Biography:
Nik Kershaw (born Nicholas David Kershaw, 1 March 1958, in Bristol) is an English singer-songwriter. A former jazz-funk guitarist, he was a 1980s teen idol; his 62 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1984-5 beat all other solo artists at the time. He appeared at Live Aid in 1985, and has penned a number of hits for other artists, including a UK number one single in 1991 for Chesney Hawkes, "The One and Only".
Kershaw played guitar and sang in a number of underground bands from about 1976 before deciding on a career as a songwriter.
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- Have A Nice Life
- I Wont Let The Sun Go Down On Me
- Loud Confident And Wrong
- Radio Musicola
- Shame On You
- Shine On
- So Quiet
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- Stuff
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WIDE BOY Nik Kershaw (from The Riddle)
Guitar/Bass riff: Dm Am C A# Am C x4
C# Fm F# G#
He made a record,
C# Fm F# G#
it made him famous yes it made him a star,
C# Fm F# G#
the life and soul of the party.
C# Fm F# G# A
He rocks, he shocks, you never know where you are with him.
A C#m7 D E
He got no sense but he got money.
A C#m7 D E F#m
He got no sense but he got overnight success.
C#m F#m C#m D D E
Exceed excess, exceed excee-ee-eeess.
A C#m7 D E
He no big deal, he just a wide boy.
A C#m7 D E F#m
He no big deal he's just an ordinary guy.
C#m F#m C#m D D E
Oh me oh my, oh me oh my-yy-yyy!
Riff: F#m C#m E D C#m E x2
Solo: F Am7 A# C x4
He made a movie.
He played the driver of a big yellow car.
He is super fab and groovy.
He struts, he crows, you never know where you are with him.
He got no sense but he got money.
He got no sense but he got overnight success.
Exceed excess, exceed excee-ee-eeess.
He no big deal, he just a wide boy.
He no big deal he's just an ordinary guy.
Oh me oh my, oh me oh my-yy-yyy!
E F# E D
(and with your) symmetry teeth and your California tan
E F# E D
I’m here to tell you that: You ain’t no superman,
E F# E D E F# E D
you’re just a wide boy!
Riff and fade away: F#m C#m E D C#m E
Guitar/Bass riff: Dm Am C A# Am C x4
C# Fm F# G#
He made a record,
C# Fm F# G#
it made him famous yes it made him a star,
C# Fm F# G#
the life and soul of the party.
C# Fm F# G# A
He rocks, he shocks, you never know where you are with him.
A C#m7 D E
He got no sense but he got money.
A C#m7 D E F#m
He got no sense but he got overnight success.
C#m F#m C#m D D E
Exceed excess, exceed excee-ee-eeess.
A C#m7 D E
He no big deal, he just a wide boy.
A C#m7 D E F#m
He no big deal he's just an ordinary guy.
C#m F#m C#m D D E
Oh me oh my, oh me oh my-yy-yyy!
Riff: F#m C#m E D C#m E x2
Solo: F Am7 A# C x4
He made a movie.
He played the driver of a big yellow car.
He is super fab and groovy.
He struts, he crows, you never know where you are with him.
He got no sense but he got money.
He got no sense but he got overnight success.
Exceed excess, exceed excee-ee-eeess.
He no big deal, he just a wide boy.
He no big deal he's just an ordinary guy.
Oh me oh my, oh me oh my-yy-yyy!
E F# E D
(and with your) symmetry teeth and your California tan
E F# E D
I’m here to tell you that: You ain’t no superman,
E F# E D E F# E D
you’re just a wide boy!
Riff and fade away: F#m C#m E D C#m E
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