E /G#m /A /B
E /G#m /A /B
E /G#m /A /B
E /G#m /A /B
D A
High Street shops are boarded up,
Bm G
and the terrace it is fenced in.
D A
See-through shields are walled across
Bm G
the way that you came in.
D A
But there's no need to get excited,
Bm G
As the lorries bring the bacon in,
D A
'Cause the housewives are all singin',
Bm G A Bm
"Groovy times are here a-gain."
[as above]
D A
They discovered on Black Saturday,
Bm G
That mobs don't march, they run (they run)
D A
So you you can excuse the nervous triggerman,
Bm G
for this once jumping the gun.
D A
They were picking up the dead,
Bm G
Out of the broken glass,
D A
Yes, it's number one, hit radio says
Bm G
"Groovy times are here at last."
E G#m A B
Groo-oo---vy times,
E G#m A B
Groo-oo---vy times,
E G#m A B
Groo-oo---vy times.
[chords under solo as chorus - 3X E/G#M/A/B, 1X B/A/G#m/E]
B /A /G#m /E
Play this on acoustic. There's a bit enclosed within stars (**-7--9--7--**) that I'm not
too sure about.
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------7---7-5------|
G|----------------------------------6-7-9-7-6-7----------7-----|
D|---7--7-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7--9---------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------4----5--------------------7-5-----|
B|-----------------------------7-7-----------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Joes starts singing again but play this bit underneath:
E|----------7---------------------------------------------------|
B|---7-10----10-p-7-7------------7--10--10--7-------------------|
G|------------------------9--7--9----------------**-7--9--7--**-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------5-/-10------5-/-10----10-/-2----|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|----5-/-10------5-/-10-----10-/-2-------------5-/-12-----|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------7------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----|
B|----7-8-7----7----------10--------------------------------|
G|-----------9----9--7--------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
[as verse 1]
D A
The intake is on the uptake,
Bm G
the acceleration's pretty grim.
D A
I can remember his first appearance,
Bm G
now look what's happened to him.
D A
They put him in a dog suit,
Bm G
like nineteen sixy four.
D A
King of early evening ITV,
Bm G
"Groovy times forever more."
[as chorus]
E G#m A B
Groo-oo-vy times,
E G#m A B
Groo-oo-vy times,
E G#m A B
Groo-oo-vy times.
