Gary's Blur Chords

Gary's Mega Blur Chords!!!!!!!!!!!

These chords are from selected songs from all five Blur albums.

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THIS IS A LOW

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Intro:

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Em F#m G A

E --------0---------2----------------0-----------------------

B --------0-------2---2---2-----3-3----3----3/5-----5----5---

G ------0-------3-------3------4---------4--4/6-----6----6---

D ----2----------------------5--------------5/7---7----7---7-

A --2--------4-----------------------------------------------

E --0--------------------------------------------------------

E Bm A C#m

And into the sea go pretty England and me

C Bm E

Around the Bay of Biscay and home for tea

Hit traffic on the Dogger Bank

A C#m

Up the Thames to find a taxi rank

C Bm E

Sail on by with the tide and fall asleep

And the radio says

E D

This is a low

E Am Bm

But it won't hurt you

E D E Am Bm

When you're alone it will be there with you

C Bm7 E

Finding ways to stay solo

E Bm

On the Tyne, Forth and Cromarty

A C#m

There is a low in the high Forties

C Bm

And Saturdays locked away on the pier

Not fast enough dear

Bm A

On the Malin Head, Blackpool looks black and red

C Bm

And the Queen she's gone round the bend

Jumped off Land's End

Chorus X2

"Look Inside America" (From the album "Blur")

G D/F# Em Em7/D

Good morning, lethargy

F C/G Am

Drink Pepsi, it's good for energy

G D/F# Em Em7/D

The bath's on, smoke in the bedroom

F C/G Am

Sore throat, and on my neck a nasty bruise

And where it came from well I don't know

C B5 A5

But we played last night, it was a good show

G D/F# Em Em7/D

Got to play a second rate chat show

F C/G Am

A nationwide deal, so we gotta go

G D/F# Em Em7/D

Chuck from the Company says it'll be alright

F C/G Am

Got an ad on KROQ and there's an in-store tonight

Well I build things up, never let them go

C B5 A5

Got to get time share on the radio

G F

Look inside America

C/G Dadd4

She's alright, she's alright

Eb Bb

Sitting out in the distance

Eb C# D

But I'm not trying to make her mine

G F

Looking for America

C/G Dadd4

With its kooky nights and its suicides

Eb Bb

TV says its alright

Eb C# D

Cos everybody's hung up on something or other

G D/F# Em Em7/D

Stepping off in twenty so the driver says

F C/G Am

I should sleep tonight but I think I'll watch videos instead

G D/F# Em Em7/D

Annie Hall leaves New York in the end

F C/G Am

Press rewind and Woody gets her back again

And the whole world could have passed through me

C B5 A5

But I don't know that it means much to me

G F

Look inside America

C/G Dadd4

She's alright, she's alright

Eb Bb

Sitting out in the distance

Eb C# D

But I'm not trying to make her mine

G F

Looking for America

C/G Dadd4

With its kooky nights and its suicides

Eb Bb

TV says its alright

Eb C# D

Cos everybody's strung out on something or other

G6 A6 A D

G6 A6 A D A D

And the whole world could have passed through me

C B5 A5

But I don't know that it means much to me

G F C/G Dadd4 (3x)

G F B5 A5

G6 - 3 A6 - 5 Dadd4 - x

3 5 3

4 6 0

x x 4

x x 5

x x x #

"Bang"

Main:

B ------------------4------

G ----------------4---4----

D -----h---h--2-4-------4--

A --2-0-2-0-2--------------

B A E

Sitting in an S.D.T. waiting for an underground train

To rumble underneath my feet

B A E

Bang goes another day, where it went I could not say

Now I have to wait another week

B A E

But all is said and all is done, what was said was never done

Don't panic it's not really worth your while

B A E

Bang goes another year, in and out of one ear

Everybody's doing it so...do it too

A C# B A E

I don't need anyone...but a little love would make things better

B A E

Sitting on the early bus, passing through the morning rush

It makes no difference that I'm not...with you

B A E

Bang goes another year, in and out of one ear

Everybody's doing it so...do it too

B A E B

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 2x

BANK HOLIDAY

A G

Grandma has new dentures

A G

To eat the crust of pizza

A G

Been taken out by her daughter

A G

Because she thought she ought'a

A G

The kids are eating snickers

A G

Because they're so delicious

A G

Then there's sticky fingers

A G B C

And mother loses her knickers

Chorus:

Eb Bb C

Bank holiday comes six times a year

Eb Bb C

Days of enjoyment to which everybody cheers

Eb Bb C

Bank holiday comes with six pack of beer

C Bb G

......then its back to work A.G.A.I.N.

