Chords for Chalkdust - Chauffeur Wanted
Tempo:
143.1 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Bb
Dm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [F] [Em]
[G]
[C]
[F]
[D]
[Dm]
[C] [Gm]
[C] This [F] is Kareem Baik.
You asking me what is wrong with Trinidad?
You can't understand [Dm] why things going [C] so bad.
You find we so rich in [Gm] human resources
and yet the country going to [F] pieces.
Well let me tell you my friend where we went wrong
after Eric [F] Williams old car [Bb] break down.
We called [C] DNAR,
[F] we ordered [Dm] a next car
[Bb] and [C] installed a new [F] driver.
[Bb] We take the three [C] passengers from the party.
We gave him a [F] Maxi Taxi
[D] [Am] fitted with my [G] wheels, tape deck, computer, air-conditioned 8 [C] cylinder.
[Gm] We push [Bb] new fittings, [C] this Maxi car arrived.
Their status was [Dm] on the list.
[D] It took a year for [Bb] passengers to [C] realize
they said the new driver [F] cannot drive.
[G]
[C]
[F]
[D]
[Gm] [C]
[F]
[C] Well of the [F] 33 chosen passengers
from Napa, [Dm] Humphrey and [C] Sudama
they wouldn't let the poor driver drive in peace.
[Gm] They [C] distracted him and [F] wouldn't cease.
While he driving they hitting him some big clouds
so he stopped the Maxi and put [Bb] them out.
And to [C] discuss their fate
[F] they went to [Dm] drink a straight [Bb] by a [C] club called [F] 88th.
[Bb]
The driver called his [C] sweet mouth friend Flash Gordon
to give him some driving [F]
lessons.
[D]
Flash appointed [Dm] himself as the conductor
[G]
pushing [D] around them [C] passengers.
Meanwhile [Bb] the car running [C] about helter [C]-skelter
had its joints started [Dm] to scatter
[D]
and its club had [Bb] to jump and run to [C] stay alive.
He said the new driver [F] cannot drive.
[G]
[Gm] [C] [F]
[D]
[Dm]
[C]
[F]
You questioning me so much about the driver
you want to push so [Dm] he can't [C] maneuver.
Well boy the first man he [Gm] get this [C] driving job
you know the man bounce long for you Rick [F] Bob.
He's swerving so much John Humphrey get frightened.
John ask him where [Cm] he buy his [Bb] license.
And while the car swerving
[F] John [Dm] Humphrey trying [Bb] to hold [C] on to the [F] steering.
[Bb] Well some school children by [C] the road run like hell.
They lose their lunch and [F] books as well.
[D] He driving on the [Dm] fast lane and Massey lane
[G] and felt Mr.
Cola straight [C] in the drain.
He [Bb] slammed the brakes on [C] them old public servants.
Some get [Gm] injured no [Dm] insurance.
[Am] Then he tied them up [Bb] in bonds that he [C] conned.
They say the new driver [F] cannot drive.
[G]
[C]
[F]
[D]
[Dm] For an instance
[C] Chester Rogers
[F]
[Bb] he lost his way by [F] the IMF station
and asking a [Dm] Yankee for
[C] direction.
And like a vagrant he [Gm] begging [C] old Rupas
to buy back some of his oil and [F] gas.
Then Jack warned him that his new battery corroded
and not to pass on the [Bb] IMF road.
But he [C] ain't listening.
[F] He [Dm] got a sleep driving
[Bb] and [C] IMF teams [F] rub him.
[Bb] When Lloyd a [C] sheltering ring and a rush off
he refused to give [F] Lloyd a drop.
[D] Caribbean melody [Dm] flat down the taxi.
[G] Pass them straight and pick [C] up Gypsy.
[Gm] Some say he [F] going to crash [C] the car before long.
He can't see [Dm] 1991.
This is Caribbean [D] life.
Car staying far [Bb] from the driver just [C] to survive.
Although the new driver [F] cannot drive.
