Up the Bracket The Libertines
----------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------Libertines----------------------------------| ------------------------------Up The Bracket--------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------1.Vertigo---------------------------------- BASS/ GUITAR RIFF D----------1-------| A------1-3---3-1---| E--1-4-----------5-| (THEN MOVE THIS SHAPE WITHE THE CHORDS)
[F]Koreema know just wh[G]at it is she does
A# F REPEAT
It cant be hard for her to get a buzz
Down in the street below
You can hear the drunken prophet sing
"I know whats on your mind my boy
I can see oh everything
Lead pipes are fortune made well
Take a tip from me
[D#]Climb up to her window ledge or you'[D#M]ll forever be
Just walking under ladders as the people round you hear you cry[A#]ing please"
D# A# A, G#, G
as the people round you hear you crying please"
Who really knows just what it is she does
It cant be hard for her
To get a buzz
The rapture of vertigo
And letting go
Me myself i was never sure
Was it the liquor
Or was it my soul?
---------------------------2.Death On The Stairs----------------------------
[A#]From way far across the sea
[F]Came an eritsean maiden she
[Gm]Had a one track mind and eyes for me
[Gm]Half blinded in the war
[Cm]With a pale young anglican
[F]Who said he'd help her all he can
[A#]Showed her Jesus and his little un-holy frie[D#]nd
[Cm]She had no mind to please him
[F]Just say 'ta-ra' and leave him b[A#]ehind
There's a little boy in a stairwell who say
"I hate people like you"
Got matches & cable TV half of less than 50p
We all clambered over the balcony
Banging on the window waking steve
Bringing with a new love his un-holy friend
If you really need it you mustn't leave it behind
[A#]Please kill me no [D#]don't kill me
[F]But don't bring that ghost round to my door
I don't wanna see them anymore
[A#]Please kill me no [D#]don't kill me
[F]But don't bang on about yesterday
I wouldn't know about that anyway
Monkey asked the mouse before
If she loved anybody more than he
It turns you into stone
Now i'm reversing down this lonely street
To a cheap hotel when i can meet the past
And pay it off and keep it sweet
It's sweet like nothing at all
Yes i've seen you there how could i help but stare
It rips the heart out off your body
Now i've taken far too much to think
Or see or touch what's real i'm stranded on this street that
Paved my only way home
You really need it you just won't leave it behind
He got nothing he got nothing at all
----------------------------------3.Horror Show-----------------------------
Intro:
C,C,C (pause) (x4)
C,G,Bb, (x3)(incredibly fast playing here)
C,G
verses
I've been f[C]ollowing,[G] [Bb]
Your mi[C]nds instruction[G]s[Bb]
F C G Bb (x2)
Oh how just to slowly, sharply screw myself to death
Ah yes, there is a screw[F]
C G Bb (x2)
It's pointed at my head
Th[C]en look a dream pe[G]dd[Bb]lar
[C]And a stick of li[G]gh[Bb]t through[C] my bon[G]es[Bb]
[F]"Don't get on the wrong one"
C G Bb (x2)
"Oh you and you what's your game"
Chorus
[C]Laying me down to waste lay[E]ing me down
[Am]Pin me up or p[A]ut me down
[F]Uh uh uh uh oh
[G]Now let it a[C]ll g[G]o
[C]It's a horror show, you should co[E]me on round
H[Am]orror show, the h[A]orse is brown
[F]Uh uh oh le[G]ft something in Mo[C]sco[G]w
(Pause all other intsruments except guitar)
Bb/C,C (x4)
(only the drums play for this next 4 lines)
She said "I'll show you a picture
A picture of tomorrow
There's nothing changing
It's all sorrow
(back into the verse)
O[F]h no please dont show me
C G Bb (x2)
I'm a swine, you don't wanna know me"
C C G Bb (x2)
I've been following,
Your mi[C]nds instructio[C]ns[G] [Bb]
F C G Bb (x2)
Oh how just to slowly, sharply screw myself to death
Ah yes, there is a s[F]crew, screw
C G Bb (x2)
It's pointed at my head
Chorus
[C]Laying me down to waste lay[E]ing me down
[Am]Pin me up or p[A]ut me down
[F]Uh uh uh uh oh