A G

Bar-b-que is cooking

A G

Sausages and chicken

A G

The patio is buzzing

A G

The neighbours they are looking

A G

John is down the fun pub

A G

Drinking lots of lager

A G

Girls and boys are on the game

A G B C

And all the high streets look the same

Chorus

"Beetlebum"

(Capo on first fret)

A C

Beetlebum, what you done?

F G

She's a gun, now what you done?

Beetlebum

A C

Get nothing done, you beetlebum

F G

Just get numb, now what you done

Bb A

Beetlebum

And when she lets me slip away

Bm Am F

She turns me on and all my violence gone

Am F

Nothing is wrong, I just slip away

Fm C

And I am gone

Bm Am

Nothing is wrong

She turns me on

Am F Fm C

I just slip away and I am gone

A C

Beetlebum, because your young

F G

She's a gun, now what you done?

Beetlebum

A C

She'll suck your thumb, she'll make you come

F G

Cause she's your gun, now what you done?

Bb A

Beetlebum

And when she lets me slip away

Bm Am F

She turns me on and all my violence gone

Am F

Nothing is wrong, I just slip away

Fm C

And I am gone

Bm Am

There's nothing wrong

She turns me on

Am F Fm

I just slip away and I am...

He's on, he's on, he's on it

G Bb

He's on, he's on, he's on it...

E -----------------------------

B --10-------------------------

G -----9\(8)/9\(8)/9-----------

D -------------------10-9-7----

A --------------------------5--

E -----------------------------

CHEMICAL WORLD- Blur

(From: Modern Life is Rubbish, Blur)

There are two guitar parts througout the whole song (as well as a 3rd in the

solo). Anyway, I hope this helps you out a bit:

Guitar 1, verse: (mild distortion)

|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------

|-9-/-|---------14------------14h15------------------------------------------

|-9-/-|------14----14----------------14--------------------------------------

|-9-/-|--------------------14------------14----------12---9h10-9-----9-------

|-7-/-|---12-----------11-------------------9h12-----------------h12---12-10-

|intro|-------------------------------------------10-------------------------

- Repeat this riff throughout "The pay me girl...very very very cheap"

Guitar 2, verse: (mild distortion)

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A A/Ab D C

"The pay me girl has had enough of the bleeps, so she takes a bus into

the country..."

where: A = 577655 (low to high)

A/Ab = 477650 (play low 4 with thumb)

D = xx0232

C = x32010

G = 320003

Guitar 1, chorus:

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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------

|-----11-14-11-----11----11--14--11-----------------14---9----9----9--------

|--12-----------11------------------h14-12-----------------9---h12--h12-10--

|---------------------12----------------------12/14-------------------------

- This is difficult to follow, but its pretty close to the actual guitar

line. This gets repeated through every chorus as well as through the

last portion of the song.

Guitar 2, chorus:

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A A/Ab F#m C#m Bm D F

"Well I don't know about you, but their putting the holes in, yes, yes..."

where: F#m = 244222

C#m = x46654

Bm = x24432

F = 133211

note: an alternative for A/Ab is A7 (I think) which is : x02120

"Chinese Bombs"

Played with fifth chords.

