...THERE AIN'T HALF BEEN SOME CLEVER BASTARDS... by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
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*Released 1978*
Intro:
Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 G D7 (x2), D+
Verse 1:
G D7
Noel Coward was a charmer,
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As a writer, he was drama.
G D7
Velvet jackets and py-jamas,
C D7 G
The gay di-vorce and other dramas.
Chorus 1:
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders),
A7 D
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards.
Interlude:
D D/B D/A G, D+
Verse 2:
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Van Gough did some eyeball pleasers,
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He must have been a pencil squeezer.
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He didn't do the Mona Lisa; that was an Italian geezer.
Chorus 2:
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders),
A7 D
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards.
Interlude:
D D/B D/A G, D+
Verse 3:
G D7
Einstein can't be classed as witless;
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He claimed atoms were the littlest.
G D7
When you did a bit of splittemness,
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Frighten everybody shitless.
Chorus 3:
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
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Probably got help from their mum,
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(Who had help from her mum).
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
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Now that we've had some,
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Let's hope that there's lots more to come.
Chorus 4:
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders),
A7 D
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards.
Interlude:
D D/B D/A G, D+
Verse 4:
G D7
Okey-dokey!
C D7
Oh!
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Se-govia.
G D7
Da-laa la-laa da-daa da-lee,
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De dump di dump, de dump-dump-diddle lum-lee.
Chorus 5:
Ab7 A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders),
A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders).
A7
There ain't half been some clever bastards,
D
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders),
A7
There ain't half been some clever...bastards!
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