[G]Now let it a[C]ll g[G]o
[C]It's a horror show, you should co[E]me on round
H[Am]orror show, the h[A]orse is brown
[F]Uh uh oh le[G]ft something in Mo[C]sco[G]w
(then these lines from the verse again)
I've been f[C]ollowing,[G] [Bb]
Your mi[C]nds instruction[G]s[Bb]
F C G Bb (x2)
Oh how just to slowly, sharply screw myself to death
Ah yes, there is a screw[F]
C G Bb (x2)
It's pointed at my head
Chorus
[C]Laying me down to waste lay[E]ing me down
[Am]Pin me up or p[A]ut me down
[F]Uh uh uh uh oh
[G]Now let it a[C]ll g[G]o
[C]It's a horror show, you should co[E]me on round
H[Am]orror show, the h[A]orse is brown
[F]Uh uh oh le[G]ft something in Mo[C]sco[G]w
---------------------------4.Time For Heroes--------------------------------
Did you see the s[D]tylish k[F#M]ids in the riot
Bm G (5 fast hits)
We were shovelled up like muck Set the night on fire
[D]Wombles bleed trun[F#M]cheons and shields
G A (repeat this sequence unless stated)
You know I cherish you my love
But there's a rumour spread nasty disease around town
Caught round the houses with your trousers down
A headrush in the bush
You know I cherish you my love
How i ch[G]erish you my l[A]ove
[G]What can you want now you'[Gm]ve got it all
[D]She says it's obscene
[F#M]Time will strip it away
[G]A year and a day
A (HOLD)
And Bill Bones
Bill Bones he knows what I mean
Yes it's eating no it's chewing me up
It's not right for young lungs to be coughing up blood
Oh it's all
It's all in my hands And its all up the walls
The stale chips are up and the hopes stakes are down
Its these ignorant faces that bring this town down
Yeah I sighed and sunken with pride
You know passed myself down on my knees
Yes I passed myself down on my knees
What can you want now you've got it all
She says it's obscene
Time will strip it away
A year and a day
And Bill Bones
Bill Bones he knows what I mean
There are fewer more distressing sights than that
Of an Englishman in a baseball cap
Yeah we'll die in the class we were born
That's a class of our own my love
Were in a class of our own my love
Did you see the stylish kids in the riot
We were shovelled up like muck Then set the night on fire
Wombles bleed truncheons and shields
You know I cherish you my love
Oh how I cherish you my love. D
-------------------------5.The Boys In The Band----------------------------- intro D# F D---------8-10-8----------------| RIFF (BASS) A--8-8-11--------11--8-8--------| E-------------------------1-1---|
Y[F]ou walking like you never seen the light
you walking like it every night
[A#M]but I never seen you dance and I[C] never heard you sing
Am DM*
so how can it mean a single thing? DM*-- PLAY WITH DECENDING BASS
A# C (STOP)
(D,C#,C
(it's all so rudimentary)
You talking like you handy in a fight
you talk about it every night
but I never seen your flowers in the barrel of a gun
all I ever seen you do is run...not a rude boy you're the gentry
so tell me b[F]aby, ho[Am]w does it feel?
[DM]I know you like the roll of the l[F]imousine wheel...
[F]and they all get them out[Am] for the boy[A#]s in the ba[C]nd (only for the boys in the band)
[F]they scream and they sh[Am]out for (twist and scream and shout)
for the bo[A#]ys in the ba[C]nd, the boys in the band...
you walking like you never seen the light
walking like it every night
but i never seen you laugh and I never heard you cry,
one of those things that darling you might try
(all so rudimentary)
now I'm jealous I'm jealous of my own
I've no homestead but through these hearts I will roam...
and they all get them out etc...
----------------------------6.Radio America---------------------------------
(repeat D and ddim)
If i get the call i will call across Radio America
Right across america i will call
Yes i will call all across Radio America
Right across america i will call
D Em F#M G F#M G F#M EM D---BACK TO VERSE
If call i must do to take my love my love to you
There a lovely young girl on?
