
dirty streets like dirty dreams
????????????? for your best friend
plenty of shops with nothing in stock
D
never seems to end (never seems to end)
C G
a cinema, a bowling green
a culture to preserve
everyone always staring at each other
D
but no one speaks a word
PRE CHORUS:
A D
(is it a) dream or is it ??????????
(does it) always rain or is it sunny, sunny
E D
sunny...............
CHORUS:
(G A ) D E A A
this is the british way of life
(A G ) D E A A G F# E
i swallow my dreams like my beer
D E A Asus4
sunday dinner with the wife now
D E A A
cos nothing new happens here...........
VERSE:
C G
i work all week in the company office
don't even know my name
i feel so cold, make me feel old
D
nothing will ever change (nothing will ever change)
C G
drink with the boys every weekend
to the future and the queen
think i'll marry the girl who lives down the road
D
and support my local team
PRE CHORUS:
A D
(is it a) dream or is it ??????????
(does it) always rain or is it sunny, sunny
E D
sunny...............
CHORUS:
(G A ) D E A A
this is the british way of life
(A G ) D E A A G F# E
i swallow my dreams like my beer
D E A Asus4
sunday dinner with the wife now
D E A A
cos nothing new happens here...........
BREAK:
E E A A
this is my life (this is my life) x8
CHORUS:
D E A A
this is the british way of life
D E A A
i swallow my dreams like my beer
D E A A
sunday dinner with the wife now
D E A A
cos nothing new happens here...........
(G A ) D E A A
this is the british way of life
(A G ) D E A A G F# E
i swallow my dreams like my beer
D E A Asus4
sunday dinner with the wife now
D E A A
cos nothing new happens here...........
E E A A
this is my life (this is my life) x2
Mod revival from UK 1980
INTRO: C C / G D G D G D / x2
C (strum)
VERSE:
C G
dirty streets like dirty dreams
????????????? for your best friend
plenty of shops with nothing in stock
D
never seems to end (never seems to end)
C G
a cinema, a bowling green
a culture to preserve
everyone always staring at each other
D
but no one speaks a word
PRE CHORUS:
A D
(is it a) dream or is it ??????????
(does it) always rain or is it sunny, sunny
E D
sunny...............
CHORUS:
(G A ) D E A A
this is the british way of life
(A G ) D E A A G F# E
i swallow my dreams like my beer
D E A Asus4
sunday dinner with the wife now
D E A A
cos nothing new happens here...........
VERSE:
C G
i work all week in the company office
don't even know my name
i feel so cold, make me feel old
D
nothing will ever change (nothing will ever change)
C G
drink with the boys every weekend
to the future and the queen
think i'll marry the girl who lives down the road
D
and support my local team
PRE CHORUS:
A D
(is it a) dream or is it ??????????
(does it) always rain or is it sunny, sunny
E D
sunny...............
CHORUS:
(G A ) D E A A
this is the british way of life
(A G ) D E A A G F# E
i swallow my dreams like my beer
D E A Asus4
sunday dinner with the wife now
D E A A
cos nothing new happens here...........
BREAK:
E E A A
this is my life (this is my life) x8
CHORUS:
D E A A
this is the british way of life
D E A A
i swallow my dreams like my beer
D E A A
sunday dinner with the wife now
D E A A
cos nothing new happens here...........
(G A ) D E A A
this is the british way of life
(A G ) D E A A G F# E
i swallow my dreams like my beer
D E A Asus4
sunday dinner with the wife now
D E A A
cos nothing new happens here...........
E E A A
this is my life (this is my life) x2
The Civil Wars
The Clash
The Classic Crim (...)
The Cleftones
The Click Five
The Contours
The Coral
The Coronas
The Corries
The Corrs