Strummin Chords by Chas & Dave

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_ _ _ _ _ Well, when I was just a nibba, [E] about the age of seven, [A] _
my old father, [D] he brings me home
every Christmas, and gets it out of the box.
[E] And he says to me, here I am.
[A] Mother says,
what's that, a banjo?
He [D] said, no, it's a guitar.
_ [G] And just how you held it, I weren't
none too sure.
[D] I'd only ever seen one on the telly once before, [E] this big long skinny handle
with a lump stuck on the bottom.
[A] First I didn't like it.
_ I thought it was rotten.
[G] But
I didn't want the old man to think he'd bought me one for nothing.
[D] So I taught myself to
tune it up.
I just carried on strumming. _ _
_ _ Well then, for two or three weeks, [E] I sort of sat
around and [A] pumped it.
But me family never [D] liked it.
But I says, you'll have to lump
me.
I used to spend all night long I did [E] just banging out some [A] tunes, till one of them would
say to me, [D] take it in the other room.
Then [G] my old brother would say, I wish you shucked
your noise.
[D] But then again, see, he never was one of the boys.
_ [G] [E] Because all he liked
was modern jazz, and all that old roll-ups.
_ [A] He said, that's what your plan's just a load
of butter, I says to [G] him.
I says, do you think I'm stopping now?
I said, you've got another
thing coming.
_ [D] I just copped it there. _
Carried on strumming.
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_ _ Well then all the kids at school, you know, [E] they used to gee me up.
They'd shout [A] out,
whoop-a-roo-bee.
[D] Get us all shook up, see.
But I didn't take no notice of them.
[E] I says,
you can take them, Mick.
[A] Because they were always moosing by me.
[D]
And me students, Mick.
[G] Anyway, I think they were jealous.
Just between me and them.
[D] Because I'd got this little band,
you see.
I used to run myself a proper show.
[G] [E] But all they ever thought about was different
kinds of sport.
[A] But me, I weren't athletic.
I never was, actually.
[Ab] I thought [G] to myself,
yeah, you can keep your football, and your cricket, and your running, [D] _ to you lot.
And
[Dm] I just [D] carried on strumming.
[G] I don't care what [D] other people say.
_ _ [C] [G] I'm just [D] carrying on strumming.
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_ _ Well in the end, I took my songs [E] up to this big recording [A] boss.
He says, let's record
that [D] strumming stuff.
Don't matter what it was.
He said, I'll get the strummer [G] down.
[E] He and I were rockers.
[A] Then he comes to Brixton.
[D] _
Black-nosed.
[G] He says, look, I don't care if
it's Sky Blue Pink from Bangkok or [D] Barney.
If he can play them drums, he can only help
me on it.
[E] _ Finally released it.
You know that record was a hit.
[A] _ _ And I was as happy as a
pig in_
[G] Listen, I'll tell you something, shall I?
Everyone said what sold it was the
drumming.
_ But I ain't so sure, you know.
[Db] _
[D] _ _ I think what sold that record was my old [G] strumming.
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[D] _ [G] Fuck!
I don't care what other [D] people say.
[A] I know I've had some good [D] times. _
_ _ [G] Let them keep nagging [D] away.
_ _ [C] I [G] just carry [D] on strumming.
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_ _ The trouble with this music game is, if you keep it down, you know, if you let it, _ you'll
play all the good bits, and that drummer's getting all the credit. _ _ _
_ _ Bang, bang, bang. _
You're there.
_ _ _ _ I've had enough.
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