And all across Africa, China and Australia
Call you down in New Mexico, New Brighton and Tokyo i will call
If call i must do to take my love my love to you
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[G]For well it m[A]ay hap that these are t[D]hey
D, C#, C B
Your happiest days
G d D--(VERSE)
Oh my good old friend i see you chanced your arm again
the red faced president
Took afternoon tea with her mejesty the queen
And they watched old films flicker across the old palace movie screen
Crying what a shame as Julie slipped in the rain
The poor dancing girl she wont dance again
And they said it was a transmission to take my love my love to you
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intro F#M, Fm X 3 F#M
v1
[A]saw 2 shadow me[E]n on the Vallance Ro[A]ad
[A]said they'd pay me[E] for your address, I was so bol[A]d...
[F#M]to say 'you see these 2 c[E]old fingers
[F#M]these crooked fingers I sho[E]w....
[Dmaj7]you a way to mean no'
v2 (as v1)
A...
well they didn't like that much I can tell you
said 'sunshine, I wouldnae wanna be in yur shoes'
& they chased me up three flights of stairs
caught me in the lift how I sighed & said 'oh - you're impossible'
(chorus)
[F#m2]But it's just like h[Em]e's in another wo[DM]rld,
[C#m]doesn't see the danger [Cm]on s[Bm]how
[C#7]He'll end up like Joseph bloody in a hole
(same as 1st half of chorus)
& it's just like she's in another world
how they suit each other oh
but you never get close
(impossible)
intro
v3
saw the same 2 men on the Cally Rd
said they'd double their offer I was so bold...etc
Chorus
Intro
SOLO g-----9-11-11-9-6-6 (x2) -6-6-6-6^-6^-6^
Chorus
End (...that's close enough)
F#m2 Em Dm (Just one down strum each)
-----------------------------8.Tell The King--------------------------------
Em x4
Am x4
Em x4
[Am]
I've got a little secret for ya
G x4
Cmaj7 x4
[Am]
[Am]Even now there's [D]something to be [G]proud a[G]bout
You [Am]come up the hard [Am]way
And they re[Bm]mind you every [Am]day
You're [G]nothing[G] [C]
Oh [C]my words in your [D]mouth are mumbled [G]all a[G]bout
You're like a[Am] journal[Am]ist
You can [Bm]cut and paste and [Am]twist
Em x4 Am x4 Em x4
You're awful
[Am]Tell it to your [Am]king
Go and [Bm]tell him every[Am]thing you [G]know[G]
Tell him you [G]know how I [G]feel
Tell him you [G]know how i feel
At the [D]palace [Em]gates
I'm all [C]levered of my [C]face
And I just can't [D]work out what it's [G]all about[G]
I see[Am] snakes in [Am]eyes
Bm Am G x4 C
And danger signs
[C] If you were [D]late you mustn't [G]dare com[G]plain
And you [Am]wont like this at [Am]all
Bm Am Em x4 Am x4 Em x4
There's nothing to break your fall
Oh [Am]tell it to your [Am]king
Bm Am G x4
Tell him everything you know
And you [G]know how I feel [D]out of [Em]place
Until I've [C]levered of my [C]face
And I can [D]work out what you're [G]on a[G]bout
[Am] Didn't they ex[Am]plain
Bm Am G x4
you have to play the game
G x4 Cmaj7 x4 D D/C G/B Am G x4
Johnny [G]drinks and smokes his [D/F#]cares away,
his [C]heart is in the [G]lonely way,
[C]living in the [G]ruins
of a [A7]castle built [D7]on sand[G]
[D/F#] [C] [G] [C] [G] [A7] [D7] [G]
---------------------------9.Boy Looked At Johnny---------------------------
VERSE E, A, B
The boy looked at Johnny and said
My word that was fun
When he did it with his hat on
In a saddle with his gun
We're in slow motion eating breakfast
At the side view hotel
Oh sipping down (a treat?)
