The Jam – Saturdays Kids (Guitar)
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Chords
Transcribed by Shaun Hand,
3rd October 2000, 9.43pm
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(Weller)
From the LP 'Setting Sons'
Chords used:
G: 355433 A: 577655
C: x3555x F: 133211
D: x5777x D7/F#: 23021x
E: 022100
C#m7: x46454
[Riff 1] G Am D7/F# G e|-7---x-x-7---x-x-|-8-----8---7-----| B|-8---x-x-8---x-x-|-10----7---8-----| G|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------| *Could also play A|-----------------|-----------------| G C D G E|-----------------|-----------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[Intro]
N.C. (Riff 1 x4)
G Am D7/F# G La-la, la-la, la-la, la, la, la, la G Am D7/F# G La-la, la-la, la-la, la, la, la, la
[Verse 1]
G C D Saturday's boys live life with insults, G C D Drink lots of beer and wait for half-time results. E C#m7 Afternoon tea in the lite-a-bite, A D Chat up the girls, they dig it! G C D Saturday's girls work in Tesco's and Woolworths, G C D Wear cheap perfume 'cause it's all they can afford. E C#m7 Got to discos, they drink Babycham, A D Talk to Jan - in bingo accents.
[Break]
G Am D7/F# G La-la, la-la, la-la, la, la, la, la G Am D7/F# G La-la, la-la, la-la, la, la, la, la
[Verse 2]
G C D Saturday's kids play on one arm bandits, G C D They never win, but that's not the point is it? E C#m7 Get themselves a paper when their pints go flat, A D How about that? - Far out, man! G C D Their mums and dads smoke Capstan non-filters, G C D Wallpaper lives 'cause they all die of cancer, E C#m7 What goes on? - what goes wrong?
[Bridge]
A D Save up their money for a holiday, A D To Selsey Bill or Bracklesham Bay, A D Think about the future - when they'll settle down A D Marry the girl next door - with one on the way. Bm D These are the real creatures that time has forgot, E Not given a thought. E F G It's the system - hate the system - what's the syste - m? G Am D7/F# G (Riff 1 x4) Oh.
G D7/F# (x4)
[Chorus]
G D7/F# G D7/F# Saturday's kids live in council houses, wear V-neck shirts and baggy trousers, G C D G C D Saturday's kids live in council houses, wear V-neck shirts and baggy trousers.
G C D (x2)
[Verse 3]
E C#m7 Drive Cortina's fur trimmed dashboard, A D Stains on the seats - in the back of course!
[Outro]
G C D La-la, la-la, la-la, la, la, la, la (x8)
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