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The Sound Of The Suburbs
Members
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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
Same old boring Sunday morning, Old man's out washing the car
C5
Mum's in the kitchen cooking Sunday dinner,
G
Her best meal, only one she does
Am C D
Johnnys upstairs in his bedroom sitting in the dark
Am C G D
Annoying the neighbours with his punk rock electric guitar
NC G B A
This is the sound, This is the sound of the suburbs
G B A
This is the sound of the suburbs
Link C, E,D
Verse 2
C5
Every lousy Monday morning, Heathrow jets go crashing
G
Over our home
C5
Ten o'clock, Broadmoor siren, Driving me mad
G
Won't leave me alone
Am C G
Go around next door to see there are burglars there
Am C G
She hasn't come out once ever since her husband died
NC G B A
This is the sound, This is the sound of the suburbs
G B A
This is the sound of the suburbs
Link C, E,D
Break
E, E, G, G, E, E, G, G, C, C, B5, B5, C5, C5, 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.
G B G D
New fat boy says, I wanna be free, Now they want ANARCHY!
G B G D
They went too far, They got our tune, practice is a thing that they do
C B5 D5
Toms quite good, the bass is too loud, and I can't hear the words
G
This is the sound
B A
This is the sound of the suburbs
G B A
This is the sound of the suburbs
Link C E D
C5 G
Saturday morning family shoppers, crowding out, the centre of town
C5
Young blokes sitting on benches, shouting at the young girls
G
Walking around
Am
And johnny stands there at his window looking at the day
Am C
Say's 'Hey what you listening to?
G D NC
There's nothing there!' That's right.
G B A
This is the sound of the suburbs
G B A
This is the sound of the suburbs
Outo bass only
G, B, A, A x2
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
This is the sound of the suburbs
Link C E D
D, D, D, G NC.