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.