Wasteland chords by The Jam

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

G+G F# minorF#m G+G F# minorF#m
G+G F# minorF#m G+G F# minorF#m
G+G F# minorF#m E minorEm A augmentedA


  G+G     A augmentedA      D MajorD
Meet me on the wastelands - later this day
G+G     A augmentedA      D MajorD
We'll sit and talk and hold hands maybe
G+G       A augmentedA D MajorD
For there's not much else to do
                 G+G F# minorF#m G+G E minorEm A augmentedA
In this drab and colourless place.
     G+G   A augmentedA        D MajorD
We'll sit amongst the rubber tyres
G+G     A augmentedA   D MajorD
Amongst the discarded bric-a-brac - people have no use for
G+G          A augmentedA       D MajorD       E minorEm A augmentedA
Amongst the smouldering embers of yesterday.
     F#F#     G+G   A augmentedA
And when or if the sun shines
G+G   F# minorF#m
Lighting our once beautiful features
C#C#              D MajorD
We'll smile, but only for seconds
G+G               A augmentedA
For to be caught smiling's to acknowledge life
G+G           F# minorF#m
A augmentedA brave but useless show of compassion
C#C#                  D MajorD       E MajorE A augmentedA
And that is forbidden in this drab and colourless world.
  G+G     A augmentedA      D MajorD
Meet me on the wastelands - the ones behind
G+G        A augmentedA      D MajorD
The old houses - the ones left standing pre-war -
     G+G      A augmentedA                D MajorD
The ones overshadowed by those monolith monstrosities -
    G+G             F# minorF#m G+G E MajorE A augmentedA
Councils call homes
     G+G     A augmentedA       D MajorD
And there amongst the shit - the dirty linen
G+G        A augmentedA  D MajorD
The holy Coca-Cola tins - the punctured footballs
G+G            A augmentedA     D MajorD
the ragged dolls - the rusting bicycles
G+G                F# minorF#m
We'll sit and probably hold hands.
     G+G             F# minorF#m
And watch the rain fall - watch it, watch it -
   G+G          F# minorF#m
Tumble and fall - tumble and falling -
 G+G         F# minorF#m
Like our lives - like our lives -
 E minorEm         A augmentedA
Just like our lives.
     G+G   A augmentedA     D MajorD
We'll talk about the old days
G+G         A augmentedA D MajorD
When the wasteland was release, when we could play
G+G    A augmentedA     D MajorD
And think - without feeling guilty - meet me later
         G+G                F# minorF#m
But we'll have to hold hands.
   G+G          F# minorF#m
Tumble and fall - tumble and falling -
  G+G         F# minorF#m
Like our lives - like our lives -
 E minorEm       A augmentedA       A7A7 D MajorD
Exactly like our lives.