Biography:
Slapp Happy was a German/English avant-pop group formed in Germany in 1972 when British keyboardist and avant-garde composer Anthony Moore invited his friend, New York guitarist/artist/cartoonist/poet Peter Blegvad, to come over to Hamburg. Moore had already released several albums of “new music” for Polydor. When Polydor rejected one of his albums outright, he proposed a pop-oriented project instead. Local girl Dagmar Krause, a former member of the folk-rock group City Preachers, was recruited as vocalist and Slapp Happy was born.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
G D
Get in line, keep in time with the Drum
G
& don't forget you're nothing yet but water.
D
Are you coming to or coming from
C
the understanding that I'm handing it to you?
G
Or is that a job you don't dare do?
C
Hey, my pretty flower, there's a letter for you
G
you'll find it on the shelf
F
Well though it was posted in Calcutta
G
I know it's just another that you've written to yourself
bridge*: - - - - - B - - - - - Am - - - - - -
G D C D
We watched a distant drummer flashing
G D C D
on the beat in all his parrot fashions.
G D
Get in line keep in time with the Drum
G
& Don't forget you're nothing yet but water
D
Don't move your feet until the next beat comes
C
One of the laws says pause between
G
I would hate to make the game seem mean
C
Hey my pretty flower can you guess where I've been?
G
Can you guess at all?
F
Well I've been to your rooms and learned
G
you have all the mirrors turned against the wall.
Bridge*:- - B - - - - - - - Am - - -
G D C D
We watched a distant drummer flashing
G D C D
on the beat in all his parrot fashions.
- - -
G "D for Drum!"
Listen now to the sound of the Drum -
G
& don't forget we're nothing yet but water.
D
It won't be pleasant when the present time is done
C
testing nightly 'neath a sprightly summer moon
G
your spirit like a jelly in a spoon.
C
Hey ma pretty flower there's a cat in the room
G
& it's not the type you're used to
F
Though I think I led it to the sink
& tried to make it drink
G
it refused to.
G D G D G D G D G
woohlalalaalalalalalalala
*The earlier version of this song is different at this part as follows:
Bridge:-----B----------------Am-----------
(all Barre Chords:)
G F A# (6th fret) G
One won money two want a show three thought it funny But four wanna go
(Thankyou studiobl for help with the lyrics here!)
The Drum by Slapp Happy
From: Casablanca Moon/Desperate Straights
Chords interpreted by: ettawhy
Get in line, keep in time with the Drum
G
& don't forget you're nothing yet but water.
D
Are you coming to or coming from
C
the understanding that I'm handing it to you?
G
Or is that a job you don't dare do?
C
Hey, my pretty flower, there's a letter for you
G
you'll find it on the shelf
F
Well though it was posted in Calcutta
G
I know it's just another that you've written to yourself
bridge*: - - - - - B - - - - - Am - - - - - -
G D C D
We watched a distant drummer flashing
G D C D
on the beat in all his parrot fashions.
G D
Get in line keep in time with the Drum
G
& Don't forget you're nothing yet but water
D
Don't move your feet until the next beat comes
C
One of the laws says pause between
G
I would hate to make the game seem mean
C
Hey my pretty flower can you guess where I've been?
G
Can you guess at all?
F
Well I've been to your rooms and learned
G
you have all the mirrors turned against the wall.
Bridge*:- - B - - - - - - - Am - - -
G D C D
We watched a distant drummer flashing
G D C D
on the beat in all his parrot fashions.
- - -
G "D for Drum!"
Listen now to the sound of the Drum -
G
& don't forget we're nothing yet but water.
D
It won't be pleasant when the present time is done
C
testing nightly 'neath a sprightly summer moon
G
your spirit like a jelly in a spoon.
C
Hey ma pretty flower there's a cat in the room
G
& it's not the type you're used to
F
Though I think I led it to the sink
& tried to make it drink
G
it refused to.
G D G D G D G D G
woohlalalaalalalalalalala
*The earlier version of this song is different at this part as follows:
Bridge:-----B----------------Am-----------
(all Barre Chords:)
G F A# (6th fret) G
One won money two want a show three thought it funny But four wanna go
(Thankyou studiobl for help with the lyrics here!)
The Drum by Slapp Happy
From: Casablanca Moon/Desperate Straights
Chords interpreted by: ettawhy
Slaughter and Th (...)
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Slaves (UK)
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Slaves (US)
Slechtvalk