[G]
[C]
[F]
[D]
[Gm] [C]
[F]
[D]
[Em] [G]
[C]
[F]
[D]
[Dm] [C]
[G]
[C]
[F]
[D]
[Dm]
[C] [Gm]
[C] This [F] is Kareem Baik.
You asking me what is wrong with Trinidad?
You can't understand [Dm] why things going [C] so bad.
You find we so rich in [Gm] human resources
and yet the country going to [F] pieces.
Well let me tell you my friend where we went wrong
after Eric [F] Williams old car [Bb] break down.
We called [C] DNAR,
[F] we ordered [Dm] a next car
[Bb] and [C] installed a new [F] driver.
[Bb] We take the three [C] passengers from the party.
We gave him a [F] Maxi Taxi
[D] [Am] fitted with my [G] wheels, tape deck, computer, air-conditioned 8 [C] cylinder.
[Gm] We push [Bb] new fittings, [C] this Maxi car arrived.
Their status was [Dm] on the list.
[D] It took a year for [Bb] passengers to [C] realize
they said the new driver [F] cannot drive.
[G]
[C]
[F]
[D]
[Gm] [C]
[F]
[C] Well of the [F] 33 chosen passengers
from Napa, [Dm] Humphrey and [C] Sudama
they wouldn't let the poor driver drive in peace.
[Gm] They [C] distracted him and [F] wouldn't cease.
While he driving they hitting him some big clouds
so he stopped the Maxi and put [Bb] them out.
And to [C] discuss their fate
[F] they went to [Dm] drink a straight [Bb] by a [C] club called [F] 88th.
[Bb]
The driver called his [C] sweet mouth friend Flash Gordon
to give him some driving [F]
lessons.
[D]
Flash appointed [Dm] himself as the conductor
[G]
pushing [D] around them [C] passengers.
Meanwhile [Bb] the car running [C] about helter [C]-skelter
had its joints started [Dm] to scatter
[D]
and its club had [Bb] to jump and run to [C] stay alive.
He said the new driver [F] cannot drive.
[G]
[Gm] [C] [F]
[D]
[Dm]
[C]
[F]
You questioning me so much about the driver
you want to push so [Dm] he can't [C] maneuver.
Well boy the first man he [Gm] get this [C] driving job
you know the man bounce long for you Rick [F] Bob.
He's swerving so much John Humphrey get frightened.
John ask him where [Cm] he buy his [Bb] license.
And while the car swerving
[F] John [Dm] Humphrey trying [Bb] to hold [C] on to the [F] steering.
[Bb] Well some school children by [C] the road run like hell.
They lose their lunch and [F] books as well.
[D] He driving on the [Dm] fast lane and Massey lane
[G] and felt Mr.
Cola straight [C] in the drain.
He [Bb] slammed the brakes on [C] them old public servants.
Some get [Gm] injured no [Dm] insurance.
[Am] Then he tied them up [Bb] in bonds that he [C] conned.
They say the new driver [F] cannot drive.
[G]
[C]
[F]
[D]
[Dm] For an instance
[C] Chester Rogers
[F]
[Bb] he lost his way by [F] the IMF station
and asking a [Dm] Yankee for
[C] direction.
And like a vagrant he [Gm] begging [C] old Rupas
to buy back some of his oil and [F] gas.
Then Jack warned him that his new battery corroded
and not to pass on the [Bb] IMF road.
But he [C] ain't listening.
[F] He [Dm] got a sleep driving
[Bb] and [C] IMF teams [F] rub him.
[Bb] When Lloyd a [C] sheltering ring and a rush off
he refused to give [F] Lloyd a drop.
[D] Caribbean melody [Dm] flat down the taxi.
[G] Pass them straight and pick [C] up Gypsy.
[Gm] Some say he [F] going to crash [C] the car before long.
He can't see [Dm] 1991.
This is Caribbean [D] life.
Car staying far [Bb] from the driver just [C] to survive.
Although the new driver [F] cannot drive.
[G]
[C]
[F]
[D]
[Gm] [C]
[F]
[D]
[Em] [G]
[C]
[F]
[D]
[Dm] [C]
Key:
C
F
Bb
Dm
D
C
F
Bb
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[C] _ This [F] is Kareem Baik.
