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)