Weather Report chords by Graham Parker

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chorus:
DmDm      A#A#   FF
Hey, can you tell me
        C majorC
What everybody plans to do
DmDm      A#A#   FF
Hey, can you tell me
           C majorC
Where's everybody's going to

Verse 1:
(improvise a bit with the basic chords during each verse)

    G# minorG#m
They're out there on the street
N.C.
They must be elite
     F#F#
They got shoes I can't afford on their
G# minorG#m
Quick fast feet
N.C.
They have modified irises
N.C.
Behind opaque lens
     F#F#
They're hiding equipment
    G# minorG#m
Behind barbed wire fences
N.C.
They have somewhere to go
N.C.
They have somewhere to lurk
        F#F#
They have this high-end electronic stuff
      G# minorG#m
I wouldn't know how to work

Chorus:
DmDm      A#A#   FF
Hey, can you tell me
        C majorC
What everybody plans to do
DmDm      A#A#   FF
Hey, can you tell me
           C majorC
Where's everybody's going to

Verse 2:
   G# minorG#m
I'm sitting here on my couch
N.C.
My enthusiasm sinking
     F#F#
I don't know where anybody's going
    G# minorG#m
I don't know what they're thinking
N.C.
There seems to be some secret
N.C.
That everybody's onto
    F#F#
But I just don't seem to get it man
     G# minorG#m
Not even if I want to

Chorus 2:
DmDm      A#A#   FF
Hey, can you tell me
        C majorC
What everybody plans to do

Guitar solo:
G# minorG#m  F#F#  G# minorG#m
A minorAm  G+G  A minorAm  A#A#

Chorus:
DmDm      A#A#   FF
Hey, can you tell me
        C majorC
What everybody plans to do
DmDm      A#A#   FF
Hey, can you tell me
           C majorC
Where's everybody's going to

Verse 3:
     G# minorG#m
I got an upright piano

That is blocking my door
    F#F#
But my fingers don't obey me
      G# minorG#m
So I don't play it anymore
N.C.
I got chains around my ankles
N.C.
That are made out of spaghetti
  F#F#
My newspaper's shredded
   G# minorG#m
Into so much confetti
N.C.
I tried to make sense of it
N.C.
But my eyes start to bleed
F#F#          G# minorG#m
Every single page is impossible to read

Chorus:
DmDm      A#A#   FF
Hey, can you tell me
        C majorC
What everybody plans to do
DmDm      A#A#   FF
Hey, can you tell me
           C majorC
Where's everybody's going to

Outro:
   G# minorG#m
Just sittin’ here waitin’ on the weather report
G# minorG#m  F#F#  G# minorG#m
N.C.
(Repeat until fade, improvising with each repeat)