_ _ _ You asking me what is wrong with _ Trinidad?
_ _ You can't understand [Dm] why things going [C] so bad.
_ _ You find we so rich in [Gm] human _ resources
_ _ and yet the country going to [F] pieces.
_ _ _ Well let me tell you my friend where we went wrong
after Eric [F] Williams old car [Bb] break down. _ _ _ _
We called [C] DNAR, _
[F] we ordered [Dm] a next car
[Bb] and [C] installed a new [F] driver. _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] We take the three [C] passengers from the party. _ _
_ We gave him a [F] Maxi Taxi _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Am] fitted with my [G] wheels, tape deck, _ computer, _ _ _ air-conditioned 8 [C] cylinder. _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] We push [Bb] new fittings, [C] this Maxi car arrived.
Their _ _ status was [Dm] on the list. _ _ _ _
[D] _ It took a year for [Bb] passengers to [C] realize
they said the new driver [F] cannot drive. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ Well of the [F] 33 chosen _ _ passengers
_ from Napa, _ [Dm] Humphrey and _ [C] Sudama _
_ they wouldn't let the poor driver drive in peace.
_ [Gm] They [C] distracted him and _ [F] wouldn't cease.
_ While he driving they hitting him some big clouds
so he stopped the Maxi and put [Bb] them out.
_ _ _ And to [C] discuss their fate
[F] they went to [Dm] drink a straight [Bb] by a [C] club called [F] 88th. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
The driver called his [C] sweet mouth friend Flash Gordon
_ to _ give him some driving [F] _
lessons.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
Flash appointed [Dm] himself as the _ conductor
_ [G] _ _
pushing [D] around them [C] passengers.
_ _ _ _ _
Meanwhile [Bb] the car running [C] about helter [C]-skelter _ _ _
had its joints started [Dm] to scatter
_ _ _ [D] _ _
and its club had [Bb] to jump and run to [C] stay alive.
He said the new driver [F] cannot _ drive. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _
You questioning me so much about the driver _
you want to push so [Dm] he can't [C] maneuver. _ _ _
Well boy the first man he [Gm] get this [C] _ driving job
you know the man bounce long for you Rick [F] Bob. _ _ _
He's swerving so much John Humphrey get frightened.
John ask him where [Cm] he buy his [Bb] license. _ _
_ _ And while the car swerving
[F] _ John [Dm] Humphrey trying [Bb] to hold [C] on to the [F] steering. _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] Well some school children by [C] the road run like hell.
_ They lose their lunch and [F] books as well. _
_ _ [D] _ He driving on the [Dm] fast lane and Massey lane
_ [G] and felt Mr.
Cola straight [C] in the drain. _
_ _ _ He [Bb] slammed the brakes on [C] them old public servants.
_ _ _ _ Some get [Gm] injured no [Dm] insurance. _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ Then he tied them up [Bb] in bonds that he [C] conned.
They say the new driver [F] cannot _ drive.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] For an instance _ _
[C] Chester _ Rogers _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] he lost his way by [F] the _ IMF _ station
_ and asking a [Dm] Yankee for _ _
[C] direction.
_ And like a vagrant he [Gm] begging [C] old Rupas
_ to buy back some of his oil and [F] gas.
_ _ Then Jack warned him that his new battery _ corroded
_ and not to pass on the [Bb] IMF road. _ _ _
But he [C] ain't listening. _
[F] He [Dm] got a sleep driving _
[Bb] and [C] IMF teams [F] rub him. _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] When Lloyd a [C] sheltering ring and a rush off
he _ _ refused to give [F] Lloyd a drop. _ _ _
[D] _ _ Caribbean melody [Dm] flat down the taxi. _
[G] _ _ Pass them straight and pick [C] up Gypsy. _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] Some say he [F] going to crash [C] the car before long. _
_ _ He can't see [Dm] 1991.
_ This is Caribbean [D] life.
_ Car staying far [Bb] from the driver just [C] to survive.
