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The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong

The Jam
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
:  133211 :  577655
:  688766 :  x35543
Letting  loose the lunatics  -
Wasn't  the greatest of  ideas.
Giving  them plans and money  to squander -
 Should have been the worst  of our fears.
And  the dream life, luxury  living
Was  a pleasant number  ten whim,
But  somewhere down the lines  of prduction,
They  left out human needs.
They  were gonna build communities -
 It was going  to be pie  in the  sky -
 But the piss  stench hallways and broken  down lifts say,
 The planners dream  went wrong.
If  people were meant to live in boxes -
God  would have given them  string -
To  tie around themselves  at bed time -
 And stop their dreams  falling through  the ceiling.
And  the public schoolboy  computers -
Keep  spewing out  our future -
 The house  in the country designs the 14th  floor.
Old  Mrs. Smith don't get out  much more.
Coitus  interruptus 'cos of next  doors rows.
 And your  washing gets nicked when the lights  go out.
Baby's  scream in their nightmare  throng -
 But the planners  just get embarrased  when their plans go wrong.
 Ah, the planners  get embarrased  when their plans go wrong.
 Ah, the planners  get embarrased  when their plans go wrong.

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Readable chord sheet for The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong by The Jam

[F]:  133211    [A]:  577655
[Bb]: 688766    [Cm]: x35543

[F] [Bb]

[Bb]Letting loose the [F]lunatics -
[Bb]Wasn't the greatest [F]of ideas.
[C]Giving them plans and [F]money to squander -
Should have been [Eb]the [Dm]worst of our [F]fears.

[Bb]And the dream life, [F]luxury living
[Bb]Was a pleasant [F]number ten whim,
[C]But somewhere down the [F]lines of prduction,
[Eb]They left out [Dm]human [Bb]needs.

[A]They were gonna build communities -
It was [Dm]going to be [C]pie in [A]the sky -
But the [Cm]piss stench hallways and [F]broken down lifts say,
The [Eb]planners [Dm]dream went [Bb]wrong.

[F] [Bb]

[A]If people were meant to live in boxes -
[Dm]God would have [C]given [A]them string -
[Cm]To tie around them[F]selves at bed time -
And stop their [Eb]dreams falling [Dm]through the [Bb]ceiling.

[Bb]And the public [F]schoolboy computers -
[Bb]Keep spewing [F]out our future -
The [Bb]house in the country designs the [F]14th floor.
[Bb]Old Mrs. Smith don't get [F]out much more.
[Bb]Coitus interruptus 'cos of [F]next doors rows.
And [Bb]your washing gets nicked when the [F]lights go out.
[C]Baby's scream in their [F]nightmare throng -
But the [Eb]planners just get em[Dm]barrased when their [Eb]plans [Dm]go [Bb]wrong.
Ah, the [Eb]planners get em[Dm]barrased when their [Eb]plans [Dm]go [Bb]wrong.
Ah, the [Eb]planners get em[Dm]barrased when their [Eb]plans [Dm]go [Bb]wrong.

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