...SHUT UP... by Madness -------------........... *from 'Seven' (1981)* Intro: C E Am (x2) Verse 1:

I tell you ^GI didn't ^B7do it, 'cos ^EmI wasn't there. ^G Don't blame ^B7me; it ^Emjust isn't fair. ^A You listen to ^C#7their side, now ^F#mlisten to mine ^A Can't think of a ^C#7story; sure you'll ^F#mfind me sometime.

Chorus 1:

^Em Now pass the ^Gblame, and don't blame ^Bm/F#me. ^Dm Just close your ^F/Ceyes, and count to ^Amthree. (One, two, three). ^Cm Then I'll be ^D#gone, and you'll for-^Gmget; ^A#m The broken ^C#window, T.V ^Fmset.

Verse 2:

^C It wasn't me ^B7either; I'm ^Amjust his mate. ^C He told me to ^B7stand here and ^Amwatch the gate. ^G I've got a ^B7wife, and three ^Emkids, you know' ^G They'll tell you ^B7I'm straight; at ^Emleast I think so. ^A I'm as ^C#7honest, as the ^F#mday is long; ^A The longer the ^C#7daylight; the ^F#mless I do wrong.

Chorus 2:

Interlude: Am G (x2), Am, F C F, C C7 Chorus 3: (Instrumental) Em G Bm/F#, Dm F/C Am, Cm D# Gm, A#m C# Fm Chorus 4:

^Em Pass the ^Gblame, and don't blame ^Bm/F#me. ^Dm Just close your ^F/Ceyes, and count to ^Amthree. (One, two, three). ^Cm Then I'll be ^D#gone, and I'll for-^Gmget; ^A#m That what you ^C#give is what you ^Fmget.

Chorus 5:

^Em Pass the ^Gblame, and don't blame ^Bm/F#me. ^Dm Just close your ^F/Ceyes, and count to ^Amthree. (One, two, three). ^Cm Then I'll be ^D#gone, and you'll for-^Gmget; ^A#m The broken ^C#window, T.V ^Fmset.

(Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- C E Am G B7 Em A EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x32010 022100 x02210 320003 021200 022000 577655 C#7 F#m Bm/F# Dm F/C Cm D# EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x46464 244222 224432 xx0231 x33211 x35543 665x4x Gm A#m C# Fm F C7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 355333 x13321 x46664 133111 133211 x32310 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Madness - Shut up