There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards chords by
Ian Dury And Ian Dury & The Blockheads

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Key: G major

Intro 1

Verse 1
G G 
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D D 
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Noel Coward was a charmer
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As a writer,
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Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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Am Am 
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D D 
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he was bramer
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Velvet jackets and pyjamas
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G G 
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The gay, divorce and other dramas

Verse 2
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Bm Bm 2
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There ain't half been some clever
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bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
A A 
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There ain't half been some
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A A 
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G G 
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D D 
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clever bastards

Verse 3

Van Gogh did some eyeball pleasers

He must have been a pencil squeezer

He didn't do the Mona Lisa

That was an Italian geezer

Verse 4
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There ain't half been some clever
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bastards
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bleeders)
A A 
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There ain't half been some
D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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clever bastards

Verse 5
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Einstein can't be classed
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C C 
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as witless
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G G 
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A A 
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He claimed atoms were the littlest
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When you did a bit of splitlingness
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Frightened everybody shitless There
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ain't half been some clever bastards
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Probably got help from their mum
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D D 
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who had help from her mum
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There ain't half been some
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clever bastards
C C 
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Am Am 
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G G 
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Now that we've had some, let's hope that there's lots more
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to come

Interlude 1

Verse 6
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There ain't half been some clever
bastards
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(Lucky bleeders, lucky
A A 
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bleeders)
There ain't half been some,
D D 
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clever bastards
G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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Verse 7
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Okie dokie
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Bm Bm 2
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Em Em 
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D D 
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G G 
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Oh, Segovia
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La- la- la- la, ta- da- da- di
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Ti- tum- di- dum- ti- tum,
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di- didle- da- di

Verse 8
A A 
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There ain't half been some clever bastards
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(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
A A 
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There ain't half been some clever,
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bastards
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A A 
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There ain't half been some clever
bastards
D D 
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(Lucky bleeders, lucky
A A 
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bleeders)
D D 
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A A 
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There ain't half been some
D D 
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A A 
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G G 
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clever
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G G 
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Bastards

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