Here's a great song from 1978 by The Members
SOUND OF THE SUBURBS
Intro G/D x 3
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C5 G/D
Same old boring Sunday morning, Old man's out washing the car
C5
Mum's in the kitchen cooking Sunday dinner,
G/D
Her best meal, only one she does
Am C G
Johnnys upstairs in his bedroom sitting in the dark
Am C G D D
Annoying the neighbours with his punk rock electric guitar
Chorus
NC G B A
This is the sound, This is the sound of the suburbs
G B A C, E,D
This is the sound of the suburbs
Verse 2
C5
Every lousy Monday morning, Heathrow jets go crashing
G/D
Over our home
C5
Ten o'clock, Broadmoor siren, Driving me mad
G/D
Won't leave me alone
Am C G
The woman next door just sits there and stares outside
Am C G D
She hasn't come out once ever since her husband died
Chorus
NC G B A
This is the sound, This is the sound of the suburbs
G B A C, E,D
This is the sound of the suburbs
Break
E G E G
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/members/the_sound_of_the_suburbs_crd_ver_3.html ]
C B5 C5 P/slide
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D5 D#5 E5, F5 F#5 G5, G#5 A5, A#5, B5 C5
Just keep going up the fretboard C5 is at fret 15.
Bridge
G B G D
Youth Club groups used to wanna be free, Now they want ANARCHY!
G B G D
They play to fast, They play out of tune, practice in the singers bedroom
C B A
Drums quite good, the bass is too loud, and I can't hear the words
Chorus
G
This is the sound
B A
This is the sound of the suburbs
G B A C, E D
This is the sound of the suburbs
Verse 3
C5 G/D
Saturday morning family shoppers, crowding out, the centre of town
C5
Young blokes sitting on benches, shouting at the young girls
G/D
Walking around
Am C G
And johnny stands there at his window looking at the night
Am C
Say's 'Hey what you listening to?
G D NC
There's nothing there!' That's right.
Chorus
G B A
This is the sound of the suburbs
G B A
This is the sound of the suburbs
Bass solo
G, B, A, A x2
Outro
G
This is the sound
B A
This is the sound
G
This is the sound
B A
This is the sound
G
This is the sound
B A
This is free sound
G
This is the sound
B A
This is the sou-ou-ou-ou-nd
G B A
This is the sound of the suburbs (Can you hear?)
G B A
This is the sound of the suburbs (Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah)
G B A
This is the sound of the suburbs (The one that I want)
G B A C, E D
This is the sound of the suburbs
D, D, D, G NC.
Fill - use this in the outro section
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