Biography:
The Housemartins was a British indie-pop/alternative rock band which formed in 1983 in Kingston upon Hull, England. After breaking up in 1988, band members Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway formed The Beautiful South, while bassist Norman Cook found success as an electronic dance music DJ and music producer founding the groups Beats International, Pizzaman and Freak Power, before rebranding himself as Fatboy Slim.
At its formation the band consisted of Paul Heaton (vocals), Stan Cullimore (guitar), Ted Key (bass) and Chris Lang (drums).
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Song: The Light Is Always Green
Artist: The Housemartins
Album: Now That's What I Call Quite Good (1988)
Tabbed By: Alex Blackburne
You can either play this song with the chords I've used
or you can use a capo on the first fret with the following chords:
No Capo / Capo on 1st
Cm / Bm
F / E
Bb / A
Eb / D
Intro
Cm / F / Bb / Eb (x2)
Verse
Cm F Bb Eb
We dig our models with the brains the size of models
Cm F Bb Eb
And cars that we can trust with out wives
Cm F Bb Eb
And we dig converstations with girls from every nation
Cm F Bb Eb
But not the ones that whisper or tell lies
Pre-Chorus
Cm F
Wherever theres a will theres a motorway
Bb Eb
Wherever there is greed there is speed
Cm F
And theyve always got to be there for yesterday
Bb Eb
Welcome to the new scalextrics breed
Chorus
Cm F
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm F
And the heels they always show to me
Bb Eb
Are clean, clean, clean
Cm F
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm F
Green, green
Verse
Cm F Bb Eb
Were only flying past so we dig our sevice fast
Cm F Bb Eb
From the waiters to the women to the wine
Cm F Bb Eb
Never mind the match, I've an urgent date to catch
Cm F Bb Eb
Get me to the concert hall on time
Pre-Chorus
Cm F
Pretending to be pilots in a war
Bb Eb
Pretending to weave between the flak
Cm F
No-one knows what the missions for
Bb Eb
Blinkered horses on the track
Chorus
Cm F
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm F
And the heels they always show to me
Bb Eb
Are clean, clean, clean
Cm F
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Bridge
Cm F
Green, green (x4)
Chorus
Cm (one strum) F (one strum)
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm F
And the heels they always show to me
Bb Eb
Are clean, clean, clean
Cm F
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm F
Green, green
Artist: The Housemartins
Album: Now That's What I Call Quite Good (1988)
Tabbed By: Alex Blackburne
You can either play this song with the chords I've used
or you can use a capo on the first fret with the following chords:
No Capo / Capo on 1st
Cm / Bm
F / E
Bb / A
Eb / D
Intro
Cm / F / Bb / Eb (x2)
Verse
Cm F Bb Eb
We dig our models with the brains the size of models
Cm F Bb Eb
And cars that we can trust with out wives
Cm F Bb Eb
And we dig converstations with girls from every nation
Cm F Bb Eb
But not the ones that whisper or tell lies
Pre-Chorus
Cm F
Wherever theres a will theres a motorway
Bb Eb
Wherever there is greed there is speed
Cm F
And theyve always got to be there for yesterday
Bb Eb
Welcome to the new scalextrics breed
Chorus
Cm F
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm F
And the heels they always show to me
Bb Eb
Are clean, clean, clean
Cm F
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm F
Green, green
Verse
Cm F Bb Eb
Were only flying past so we dig our sevice fast
Cm F Bb Eb
From the waiters to the women to the wine
Cm F Bb Eb
Never mind the match, I've an urgent date to catch
Cm F Bb Eb
Get me to the concert hall on time
Pre-Chorus
Cm F
Pretending to be pilots in a war
Bb Eb
Pretending to weave between the flak
Cm F
No-one knows what the missions for
Bb Eb
Blinkered horses on the track
Chorus
Cm F
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm F
And the heels they always show to me
Bb Eb
Are clean, clean, clean
Cm F
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Bridge
Cm F
Green, green (x4)
Chorus
Cm (one strum) F (one strum)
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm F
And the heels they always show to me
Bb Eb
Are clean, clean, clean
Cm F
And the light they always show to them
Bb Eb
Is green, green, green
Cm F
Green, green
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