Westward Ho Massive Letdown Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays441

Westward Ho Massive Letdown by Half Man Half Biscuit is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, E and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			(Intro) D E F (x4) 
D                            E                       F 
Girl of my dreams says she’s gonna pick me up in the morning 
      D                      E                       F 
Gonna head south-west, spend two weeks living in the sunshine 
              D                       E                 F 
We’ve got the best room booked in the best hotel on the seafront 
D                     E                      F 
Hard-boiled eggs on a beach with a Blue Flag status. 
         D   E  F 
Westward Ho! 
         D   E  F 
Westward Ho! 

D                      E                           F 
Fairground bound gonna have a little tussle with a claw crane 
D                 E                              F 
She meanwhile may like to see what’s going on in Northam 
  D                      E                        F 
A Devon cream tea around half past three would be splendid 
D                 E                   F 
Crazy golf with a Swedish couple we befriended. 
         D   E  F 
Westward Ho! 
         D   E  F      (instr) D E F   (x4) 
Westward Ho! 

D                   E                    F 
Why is my fortnight suddenly coming to a standstill? 
    D                   E                        F 
And why is Frank Ifield jumping up and down on a windmill? 
    D                      E                           F 
And why is my girl getting married to a plasterer from Bacup? 
D                    E                        F 
Phoebus sinks and it all goes dark and then I wake up. 
         D   E  F 
Westward Ho! 
         D   E  F 
Westward Ho! 

         D                    E 
Westward Ho! What a let-down, what a let down 
F 
What a let-down, what a- 
         D                    E 
Westward Ho! What a let-down, what a let-down 
F                                  D E F  (x4) D 
What a let-down, what a let-down. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante