...ITINERANT CHILD... by Ian Dury & The Blockheads ---------------------............................. *from 'Mr. Love Pants' (1997)* Intro: C7 Verse 1:

I ^C7took out all the seats and away I went, Its a ^F7right old banger and the ^C7chassis bent. It's got a great big peace sign across the back, And ^F7most of the windows have been ^C7painted black. (Painted black).

Verse 2:

The ^C7windshields cracked, its a bugger to drive, It ^F7starts making smoke over ^C7forty-five. It's a ^C7phsychedelic nightmare with a million leaks, It's ^F7home-sweet-home to some ^C7sweet arse freaks.

Chorus 1:

^C7 Slow down, I-^F7tinerant child; the ^Bb7road is full of ^C7danger. ^C7 Slow down, I-^F7tinerant child; there's ^Bb7no more welcome, ^C7stanger.

Verse 3:

^C7 Soon I was rumbling through the morning fog, With my ^F7long haired children and my ^C7one eyed dog. With the ^C7trucks and the buses and the trailer-vans, My ^F7long throw horns playing ^C7Steely Dan. (Steely Dan).

Verse 4:

We ^C7straggled out for miles along the Beggars Hill, When the ^F7word came down that we'd ^C7lost Old Bill. You can ^C7bet your boots I'm coming when the times are hard, That's ^F7why they keep my dossier at ^C7Scotland Yard.

Chorus 2:

^C7 Slow down, I-^F7tinerant child; you're ^Bb7still accele-^C7rating. ^C7 Slow down, I-^F7tinerant child; the ^Bb7boys in blue are ^C7waiting.

Break:

^Gm Itinerant ^Fchild, don't do what you're ^C7doing.^Gm Itinerant ^Fchild, you'd better slow down.

Solo: C7 Verse 5:

We drove ^C7into Happy Valley, seeking peace and love, With a ^F7lone helicopter hanging ^C7up above. We ^C7didn't realise until we hit the field, There were ^F7four hundred cozzers, holding ^C7riot shields.

Verse 6:

They ^C7terrorized our babies and they broke our heads, It's a ^F7stone fucking miracle there's ^C7no-one dead. ^C7 They turned my ramshackle home into a burning wreck, My ^F7one-eyed dog got a ^C7broken neck.

Chorus 3:

^C7 Slow down, I-^F7tinerant child; the ^Bb7road is full of ^C7danger. ^C7 Slow down, I-^F7tinerant child; there's ^Bb7no more welcome, ^C7stanger.

^C7 Slow down, I-^F7tinerant child; you're ^Bb7still accele-^C7rating. ^C7 Slow down, I-^F7tinerant child; the ^Bb7boys in blue are ^C7waiting.

Solo: C7 (Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- C7 F7 Bb7 Gm F EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x35353 131211 x13131 355333 133211 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Itinerant child