Weather Report chords by Graham Parker

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

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

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

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

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

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

Chorus 2:
Dm            A#      F
Hey, can you tell me
                C
What everybody plans to do

Guitar solo:
G#m   F#   G#m
Am    G    Am   A#

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

Verse 3:
          G#m
I got an upright piano

That is blocking my door
        F#
But my fingers don't obey me
           G#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#
My newspaper's shredded
     G#m
Into so much confetti
N.C.
I tried to make sense of it
N.C.
But my eyes start to bleed
F#                    G#m
Every single page is impossible to read

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

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