What A Waste Cifras

Song: What a waste
Artist: Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Composers: Ian Dury and Rod Melvin (plus Chaz Jankel)
 
Tabbed by DJ  7th Jan 2013
 
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers.
 
Dm7 = x57565    Eb   = x68886   Abm7 = 464444
Eb7 = xx1323    C    = x35553   Bbm  = x13321
F   = 133211    A7   = x02020   Bm   = x24432
G7  = 353433    Gbm7 = 242222   Cm   = x35543
 
^ = Emphasise the beat
 
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[Intro]
   Dm7         Eb7          Dm7          Eb7
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
 
[Verse 1]
Dm7
I could be the driver in articulated lorry,
Eb7
I could be a poet, I wouldn't need to worry,
Dm7
I could be the teacher...
     Dm7
In a classroom full of scholars,
Eb7
I could be the Sergeant in a Squadron full of wallahs
       F             Eb7
What a waste, what a waste,
       F             G
What a waste, what a waste
 
[Chorus]
          C
Because I chose to play the fool in a six-piece band,
A7
First night nerves every one-night stand,
Dm7
I should be glad ...to be so inclined!
       Eb              Eb
What a waste!   What a waste!
       ^               ^
         G7   G7    C
Rock 'n' Roll don't mind!   (Schtum!)
         ^    ^     ^
[Link]
  Dm7         Eb7          Dm7          Eb7
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
 
[Verse 2]
Dm7
I could be a lawyer with stratagems and ruses,
Eb7
I could be a doctor with poultices and bruises,
Dm7
I could be a writer with a growing reputation,
Eb7
I could be the ticket man at Fulham Broadway Station,
       F             Eb7
What a waste, what a waste,
       F             G
What a waste, what a waste
 
[Chorus]
          C
Because I chose to play the fool in a six-piece band,
A7
First night nerves every one-night stand,
Dm7
I should be glad to be so inclined,
       Eb            Eb              G7   G7    C
What a waste! What a waste! Rock 'n' Roll don't mind!
       ^             ^               ^    ^     ^
[Synth Break]
  Gbm7                      Abm7         Bbm
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
 
 Bbm Bm Cm       Cm Bm Bbm  Dm7          Eb7
| /  /__/ / / | /_/  /__/ | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  ^  ^  ^
 
[Verse 3]
Dm7
I could be the catalyst that sparks a revolution,
Eb7
I could be an inmate in a long-term institution,
Dm7
I could lead to wild extremes, I could do or die,
Eb7
I could yawn and be withdrawn and watch them gallop by
      F              Eb7
What a waste, what a waste,
       F             G
What a waste, what a waste
 
[Chorus]
          C
Because I chose to play the fool in a six-piece band,
A7
First night nerves every one-night stand,
Dm7
I should be glad to be so inclined,
       Eb              Eb
What a waste!   What a waste!
       ^               ^
         G7   G7    C
Rock 'n' Roll don't mind!          Ah--------!
         ^    ^  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
  A7                        Dm7
  Ah---------------------!  Ah--------------------!
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
        Eb             Eb
(What a waste,  what a waste!)
        ^              ^
[Chorus]
G7  G7    C
^   ^  ...Chose to play the fool in a six-piece band,
A7
First night nerves every one-night stand,
Dm7
I should be glad to be so inclined!
       Eb            Eb              G7   G7    C
What a waste! What a waste! Rock 'n' Roll don't mind!
       ^             ^               ^    ^     ^
       Eb            Eb              G7   G7    C
What a waste! What a waste! Rock 'n' Roll don't mind!
       ^             ^               ^    ^     ^
[Instrumental Chorus]
  C                         A7
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  Dm7                       Eb    Eb     G7 G7 C
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
                            ^     ^      ^  ^  ^
[Chorus]
C
Chose to play the fool in a six-piece band,
A7
First night nerves every one-night stand,
Dm7
I should be glad to be so inclined!
       Eb            Eb              G7   G7    C
What a waste! What a waste! Rock 'n' Roll don't mind!
       ^             ^               ^    ^
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