Transcribed by Shaun Hand,
3rd October 2000, 9.43pm
[email protected]
SATURDAY'S KIDS
(Weller)
From the LP 'Setting Sons'
Chords used:
G: 355433 A: 577655
C: x3555x F: 133211
D: x5777x Gsus4: xx5533
E: 022100
C#m: x46654
N.C. (Riff 1 x4)
G C D (x2)
la,la,la,la...
[G]Saturday's boys live [C]life with [D]insults,
[G]Drink lots of beer and wait for [C]half-time [D]results.
[E]Afternoon tea in the [C#m]lite-a-bite,
[A]Chat up the girls, [D]they dig it!
[G]Saturday's girls work in [C]Tesco's and [D]Woolworths,
[G]Wear chep perfume cos it's [C]all they [D]can afford.
[E]Got to discos they drink [C#m]Babycham,
[A]Talk to Jan - in [D]bingo accents.
G C D (x2)
La la la...
[G]Saturday's kids play on [C]one arm [D]bandits,
[G]They never win, but that's [C]not the [D]point is it?
[E]Get themselves a paper when their [C#m]pints go flat,
[A]How about that? - [D]Far out, man!
[G]Their mums and dads smoke [C]Capstan non-[D]filters,
[G]Wallpaper lives cos they [C]all die of [D]cancer,
[E]What goes on? - [C#m]what goes wrong?
[A]Save up their money for a [D]holiday,
[A]To Selsey Bill or [D]Bracklesham Bay,
[A]Think about the future - when [D]they'll settle down
[A]Marry the girl next door - with [D]one on the way.
These are the [C]real creatures that time has forgot,
Not [D]given a thought.
[E]It's the system - [F]hate the system - what's the syste - [G]m?
G C D (x4)
Oh.
G Gsus4 (x4)
[G]Saturday's kids live in [Gsus4]council houses, wear [G]V-neck shirts and [Gsus4]baggy trousers,
[G]Saturday's kids live in [C]council [D]houses, wear [G]V-neck shirts and [C]baggy [D]trousers.
G C D (x2)
[E]Drive Cortina's fur [C#m]trimmed dashboard,
[A]Stains on the seats - [D]in the back of course!
G C D (x8)
la, la, la
[G]
3rd October 2000, 9.43pm
[email protected]
SATURDAY'S KIDS
(Weller)
From the LP 'Setting Sons'
Chords used:
G: 355433 A: 577655
C: x3555x F: 133211
D: x5777x Gsus4: xx5533
E: 022100
C#m: x46654
N.C. (Riff 1 x4)
G C D (x2)
la,la,la,la...
[G]Saturday's boys live [C]life with [D]insults,
[G]Drink lots of beer and wait for [C]half-time [D]results.
[E]Afternoon tea in the [C#m]lite-a-bite,
[A]Chat up the girls, [D]they dig it!
[G]Saturday's girls work in [C]Tesco's and [D]Woolworths,
[G]Wear chep perfume cos it's [C]all they [D]can afford.
[E]Got to discos they drink [C#m]Babycham,
[A]Talk to Jan - in [D]bingo accents.
G C D (x2)
La la la...
[G]Saturday's kids play on [C]one arm [D]bandits,
[G]They never win, but that's [C]not the [D]point is it?
[E]Get themselves a paper when their [C#m]pints go flat,
[A]How about that? - [D]Far out, man!
[G]Their mums and dads smoke [C]Capstan non-[D]filters,
[G]Wallpaper lives cos they [C]all die of [D]cancer,
[E]What goes on? - [C#m]what goes wrong?
[A]Save up their money for a [D]holiday,
[A]To Selsey Bill or [D]Bracklesham Bay,
[A]Think about the future - when [D]they'll settle down
[A]Marry the girl next door - with [D]one on the way.
These are the [C]real creatures that time has forgot,
Not [D]given a thought.
[E]It's the system - [F]hate the system - what's the syste - [G]m?
G C D (x4)
Oh.
G Gsus4 (x4)
[G]Saturday's kids live in [Gsus4]council houses, wear [G]V-neck shirts and [Gsus4]baggy trousers,
[G]Saturday's kids live in [C]council [D]houses, wear [G]V-neck shirts and [C]baggy [D]trousers.
G C D (x2)
[E]Drive Cortina's fur [C#m]trimmed dashboard,
[A]Stains on the seats - [D]in the back of course!
G C D (x8)
la, la, la
[G]
