Biography:
punk and mod group formed in Woking, UK, in 1976 consisting of Paul Weller (vocals, guitar), Bruce Foxton (bass, vocals) and Rick Buckler (drums). The band split in 1982. The band released six albums and had 18 consecutive Top 40 hits in the United Kingdom between 1977 and 1982, including four #1 singles (Going Underground, Start!, Town Called Malice and Beat Surrender). Their singles "That's Entertainment" and "Just Who Is the Five O'Clock Hero" are the best selling import singles in UK history.
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Other songs:
- That's Entertainment
- Town Called Malice
- To Be Someone
- A Bomb In Wardour Street
- Absolute Beginners
- All Around The World
- All Mod Cons
- Art School
- Away From The Numbers
- Beat Surrender
- Billy Hunt
- Boy About Town
- Burning Sky
- But Im Different Now
- Carnaby Street
- Carnation
- David Watts
- Disguises
- Dont Tell Them Youre Sane
- Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
- Dream Time
- Endless Love
- English Rose
- Eton Rifles
- Funeral Pyre
- Ghosts
- Give Me Just A Little More Time
- Going Underground
- Happy Together
- Heatwave
- Here Comes The Weekend
- I Got By In Time
- I Need You For Someone
- In The City
- In The Crowd
- In The Midnight Hour
- In The Street Today
- Its Too Bad
- Just Who Is The 5 Oclock Hero
- Just Who Is The Five O Clock Hero
- Kilos Kabataan
- Life From A Window
- Liza Radley
- London Girl
- London Traffic
- Man In The Corner Shop
- Modern World
- Mr Clean
- News Of The World
- Non Stop Dancing
- Pity Poor Alfie
- Planners Dream Goes Wrong
- Precious
- Private Hell
- Reach Out Ill Be There
- Saturdays Kids
- Slow Down
- Smithers Jones
- So Sad About Us
- Sounds From The Street
- Standards
- Start
- Strange Town
- Sweet Soul Music
- Tales From The Riverbank
- Thats Entertainment
- The Bitterest Pill
- The Butterfly Collector
- The Combine
- The Gift
- The Modern World
- The Night
- The Place I Love
- The Planners Dream Goes Wrong
- Thick As Thieves
- This Is The Modern World
- To Be
- Tonight At Noon
- War
- Wasteland
- When Youre Young
- Worlds Apart
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!
The Eton Rifles Tabbed by Kyle Hitchcock ([email protected])
words and music by paul weller
As perfomed by the Jam.
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Chords used:
C : x35553
D : x57775
F : 133211
F1 : xx3211
G : 355433
G1 : 320003
Am : 577555
Em : 022000
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[Intro]
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|---------2-2------------2-2----------------|
A|-0-0-3-3----3-3-0-0-3-3----3-3-------------|
E|-------------------------------1-1-1-3-3-3-|
[Verse]
C D
sup up your beer and collect your fags
C D
there's a row goin on down near slough
C D
get out your mat and pray to the west
C D F1 G1
i'll get out mine and pray for myself
C D
thought you were all smart when you took them on but you
C D
didn't take a look in their artilary room
C D
all that rugby puts hairs on your chest
C D F1 G1
what chance have we got against a tie and a crest
[Chrous]
F G C G Am
hello hurray what a nice day for the
Am Am
Eton Rifles! Eton Rifles
F G C G Am
hello hurray i'd prefer the plague to the
Am Am
Eton Rifles! Eton Rifles!
e|-------5---------5---|
B|-----5---5-----5---5-|
G|---5-------5-5-------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
[After Chorus]
Em F
what a catayst you turned out to be
Em F G
loaded your guns and you ran off home for your tea
G G G G G G G G G G
and left me standing like a naughty schoolboy
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thats about all you need to know, unless you wanna put the guitar noise in at the beging
of my arrangement of the bass part.
i haven't put the piece in running order, figured i'd give you a challenge!
if you can try and play the different versions of the chords which i have indicated in
right place to get the full affect of the song.
words and music by paul weller
As perfomed by the Jam.
*****************************************************************
Chords used:
C : x35553
D : x57775
F : 133211
F1 : xx3211
G : 355433
G1 : 320003
Am : 577555
Em : 022000
*****************************************************************
[Intro]
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|---------2-2------------2-2----------------|
A|-0-0-3-3----3-3-0-0-3-3----3-3-------------|
E|-------------------------------1-1-1-3-3-3-|
[Verse]
C D
sup up your beer and collect your fags
C D
there's a row goin on down near slough
C D
get out your mat and pray to the west
C D F1 G1
i'll get out mine and pray for myself
C D
thought you were all smart when you took them on but you
C D
didn't take a look in their artilary room
C D
all that rugby puts hairs on your chest
C D F1 G1
what chance have we got against a tie and a crest
[Chrous]
F G C G Am
hello hurray what a nice day for the
Am Am
Eton Rifles! Eton Rifles
F G C G Am
hello hurray i'd prefer the plague to the
Am Am
Eton Rifles! Eton Rifles!
e|-------5---------5---|
B|-----5---5-----5---5-|
G|---5-------5-5-------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
[After Chorus]
Em F
what a catayst you turned out to be
Em F G
loaded your guns and you ran off home for your tea
G G G G G G G G G G
and left me standing like a naughty schoolboy
*********************************************************************
thats about all you need to know, unless you wanna put the guitar noise in at the beging
of my arrangement of the bass part.
i haven't put the piece in running order, figured i'd give you a challenge!
if you can try and play the different versions of the chords which i have indicated in
right place to get the full affect of the song.
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