G# (C# C B) G# (B Bb A)

G# F G# F G# F

He makes an inner arm block

F G# F G#

Then kicks him behind

F G# F G# F

The lights, they go off

F G# F G# Bb

But he can fight blind

G# Bb G# Bb G#

Cos he got the touch

G# Bb G# Bb G#

But he won't live long

F G# F G# F

He comes from Hong Kong

F G# F G# Bb

Where justice is done

C G# Bb G#

Chinese bombs

C G# Bb G#

Millions jump

C G# Bb G#

Chairman's junk

C G# Bb G#

USA

G F# F E

Won't somebody

G F# F E

Won't somebody

G# (C# C B)

G# (B Bb A)

Sink this place

G# F G# F G# F

Got a cab to go to Soho

F G# F G#

The dragon said go

F G# F G# F

Let everyone know

F G# F G# Bb

That you got the touch

G# Bb G# Bb G#

You come from Hong Kong

G# Bb G# Bb G#

Where justice is done

F G# F G# F

Where people are strong

F G# F G# Bb

But you won't live long

C G# Bb G#

Chinese bombs

C G# Bb G#

Millions jump

C G# Bb G#

Chairman's junk

C G# Bb G#

To Hong Kong

C G# Bb G#

Bruce Lee come

C G# Bb G#

Save the day

C G# Bb G#

Bruce Lee come

C G# Bb G#

The Chinese way

(feedback pitch: C#)

GIRLS AND BOYS- Blur

BOYS AND GIRLS

(One chord sequence throughout= Gm C F Eb F#/F)

Streets like a jungle

So call the police

Following the herd

Down to Greece

on holiday

Love in the 90's

Is paranoid

On sunny beaches

Take your chances, looking for

GIRLS WHO ARE BOYS

WHO LOVE BOYS LIKE THEY'RE GIRLS

WHO DO GIRLS LIKE THEY'RE BOYS

ALWAYS SHOULD BE SOMEONE YOU REALLY LOVE

Avoiding all work

Cos there's none available

Like battery thinkers

Count their thoughts on 1 2 3 4 5 fingers

Nothing is wasted

Only reproduced

You get nasty blisters

Du bist sehr schon

But we haven't been introduced

"M.O.R."

d|----0--12-12-12------0--12-12-12------0--12-12-12----<12>\-|

It's automatic (It's automatic)

I need to unload (Need to unload)

Under the pressure (Under the pressure)

Go middle of the road (Middle of the road)

Fall into fashion (Fall into fashion)

Fall out again (Fall out again)

We stick together (We stick together)

Cos it never ends (It never ends)

D A

Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl)

G A

Here comes a high (The only ones in the world)

D/F# G

Here comes everything (You and me we'll work it out)

Here it comes

You, me, we'll work it out

Here comes tomorrow (Here comes tomorrow)

One, two, three episodes (Three episodes)

We stick together (We stick together)

Go middle of the road (Middle of the road)

Cos that's entertainment (That's entertainment)

It's the sound of the wheel (Sound of the wheel)

It rolls on forever (Roll, roll forever)

Yeah you know how it feels (Know how it feels)

D A

Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl)

G A

Here comes a high (The only ones in the world)

D/F# G

Here comes everything (You and me we'll work it out)

Here it comes (We are members of the human race)

D A

Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl)

G A

Here comes a high (The only ones in the world)

D/F# G

Here comes everything (You and me we'll work it out)

Here it comes

You, me, we'll work it out

"There's No Other Way"

E ---------------------------5-5---|

B -(5)-/12-14-12-12\-3-----5-5-5---|

G -(5)-/12-14-12-12\-3-000-5-7-6---|

D ---------------------------7-7---|

A ---------------------------------|

E ---------------------------------|

Verse:

E D B D

E ----0--|--------------|---2--|-2-----------|

B ----0--|-3-3-2-h3-p2--|---4--|-3--2-h3-p2--|

G ----1--|-2-2----------|---4--|-2-----------|

D -2--2--|-0-0----------|---4--|-0-----------|

A -2-----|--------------|---2--|-------------|

E -0-----|--------------|------|-------------|

Chorus:

E (bar chord: [fr.7])

D (bar chord: [fr.5])

G (bar chord: [fr.3])

A (bar chord: [fr.5])

G (frets: 3,2,0,0,0,3)

A (frets: x,0,2,2,2,0)

E (frets: 0,2,2,1,0,0)

E ------------------------------|

B -3-p0-h3--------------2-h3-p2-|

G ---------4-0-4-0-h2-2---------|

D ------------------------------|

A ------------------------------|

E ------------------------------|

Ending:

E -7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--5-5--5\--2-2--7-7--| -7--

