Wasteland chords by The Jam

Intro:

G F#m G F#m
G F#m G F#m
G F#m Em A



  G     A      D
Meet me on the wastelands - later this day
G     A      D
We'll sit and talk and hold hands maybe
G       A D
For there's not much else to do
                 G F#m G Em A
In this drab and colourless place.
     G   A        D
We'll sit amongst the rubber tyres
G     A   D
Amongst the discarded bric-a-brac - people have no use for
G          A       D       Em A
Amongst the smouldering embers of yesterday.
     F#     G   A
And when or if the sun shines
G   F#m
Lighting our once beautiful features
C#              D
We'll smile, but only for seconds
G               A
For to be caught smiling's to acknowledge life
G           F#m
A brave but useless show of compassion
C#                  D       E A
And that is forbidden in this drab and colourless world.
  G     A      D
Meet me on the wastelands - the ones behind
G        A      D
The old houses - the ones left standing pre-war -
     G      A                D
The ones overshadowed by those monolith monstrosities -
    G             F#m G E A
Councils call homes
     G     A       D
And there amongst the shit - the dirty linen
G        A  D
The holy Coca-Cola tins - the punctured footballs
G            A     D
the ragged dolls - the rusting bicycles
G                F#m
We'll sit and probably hold hands.
     G             F#m
And watch the rain fall - watch it, watch it -
   G          F#m
Tumble and fall - tumble and falling -
 G         F#m
Like our lives - like our lives -
 Em         A
Just like our lives.
     G   A     D
We'll talk about the old days
G         A D
When the wasteland was release, when we could play
G    A     D
And think - without feeling guilty - meet me later
         G                F#m
But we'll have to hold hands.
   G          F#m
Tumble and fall - tumble and falling -
  G         F#m
Like our lives - like our lives -
 Em       A       A7 D
Exactly like our lives.