Artist: Ian Dury & The Blockheads Song: What a waste Tabbed by: DJ 7th Jan 2013 Tuning: Standard ***

| ^Dm7 / / / / | ^Eb7 / / / / | ^Dm7 / / / / | ^Eb7 / / / / | ^Dm7 I could be the driver, an articulated lorry, ^Eb7 I could be a poet, I wouldn't need to worry, ^Dm7 I could be the teacher in a classroom full of scholars, ^Eb7 I could be the Sergeant in a Squadron full of wallahs! What a wa^Fste! What a w^Eb7aste! What a wa^Fste! What a w^Gaste!

Because I ch^Cose to play the fool in a six - piece band, F^A7irst night nerves every one - night stand, ^Dm7 I should be glad...to be so inclined! What a w^Ebaste! What a w^Ebaste! Rock 'n' ^G7Roll d^G7on't m^Cind! (Schtum!) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

| ^Dm7/ / / / | ^Eb7 / / / / | ^Dm7 / / / / | ^Eb7 / / / / | ^Dm7 I could be a lawyer, with stratagems and ruses, ^Eb7 I could be a doctor, with poultices and bruises, ^Dm7 I could be writer with a growing reputation, ^Eb7 I could be the ticket man at Fulham railway station! What a wa^Fste! What a w^Eb7aste! What a wa^Fste! What a w^Gaste!

Because I ch^Cose to play the fool in a six - piece band, F^A7irst night nerves every one - night stand, ^Dm7 I should be glad to be so inclined! What a wa^Ebste! What a w^Ebaste, but ^G7I d^G7on't mi^Cnd! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

|^F#m7 / / / / | / / / / | ^G#m7 / / / / | ^Bbm / / / / | | ^Bbm / ^Bm/__^Cm/ / / | /__^Cm/ ^Bm /_^Bbm_/ | ^Dm7 / / / / | ^Eb7 / / / / | ^ ^ ^

^Dm7 I could be the catalyst that sparks a revolution, ^Eb7 I could be an inmate in a long -term institution, ^Dm7 I could lead to wild extremes, I could do or die, ^Eb7 I could yawn, and be withdrawn, and watch them gallop by! What a wa^Fste! What a w^Eb7aste! What a wa^Fste! What a w^Gaste!

Because I ch^Cose to play the fool in a six - piece band, F^A7irst night nerves every one - night stand, ^Dm7 I should be glad to be so inclined! What a w^Ebaste! What a w^Ebaste! ^ ^ G7 G7 C Rock 'n' Roll don't mind! Ah------------------! ^ ^ | / / / / | / / / / |

A7 Dm7 Ah-----------------------! Ah------------------------! | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

( What a w^Ebaste! What a w^Ebaste!) ^ ^

^G7^ ^G7^ Ch^Cose to play the fool in a six - piece band, F^A7irst night nerves every one - night stand, ^Dm7 I should be glad to be so inclined! What a wa^Ebste! What a w^Ebaste! Rock 'n' ^G7Roll d^G7on't mi^Cnd! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ What a w^Ebaste! What a w^Ebaste! Rock 'n' R^G7oll d^G7on't mi^Cnd! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

*** Dm7 = x57565 Eb = x46664 G#m7 = 464444 Eb7 = x46464 C = x35553 Bbm = x13321 F = 133211 A7 = x02020 Bm = x24432 G7 = 353433 F#m7 = 242222 Cm = x35543

Ian Dury and the Blockheads - What a waste