B -9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--7-7--7\--4-4--7-7--| -9--

G -9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--7-7--7\--4-4--7-7--| -9--

D -9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--7-7--7\--4-4--7-7--| 4x -9--

A -7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--5-5--5\--2-2--5-5--| -7--

E --------------------------------------| ----

PARKLIFE - Blur

Intro + Verse riff;

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LET RING.....

e|-0-----0--0-----0--0-----0------0-----0-----|

b|-0-----0--0-----0--0-----0------14----0-----|

g|-13----13-13----13-13----13-----14----9-----|

d|-14----14-14----14-14----14-----0-----9-----|

a|-14----14-14----14-14----14-----------------|

e|-0-----0--0-----0--0-----0------------------|

E Esus4 E

Confidence is the preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as

Esus4

(Parklife)

E Esus4

And morning setup can be avoided if you take a route straight through

E Esus4

what is known as (Parklife)

E Esus4

John's got brewer's droop he gets intimidated by the dirty pigeons they

E Esus4

love a bit of it (Parklife)

E Esus4

Who's that gut lord marching...you should cut down on your porklife

E Esus4

mate...get some exercise

Chorus:

E Bb B

All the people

E C B

So many people

G F# Em

They all go hand in hand

C Asus4 A Bb7 B7

Hand in hand throught their parklife

(Verse 2: Same chords as verse 1)

I get up when I want, except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awaken by the

dustmen

I put my trousers on, have a cup of tea, and I think about leaving the

house

I feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too it gives me a feeling of

enormous well being

And then I'm happy for the rest of the day safe in the knowledge there will

always be a bit of my heart devoted to it

Chorus

It's got nothing to do with your Vorsprung Durch Technic you know

And it's got nothing to do with you joggers who go round and round and round

Chorus

Resigned , by Blur - From the album "Modern Life is Rubbish"

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- This song is relatively simple to play along to since it just repeats itself

over and over again. Its also great to play while smoking:) To properly

simulate the guitar, I use a phaser with the rate and width knobs turned to

the maximum settings. You could also use a flanger with the rate and depth

cranked up but with the res knob fully anticlockwise. Anyway, here it goes..

F C

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

|-----------------10---------------------------------------------------------

|---------10----------10------10----------------------9----------------------

|-----10------10----------10-----------------10----------10------------------

|---8------------------------------------10------10-----------10-------------

|-------------------------------------8---------------------------8----------

Eb add7(?) A#

|----------------10--------------------------------6-------------------------

|---------------------------8-------------------------6----------------------

|---------8-----------8-----------------------------------7------------------

|------8------8----------8-----------------8-----------------8-------------

|---6-----------------------------------8------8-----------------------------

|------------------------------------6---------------------------------------

Dm Ab (add9)

|---------------5---------------------------4--6-----------------------------

|------------------6---------------------4--------4--------------------------

|---------7----------7-------------------------------------------------------

|-------7---7-----------7--------------6------------6------------------------

|----5-------------------------------------------------6---------------------

|-----------------------------------4----------------------------------------

C Eb

|---------------------------------------------------------------------r

|----------------------------------------------------8----8-----------e

|----------------------------------------------------8----8-----------p

|-----------10------------10------------10-----------8----8-----------e

|-------10------10----10------10-----10-----10-------6----6-----------a

|----8--------------8-------------8-----------------------------------t

Here are the words:

I think too much

on things I want too much

and I'm resigned to that,

Only you can fill my blank heart

and I'm resigned to that.

I wish the sun

could just keep me warm

and I'm resigned to that

I'll forget to breathe someday

I never stop to think why.