Everything's going so well E (HOLD)
[E]New York city's very pretty in the ni[F#M]ght time
[B]Oh oh don't you miss So[E]ho
Where everybody goes
[B]Li d[C]i d[C#]i
[B]Li d[C]i [C#]di [D#C#]D D D[B]
[B]Li d[C]i d[C#]i
[B]Li d[C]i [C#]di [D#C#]D D D[B]
[B]Li d[C]i d[C#]i
[B]Li d[C]i [C#]di [D#C#]D D D[E]
[E]La l la la la la
The boy looked at Johnny
He said Don't you know who I think I am
Well I knew you once before
Now Im trying all I can
No no no no no
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
No no no no no
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
New York city's very pretty in the night time
Oh oh don't you miss Soho
Where everybody goes
Li di di
Li di di D D D
Li di di
Li di di D D D
Li di di
Li di di D D D
La l la la la la
BREAKDOWN IS JUST E AND A
---------------------------------10.Begging--------------------------------
Intro B (HOLD FOR AGES PLAY BSUS4) G
v1
[B]All out folks we a[A]re, round the b[B]ench in the par[A]k
[B]are sisters in t[A]he dark today[G]
what a leap in mind, [B]my soul has gone a little cold
V2
[B]Maybe, maybe next[A] year if it [B]isn't to [A]fear
[B]we'll get oursle[A]lves some good time girl[G]s
remember when you trie[B]d, you cried in many many ways
[Em]and he's crossing the road picking[F#] up his daily sport
CHORUS
[B]oh [F#]no they'[G#m]re begging you,[A] they're begg[F#]ing you
what will they d[B]o?
[B]oh n[A]o they'r[G#m]e begging you,[A] they're begg[F#]ing you
what will they d[B]o?
V3 AS V2
and have you heard the singer said
he's dead ringer for a fella i used to know
oh love she cried, well no, oh no its a funny way to go
and he's crossing the road picking up his daily sport
chorus
BREAKDOWN---Em
---------------------------11.The Good Old Days-----------------------------
Intro DM and G7
Queen Bodecia is long dead and gone
Still then the spirit in her childrens childrens children it lives on
[DM]But if you've lost your f[Bb]aith in love and m[F]usic the [A]end wont be long
[DM] [Bb] [F] [A]
Because i[DM]f its gone for [Bb]you then i too may [F]lose it and [A]that would be wrong
[DM] [Bb] [F] [A]
[DM]Tried so hard to [Bb]keep myself from f[F]alling
[A]Back into my bad old ways[DM] [Bb] [F] [A]
[DM]And it chars my heart to [Bb]always hear you ca[F]lling
[A]Calling for the good old days[DM] [Bb] [F]
[A]Cos there were no good old d[DM]ays[Bb] [F]
[A]These are the good old days[DM] [Bb] [F] [A]
[DM] [Bb] [F] [A]
[Bm]And its not about, tenements and needles
And all the evils in their [G]eyes and the backs of their mi[A]nds
[Bm]Daisy chains and [G]school yard games
[A]A list of things we said we'd do tomorrow
[A]List of things we said we'd do tomorrow
[DM]The arcadian dream[Bb] so fallen [F]through
[A]But the Albion sails on course[DM] [Bb] [F] [A]
Let's [DM]man the decks[Bb] and hoist the [F]rigging
[A]Because the pig mans found the source[DM] [Bb] [F] [A]
And theres twelve rude boys on the o[DM]ars[Bb] [F] [A]
DM Bb F A to end
-----------------------------12.I Get Along---------------------------------
intro D C
[D]You caught me in the middle dazed on the ca[C]rpet
[D]I was following the lines that move like more s[C]nakes
[A]thinking Something aint quite right
[G] You got the devil on your side s[A]tanding to your right come [D]on
You caught me in the middle dazed and confused
I was following the good steps fancy free and footlose
And 'something aint quite right'
But if you get them on your side then we'll have a good time come on
CHORUS
[D] i get along[C#], i[C] get along[C#], i[D] get alon[C#]g, [C]i get alo[C#]ng,[D]....
It's coming out my ears so baby here's what we'll do
Theres 10 for you and 6 for him and 4 for them and let me see
Now something aint quite right
You can get them on your side then we'll have a good time come on
MID 8
[G]i getalon[A]g singing m[D]y song, peop[C#]le [C]tell[B] me i'm wrong[G]
A (STOP)
Fuck 'Em
It's coming out my ears so baby here's what we'll do
Theres 10 for you and 6 for him and 4 for them
Now something aint quite right
You got the devil on your side standing to your right come on
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The End (thanks to Pete Doherty & Carl Barat and the fans who wrote the chords cheers very much)
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