Post World War Two Blues
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
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On the Past Present And Future album, the song is played in the key of F#. But Al
probably played it on a
guitar detuned down by one semi-tone and with chord shapes in the key of G which is how
I have tabbed it.
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[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G D
I was a post-war baby in a small Scots town
C D
I was three years old when we moved down South
G D
Hard times written in my mother's looks
C F G
With her widow's pension and her ration books
D
Aneurin Bevin took the miner's cause
C D
To the House of Commons in his coal dust voice
G D
We were locked up safe and warm from the snow
C F G
With Life With The Lions on the radio
Em A
And Churchill said to Louis Mountbatten
Em A
"I just can't stand to see you today
Em A
How could you've gone and given India away?"
C D
Mountbatten just frowned said "What can I say?
G D
Some of these things slip through your hands
C D
And there's no good talking or making plans"
G C
But Churchill he just flapped his wings
A D
Said "I don't really care to discuss these things
[Chorus]
Em A
But oh, every time I look at you
Em D
I feel so low I don't know what to do
C D G C
Well, every day just seems to bring bad new-oo-oos
G D G
Leaves me here with the Post World War II blues".
[Verse 2]
G D
1959 was a very strange time
C D
A bad year for Labour and a good year for wine
G D
Uncle Ike was our American pal
C F G
And nobody talked about the Suez Canal
G D
I can still remember the last time I cried
C D
The day that Buddy Holly died
G D
I never met him, so it may seem strange
C F G
Don't some people just affect you that way
Em A
And all in all it was good
Em A
There even seemed to be in an optimistic mood
Em A
While TW3 sat and laughed at it all
C D
Till some began to see the cracks in the walls
G D
And one day Macmillan was coming downstairs
C D
A voice in the dark caught him unawares
G C
It was Christine Keeler blowing him a kiss
A D
He said "I never believed it could happen like this
[Chorus]
Em A
But oh, every time I look at you
Em D
I feel so low I don't know what to do
C D G C
Well every day just seems to bring bad news
G D G
Leaves me here with the Post World War Two Blues"
[Instrumental]
G D C D G D C F G Em A Em A Em A C F D G
[Verse 3]
G D
I came up to London when I was nineteen
C D
With a corduroy jacket and a head full of dreams
G D
In coffee bars I spent my nights
C F G
Reading Allen Ginsberg, talking civil rights
G D
The day Robert Kennedy got shot down
C D
The world was wearing a deeper frown
G D
And though I knew that we'd lost a friend
C F G
I always believed we would win in the end
Em A
'Cause music was the scenery
Em A
Jimi Hendrix played loud and free
Em A
Sergeant Pepper was real to me
C D
Songs and poems were all you needed
G D
Which way did the sixties go?
C D
Now Ramona's in Desolation Row
G C
And where I'm going I hardly know
A D
It surely wasn't like this before but
[Chorus]
Em A
Oh, every time I look around
Em D
I feel so low my head seems underground
C D G C
Well every day just seems to bring bad news
G D G A B
Leaves me here with the Post World War Two Blues
[Chorus]
Em A
Oh, every time I look at you
Em D
I feel so low I don't know what to do
C D G C
Well every day just seems to bring bad news
G D G A B C G
Leaves me here with the Post World War Two Blues
How to play Post World War Two Blues
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.