"Sing"

Intro: Em A Bm A

Em A Bm A

I can't feel

Em A Bm A

Cause I'm numb

Em A Bm A

I can't feel

Em A Bm A

Cause I'm numb

Em A Bm A

So what's the worth

Em A Bm A

In all of this

Em A Bm A

So what's the worth

Em A Bm A

In all of this

G (16x)

F G

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (4x)

Sing, sing to me

Em A Bm A

So what's the worth

Em A Bm A

In all of this

Em A Bm A

If the child in your head

Em A Bm A

If the child is dead

"She's So High"

Intro:

E --3--

B --3--

G --0--

D --2--

A --3--

Main:

E ------2--------h-p---

B ------3-------0-1-0--

G ----2---------------- 3x

D --0---------2--------

A --------0-3----------

E ---------------------

E ------------h-p----3---------------------

B ------2----2-3-2-3-----------------------

G ------2----------------------------------

D ----2---------------------0-----0-----0--

A --0------0------------0-2---0-2---0-2----

E --------------------3--------------------

D C

I see her face

D C D C

Everyday I see her face

A C

It doesn't help me

D C

See her face

D C D C

Everyday I see her face

A C

It doesn't help me

D C

She's so high (x3)

A C

I want to crawl all over her

D C

I think of her

D C D C

Everyday I think of her

A C

It doesn't help me

Middle:

D C (repeat)

A C A G

D E A

She doesn't help me (x3)

"Song 2"

Chords are all fifths.

F D# G# A# C

I got my head checked

F D# G# A# C

By a jumbo jet

F D# G# A# C

It wasn't easy

F D# G# A# C

But nothing is, no

F D# G# A# C

Well I feel heavy metal

F D# G# A# C

And I'm pins and I'm needles

F D# G# A# C

Well I lie and I'm easy

F G# C#

All of the time and I'm never sure why I need you

Pleased to meet ya

F D# G# A# C

I got my head down

F D# G# A# C

When I was young

F D# G# A# C

It's not my problem

F D# G# A# C

It's not my problem

F D# G# A# C

Well I feel heavy metal

F D# G# A# C

And I'm pins and I'm needles

F D# G# A# C

Well I lie and I'm easy

F G# C#

All of the time and I'm never sure why I need you

Pleased to meet ya

F D# G# A# C

Yeah, yeah

Oh, yeah

Intro

E-----------------------------|----------------------------------|

B-----------------------------|----------------------------------|

G-----------------------------|------------------17--17--17--17--|

D-----------------------------|--13--13--15--17--17--17--17--17--|

A---15--15--------13--13--13--|--11--11--13--15--15--15--15--15--|

E---13--13--------11--11--11--|----------------------------------|

E----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

B----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

G----------------------------------|--13--13--15--17--17--17--17--17--||

D----------------------------------|--13--13--15--17--17--17--17--17--||

A--------15--15--------13--13--13--|--11--11--13--15--15--15--15--15--||

E---(0)--13--13--------11--11--11--|----------------------------------||

Main 8x

E---16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--||

B-------------------------------------------||

G---13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--||

D-------------------------------------------||

A-------------------------------------------||

E-------------------------------------------||

Verses 4x

E-----------------------------|----------------------------------||

B-----------------------------|----------------------------------||

G-----------------------------|------------------17--17--17--17--||

D-----------------------------|--13--13--15--17--17--17--17--17--||

A---15--15--------13--13--13--|--11--11--13--15--15--15--15--15--||

E---13--13--------11--11--11--|----------------------------------||

Chorus 16x

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E---16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--||

B-------------------------------------------||

G---13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--||

D-------------------------------------------||

A-------------------------------------------||

E-------------------------------------------||

Outro 8x Ending

*** **** +

E---20--20--20--20--20--20--20--20--20--20--|--20--------------||

B-------------------------------------------|---------0-----x--||

G---17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--|--17--------------||

D-------------------------------------------|------------------||

A-------------------------------------------|------------------||

E-------------------------------------------|------------------||

* = Fill 1

Gtr. 2 (dist)

B ---21--21--

** = Fill 2, first verse first time

Gtr. 2 (dist)

E --16--

B ------

G --13--

*** = Fill 3 13th time in chorus 2x, first 2x of outro

Gtr. 3 (dist), bass in live version

E --4\1--4\1--4-4-6-8---8\--

**** = Fill 4 last 2x of outro

Gtr. 3 (dist), bass in live version

E --4\1--4/8--------4\1/4\1/8------

+ = Gtr. 2 plays Main

Rhythm of Main, Chorus, and Outro (e = 8th, s = 16th):

e e e s s e e e s s

E---16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--||

B-------------------------------------------||

G---13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--||

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