Al Stewart – Post World War Two Blues (Guitar)
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On the Past Present And Future album, the song is played in the key of F#. But Al probably played it on a
guitar detuned down by one semi-tone and with chord shapes in the key of G which is how I have tabbed it.
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[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G D I was a post-war baby in a small Scots town C D I was three years old when we moved down South G D Hard times written in my mother's looks C F G With her widow's pension and her ration books D Aneurin Bevin took the miner's cause C D To the House of Commons in his coal dust voice G D We were locked up safe and warm from the snow C F G With Life With The Lions on the radio Em A And Churchill said to Louis Mountbatten Em A "I just can't stand to see you today Em A How could you've gone and given India away?" C D Mountbatten just frowned said "What can I say? G D Some of these things slip through your hands C D And there's no good talking or making plans" G C But Churchill he just flapped his wings A D Said "I don't really care to discuss these things
[Chorus]
Em A But oh, every time I look at you Em D I feel so low I don't know what to do C D G C Well, every day just seems to bring bad new-oo-oos G D G Leaves me here with the Post World War II blues".
[Verse 2]
G D 1959 was a very strange time C D A bad year for Labour and a good year for wine G D Uncle Ike was our American pal C F G And nobody talked about the Suez Canal G D I can still remember the last time I cried C D The day that Buddy Holly died G D I never met him, so it may seem strange C F G Don't some people just affect you that way Em A And all in all it was good Em A There even seemed to be in an optimistic mood Em A While TW3 sat and laughed at it all C D Till some began to see the cracks in the walls G D And one day Macmillan was coming downstairs C D A voice in the dark caught him unawares G C It was Christine Keeler blowing him a kiss A D He said "I never believed it could happen like this
[Chorus]
Em A But oh, every time I look at you Em D I feel so low I don't know what to do C D G C Well every day just seems to bring bad news G D G Leaves me here with the Post World War Two Blues"
[Instrumental]
G D C D G D C F G Em A Em A Em A C F D G
[Verse 3]
G D I came up to London when I was nineteen C D With a corduroy jacket and a head full of dreams G D In coffee bars I spent my nights C F G Reading Allen Ginsberg, talking civil rights G D The day Robert Kennedy got shot down C D The world was wearing a deeper frown G D And though I knew that we'd lost a friend C F G I always believed we would win in the end Em A 'Cause music was the scenery Em A Jimi Hendrix played loud and free Em A Sergeant Pepper was real to me C D Songs and poems were all you needed G D Which way did the sixties go? C D Now Ramona's in Desolation Row G C And where I'm going I hardly know A D It surely wasn't like this before but
[Chorus]
Em A Oh, every time I look around Em D I feel so low my head seems underground C D G C Well every day just seems to bring bad news G D G A B Leaves me here with the Post World War Two Blues
[Chorus]
Em A Oh, every time I look at you Em D I feel so low I don't know what to do C D G C Well every day just seems to bring bad news G D G A B C G Leaves me here with the Post World War Two Blues