A Wooden Fish On Wheels chords by Cardiacs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Bb

Difficulty: Intermediate

Cardiacs - A Wooden Fish On Wheels

From the album The Seaside (Original Edition)

Writers: Tim Smith, Mark Cawthra

(C) Alphabet Business Concern

Transcribed on 2019/10/14 by TPM

Tempo: ~160 BPM


Intro:

(Quick stabs)

Bb F C# A
B  C#
B

(Ska rhythm)

Bb


Verse 1:
Bb                   F            G#
Going around all the shops always closing
B             C#        D#
Never time to pursue my interests
       G                 (skip beat)
Will I ever find the time
Bb                       D#         D# D#sus2
For a quick taste of the high life?



Bb                         F            G#
I'm so perplexed though it doesn't really seem
      B       C#           D#
To affect the high and mighty
      G                (skip beat)
And I can't see you ever
Bb                     D#         D# D#sus2
Turning up trumps into my life



Chorus 1:
Bb            F             C#
See me coming up and coming whoops-a-daisy
A                        B               C#       B
One, two, nothing counts in this complex world
A          B      A
Lights are in the making
A     B         A
Never see them changing
A      B        C#           Bm
Always stay the same for me, oh


Interlude:
Bb


Verse 2:
Bb                     F          G#
Out in the air, on the top in the open
        B            C#     D#
Conversation is to be expected
      G                 (skip beat)
And I can't form the words
          Bb               D# D#sus2
So I just maintain my silence



Chorus 2:
Bb                    F             C#
My breathing space is limited
     C#           A                               B        C#       B
The people always walking round my hallway on the stairs below
A      B       A
Always seem to end up
A      B      A
on the road before me
A      B           C#      Bm
Things they really seem to bore me



Instrumental break:
|A    G    F    | x 8
Bb


Verse 3:
Bb                    F             G#
Driven around all the shops always closing
          B             C#        D#
And it appears that I've been mended
      G                (skip beat)
And I can't see me ever
Bb                     D#         D# D#sus2
Turning up trumps into your life



Chorus 3:
Bb            F             C#
See me coming up and coming whoops-a-daisy
A                        B               C#       B
One, two, nothing counts in this complex world
A          B      A
Lights are in the making
A     B         A
Never see them changing
A      B        C#           Bm (let ring)
Always stay the same for me, oh



Instrumental outro:
|A    G    F    | x 8
A (let ring)
|Dm    C    Bb    |
D (let ring)