Although _ the new driver [F] cannot drive. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[C] _ This [F] is Kareem Baik.
_ _ _ You asking me what is wrong with _ Trinidad?
_ _ You can't understand [Dm] why things going [C] so bad.
_ _ You find we so rich in [Gm] human _ resources
_ _ and yet the country going to [F] pieces.
_ _ _ Well let me tell you my friend where we went wrong
after Eric [F] Williams old car [Bb] break down. _ _ _ _
We called [C] DNAR, _
[F] we ordered [Dm] a next car
[Bb] and [C] installed a new [F] driver. _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] We take the three [C] passengers from the party. _ _
_ We gave him a [F] Maxi Taxi _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Am] fitted with my [G] wheels, tape deck, _ computer, _ _ _ air-conditioned 8 [C] cylinder. _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] We push [Bb] new fittings, [C] this Maxi car arrived.
Their _ _ status was [Dm] on the list. _ _ _ _
[D] _ It took a year for [Bb] passengers to [C] realize
they said the new driver [F] cannot drive. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ Well of the [F] 33 chosen _ _ passengers
_ from Napa, _ [Dm] Humphrey and _ [C] Sudama _
_ they wouldn't let the poor driver drive in peace.
_ [Gm] They [C] distracted him and _ [F] wouldn't cease.
_ While he driving they hitting him some big clouds
so he stopped the Maxi and put [Bb] them out.
_ _ _ And to [C] discuss their fate
[F] they went to [Dm] drink a straight [Bb] by a [C] club called [F] 88th. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
The driver called his [C] sweet mouth friend Flash Gordon
_ to _ give him some driving [F] _
lessons.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
Flash appointed [Dm] himself as the _ conductor
_ [G] _ _
pushing [D] around them [C] passengers.
_ _ _ _ _
Meanwhile [Bb] the car running [C] about helter [C]-skelter _ _ _
had its joints started [Dm] to scatter
_ _ _ [D] _ _
and its club had [Bb] to jump and run to [C] stay alive.
He said the new driver [F] cannot _ drive. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _
You questioning me so much about the driver _
you want to push so [Dm] he can't [C] maneuver. _ _ _
Well boy the first man he [Gm] get this [C] _ driving job
you know the man bounce long for you Rick [F] Bob. _ _ _
He's swerving so much John Humphrey get frightened.
John ask him where [Cm] he buy his [Bb] license. _ _
_ _ And while the car swerving
[F] _ John [Dm] Humphrey trying [Bb] to hold [C] on to the [F] steering. _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] Well some school children by [C] the road run like hell.
_ They lose their lunch and [F] books as well. _
_ _ [D] _ He driving on the [Dm] fast lane and Massey lane
_ [G] and felt Mr.
Cola straight [C] in the drain. _
_ _ _ He [Bb] slammed the brakes on [C] them old public servants.
_ _ _ _ Some get [Gm] injured no [Dm] insurance. _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ Then he tied them up [Bb] in bonds that he [C] conned.
They say the new driver [F] cannot _ drive.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] For an instance _ _
[C] Chester _ Rogers _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] he lost his way by [F] the _ IMF _ station
_ and asking a [Dm] Yankee for _ _
[C] direction.
_ And like a vagrant he [Gm] begging [C] old Rupas
_ to buy back some of his oil and [F] gas.
_ _ Then Jack warned him that his new battery _ corroded
_ and not to pass on the [Bb] IMF road. _ _ _
But he [C] ain't listening. _
[F] He [Dm] got a sleep driving _
[Bb] and [C] IMF teams [F] rub him. _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] When Lloyd a [C] sheltering ring and a rush off
he _ _ refused to give [F] Lloyd a drop. _ _ _
[D] _ _ Caribbean melody [Dm] flat down the taxi. _
[G] _ _ Pass them straight and pick [C] up Gypsy. _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] Some say he [F] going to crash [C] the car before long. _
_ _ He can't see [Dm] 1991.
_ This is Caribbean [D] life.
_ Car staying far [Bb] from the driver just [C] to survive.
Although _ the new driver [F] cannot drive. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _