What A Waste Chords & Tabs
Artist: Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Song: What a waste
Tabbed by: DJ
7th Jan 2013
Tuning: Standard
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Dm7 Eb7 Dm7 Eb7
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Dm7
I could be the driver, an articulated lorry,
Eb7
I could be a poet, I wouldn't need to worry,
Dm7
I could be the teacher in a classroom full of scholars,
Eb7
I could be the Sergeant in a Squadron full of wallahs!
F Eb7 F G
What a waste! What a waste! What a waste! What a waste!
C
Because I chose to play the fool in a six - piece band,
A7
First night nerves every one - night stand,
Dm7
I should be glad...to be so inclined!
Eb7 Eb7 G G C
What a waste! What a waste! Rock 'n' Roll don't mind! (Schtum!)
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Dm7 Eb7 Dm7 Eb7
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Dm7
I could be a lawyer, with stratagems and ruses,
Eb7
I could be a doctor, with poultices and bruises,
Dm7
I could be writer with a growing reputation,
Eb7
I could be the ticket man at Fulham railway station!
F Eb7 F G
What a waste! What a waste! What a waste! What a waste!
C
Because I chose to play the fool in a six - piece band,
A7
First night nerves every one - night stand,
Dm7
I should be glad to be so inclined!
Eb7 Eb7 G G C
What a waste! What a waste! Rock 'n' Roll don't mind!
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F#m G#m Bbm
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/ian_dury_and_the_blockheads/what_a_waste_crd.html ]
Bbm Bm Cm Cm Bm Bbm Dm7 Eb7
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^ ^ ^
Dm7
I could be the catalyst that sparks a revolution,
Eb7
I could be an inmate in a long -term institution,
Dm7
I could lead to wild extremes, I could do or die,
Eb7
I could yawn, and be withdrawn, and watch them gallop by!
F Eb7 F G
What a waste! What a waste! What a waste! What a waste!
C
Because I chose to play the fool in a six - piece band,
A7
First night nerves every one - night stand,
Dm7 Eb7 Eb7
I should be glad to be so inclined! What a waste! What a waste!
^ ^
G G C
Rock 'n' Roll don't mind! Ah------------------!
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A7 Dm7
Ah-----------------------! Ah------------------------!
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Eb7 Eb7
( What a waste! What a waste!)
^ ^
G G C
^ ^ Chose to play the fool in a six - piece band,
A7
First night nerves every one - night stand,
Dm7
I should be glad to be so inclined!
Eb7 Eb7 G G C
What a waste! What a waste! Rock 'n' Roll don't mind!
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Eb7 Eb7 G G C
What a waste! What a waste! Rock 'n' Roll don't mind!
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Dm7 = xx0211 C = x32010 Bbm = x13321
Eb7 = x11323 A7 = 000000 Bm = x24432
F = 133211 F#m = 244222 Cm = x35543
G = 355433 G#m = 466444
