Band On Every Corner Chords
by The Whitlams
Band On Every Corner by The Whitlams is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, B, C#m, Abm and Esus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Requires Guiness for authentic rendition.Suspend the 4th on the E occasionally.
E
Well there's a band on every corner
A E
but I'm not in one
A
I hate 3 out of every 4 of them
E B E
But I havent got a gun
E
I was ten hours asleep
A E
but I stayed in my room
A
I forgot to remember
E B E
what I wanted to do.
E
As the glare turns to twilight
A E
my thoughts turn to food
A
Yeah and what the hell happened
E B E
to the girl in the nude
E
Ah she gave me a pill
A E
She said it helped her in bed
A
When I lay down beside her
E B E
couldnt even raise my head
C#m E
What a fool am I
Abm A
Cause my dream was so bright
E Esus4 E
But I'm drowning in the city
B E
With no saviour in sight
E
Well this night I'll go walking
A E
Like the truth its so near
A
I'll be back I imagine
E B E
to the boys and to the beer
E
There's a hole in my belly
A E
I try and fill it with food
A
So I order a pizza
E B E
and the pizza-maker is rude
C#m E
Lady in the jacket
Abm A
Is looking just how I feel
E Esus4 E
So I sigh in my corner
B E
and I ask for the bill.
E
There's a band on every corner
A E
but I'm not in one
A
I hate 3 out of every 4 of them
E B E
But I havent got a gun
E
There's a band on every corner
A E
I only play in my room
A
where the filth is familiar
E B E
and the piano's in tune.
C#m E
What a fool am I
Abm A
Cause my dream was so bright
E Esus4 E
But I'm drowning in the city
B E
With no saviour in sight