...THERE AIN'T HALF BEEN SOME CLEVER BASTARDS... by Ian Dury & The Blockheads ------------------------------------------------............................. *Released 1978* Intro: Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 G D7 (x2), D+ Verse 1: G D7 Noel Coward was a charmer, C D7 G E7 A7 D7 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: G D7 Van Gough did some eyeball pleasers, C D7 G E7 A7 D7 He must have been a pencil squeezer. G D7 C D7 G 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; C D7 G E7 A7 D7 He claimed atoms were the littlest. G D7 When you did a bit of splittemness, C D7 G Frighten everybody shitless. Chorus 3: Ab7 A7 There ain't half been some clever bastards, Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 Probably got help from their mum, G D7 (Who had help from her mum). Ab7 A7 There ain't half been some clever bastards, Cmaj7 Bm7 Now that we've had some, Am7 G D7 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! G E7 A7 D7 Se-govia. G D7 Da-laa la-laa da-daa da-lee, C D7 G 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! CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 G D7 D+ C EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x32000 x24232 x02013 320003 xx0212 xxx332 x30210 E7 A7 Ab7 D D/B D/A EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 020100 x02223 464544 xx0232 x20230 x00230 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)