(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[G]Midnight [D]to six[Bm] man
[C]For [G]the first time [D]from [Bm]Ja
[C]maica[G]
[C]Dillinger and [Em]Leroy
[C]Smart[G]
Delroy Wilson, [D]your cool oper[G]ator

[Verse 2]
[G]Ken Boothe for [D]UK [Bm]pop regg[C]ae
With [G]backing bands [D]sound [Bm]sys tems
[C]And [G]if [D]they've got
[Em]anything [C]to say
There's [G]many black ears [D]here to [G]listen

[Verse 3]
But it was [G]Four Tops all night with
[D]encores from stage right
[F]Charging from the bass knives to the [G]treble
[F]But onstage they ain't got no roots
[G]rock rebel[F]
Onstage they ain't got no
roots rock [G]rebel

[Verse 4]
[G]Dress back jump back,
this is a bluebeat attack
'Cause [D]it won't [Bm]get
you [C]anywhere
[G]Fooling [D]with the [Bm]guns[C]
The [G]British Army is [Em]waiting out [C]there
An' it [G]weighs fifteen hundred tons

[Verse 5]
[G]White [D]youth, [Bm]black youth[C]
[G]Better find an[D]other solu[Bm]tion[C]
[G]Why not [D]phone [Em]up Robin H[C]ood
And [G]ask him for some wealth [D]distri[G]bution

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 6]
[G]Punk [D]rockers [Bm]in the UK[C]
[G]They won't notice [D]any[Bm]way[G]
They're all too [Em]busy fighting
[C]For a [G]good place [D]under the [G]lighting

[Verse 7]
The [G]new [D]groups [Bm]are not concerned
[C]With wha[G]t there is to [D]be lea[Bm]rned[G]
They got Burton suits, [Em]ha,
you think it's [C]funny
[G]Turning re[D]bellion into [G]money

[Verse 8]
[G]All over [D]peo[Bm]ple changing their vot[C]es
[G]Along [D]with their [Bm]overcoats
[G]If Adolf Hit[D]ler fle[Em]w in today
[C]They'd [G]send a lim[D]ousine any[G]way

[Verse 9]
I'm [G]the all [D]night [Bm]drug- prowling [C]wolf
Who [G]looks so [D]sick in the [Bm]sun[G]
I'm the white [D]man [Em]in the Palais[C]
[G]Just [D]lookin' for [G]fun[C]

[Verse 10]
[G]I'm only
[D]Looking [G]for[C] fu[G]n[D][G][C]

[Verse 11]
I'm [G]only
Looking for [C]fun

[Outro 1]
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