Wasteland
The JamVersion1
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Meet me on the wastelands - later this day,
We'll sit and talk and hold hands maybe,
For there's not much else to do
In this drab and colourless place.
We'll sit amongst the rubber tyres,
Amongst the discarded bric-a-brac - people have no use for,
Amongst the smouldering embers of yesterday.
And when or if the sun shines,
Lighting our once beautiful features,
We'll smile, but only for seconds,
For to be caught smiling's to acknowledge life,
A brave but useless show of compassion,
And that is forbidden in this drab and colourless world.
Meet me on the wastelands - the ones behind,
The old houses - the ones left standing pre-war -
The ones overshadowed by those monolith monstrosities -
Councils call homes
And there amongst the shit - the dirty linen,
The holy Coca-Cola tins - the punctured footballs,
the ragged dolls - the rusting bicycles,
We'll sit and probably hold hands.
And watch the rain fall - watch it, watch it -
Tumble and fall - tumble and falling -
Like our lives - like our lives -
Just like our lives.
We'll talk about the old days,
When the wasteland was release, when we could play,
And think - without feeling guilty - meet me later
But we'll have to hold hands.
Tumble and fall - tumble and falling -
Like our lives - like our lives -
Exactly like our lives.
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Readable chord sheet for Wasteland by The Jam
[G] [F#m] [G] [F#m] [G] [F#m] [G] [F#m] [G] [F#m] [Em] [A] Mee[G]t me on the[A] wastelands - [D]later this day, We'll sit[G] and talk a[A]nd hold hands[D] maybe, For there's not muc[G]h else to do [A] [D] In this drab and colourless place.[G] [F#m] [G] [Em] [A] We'll sit[G] amongst[A] the rubber tyres,[D] Amongst the discarded bric-[G]a-brac - pe[A]ople hav[D]e no use for, Amongs[G]t the smouldering emb[A]ers of yesterday[D]. [Em] [A] And when [F#]or if the s[G]un shine[A]s, Lighting our once beau[G]tiful f[F#m]eatures, We'll smile[C#], but only for seconds, [D] For to be caught smi[G]ling's to acknowledge life, [A] A brave[G] but useless show of com[F#m]passion, And that[C#] is forbidden in this drab and colour[D]less world. [E] [A] Meet[G] me on the [A]wastelands - t[D]he ones behind, The old h[G]ouses - the ones l[A]eft standing [D]pre-war - The ones o[G]vershadowed by[A] those monolith monstrosities - [D] Council[G]s call homes [F#m] [G] [E] [A] And there[G] amongst th[A]e shit - the dir[D]ty linen, The holy [G]Coca-Cola tins - [A]the p[D]unctured footballs, the ragged[G] dolls - the rusting bicyc[A]les, [D] We'll sit and probably hold[G] hands. [F#m] And watch [G]the rain fall - watch it, wa[F#m]tch it - Tumbl[G]e and fall - tumble an[F#m]d falling - Li[G]ke our lives - like[F#m] our lives - J[Em]ust like our lives.[A] We'll talk[G] about [A]the old days[D], When the wasteland was release, when we could[G] play, [A] [D] And think - without feeling guilty[G] - meet m[A]e later [D] But we'll have to[G] hold hands. [F#m] Tumbl[G]e and fall - tumble a[F#m]nd falling - Lik[G]e our lives - like [F#m]our lives - Ex[Em]actly like our [A]lives. [A7] [D]