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
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30th August 2001
PITY POOR ALFIE/FEVER by THE JAM
Pity Poor Alfie written by Paul Weller
Fever written by Davenport/Cooley
B-side to 'The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)' (1982)
Chords used:
Em: 022000 Am: x02210 D7/F#: 2x0212
D: xx0232 E: 022100
C: x32013 Gm: 355333
Bm: x24432 F: 133211
G: 3x0033 Eb: xx5343
Em D C Bm (x2)
G Am
The streets of pleasure took you to the top
D C Am
But every light was red and every sign said stop
C D
I felt so confined, just like glued to this spot, oh
G Am
As were sleeping in the noon day sun
D C Am
We escaped the test and the marathon run
C C Em D
And nobody heard and these muffled cries of "Alfie!"
C Bm Em D C
We put a stop to that
Bm Em D C Bm Em D C
Whoa, but Alfie, I wish you'd please come back
Am
So no one's hurt - we might have made it through
D Em
But now there's nothing left except the memories of you
D C Bm Em D C Bm
G Am
With overflowing powerful woes
D
'Cause there's real and fright
C Am C
To the top of the stairs to find poor Alfie
D
And blood stained letters
D
Don't count for change
C
And don't look for blame
D
'Cause it's a fair exchange
Em D C Am C
For the last adventure I have left
Am D
G Am D C Am C D
G Am
'Cause we were sleeping in the noon day sun
D C Am
We escaped the test and the marathon run
C D Em D
And nobody heard and these muffled cries of "Alfie!"
C Bm Em D C
We put a stop to that
Bm Em D C Bm Em D
Oh, but Alfie, I wish you'd please come back
C
Bm Am
Now it's gonna be hard for me to make it through
D
When all that's left is the memories of
E C
Nothing left except the memories of war and pain
D
Please pity poor Alfie
Em D C Bm (x2)
Em D C Bm Em D C Bm
Poor Alfie put a stop to that
Em D C Bm Em D C Bm
Poor Alfie I wish you'd please come back
Em D C Bm Em D C Bm
Poor Alfie put a stop to that
Em D C Bm Em D C Bm
Oh, but Alfie I wish you'd please come back
Em D C Bm
Poor Alfie!
D
Gm F Eb D
You'll never know how much I love you
Gm F Eb D7/F#
Never know how much I care
Gm F Eb D
'Cause when you put your arms around me
Eb D Gm
I get a fever I can hardly bear
N.C.
You give me fever
Gm F Eb
D
When you kiss me
Gm F Eb D7/F#
Fever when you hold me tight
Gm F Eb D
Fever through the daytime
Eb D Gm
I get a fever all through the night
F Eb D
Gm F Eb D
Sun lights up the daytime
Gm F Eb D7/F#
Moon lights up the night
Gm F Eb D
I light up when you kiss me
Eb D Gm
And I know I'm gonna treat you right
N.C.
You give me fever
Gm F Eb
D
When you kiss me
Gm F Eb D7/F#
Fever when you hold me tight
Gm F Eb D
Fever through the daytime
Eb D Gm
I get a fever all through the night
F Eb D
Gm F Eb D
Bless my soul I love you
Gm F Eb D7/F#
Take me so far away
Gm F Eb D
Take these arms I'll never use
Eb D Gm
Just believe in what my words have to say
N.C.
You give me fever
Gm F Eb
D
When you kiss me
Gm F Eb D7/F#
Fever when you hold me tight
Gm F Eb D
Fever through the daytime
Eb D Gm
I get a fever all through the night
N.C.
You give me fever
PITY POOR ALFIE/FEVER by THE JAM
Pity Poor Alfie written by Paul Weller
Fever written by Davenport/Cooley
B-side to 'The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)' (1982)
Chords used:
Em: 022000 Am: x02210 D7/F#: 2x0212
D: xx0232 E: 022100
C: x32013 Gm: 355333
Bm: x24432 F: 133211
G: 3x0033 Eb: xx5343
Em D C Bm (x2)
G Am
The streets of pleasure took you to the top
D C Am
But every light was red and every sign said stop
C D
I felt so confined, just like glued to this spot, oh
G Am
As were sleeping in the noon day sun
D C Am
We escaped the test and the marathon run
C C Em D
And nobody heard and these muffled cries of "Alfie!"
C Bm Em D C
We put a stop to that
Bm Em D C Bm Em D C
Whoa, but Alfie, I wish you'd please come back
Am
So no one's hurt - we might have made it through
D Em
But now there's nothing left except the memories of you
D C Bm Em D C Bm
G Am
With overflowing powerful woes
D
'Cause there's real and fright
C Am C
To the top of the stairs to find poor Alfie
D
And blood stained letters
D
Don't count for change
C
And don't look for blame
D
'Cause it's a fair exchange
Em D C Am C
For the last adventure I have left
Am D
G Am D C Am C D
G Am
'Cause we were sleeping in the noon day sun
D C Am
We escaped the test and the marathon run
C D Em D
And nobody heard and these muffled cries of "Alfie!"
C Bm Em D C
We put a stop to that
Bm Em D C Bm Em D
Oh, but Alfie, I wish you'd please come back
C
Bm Am
Now it's gonna be hard for me to make it through
D
When all that's left is the memories of
E C
Nothing left except the memories of war and pain
D
Please pity poor Alfie
Em D C Bm (x2)
Em D C Bm Em D C Bm
Poor Alfie put a stop to that
Em D C Bm Em D C Bm
Poor Alfie I wish you'd please come back
Em D C Bm Em D C Bm
Poor Alfie put a stop to that
Em D C Bm Em D C Bm
Oh, but Alfie I wish you'd please come back
Em D C Bm
Poor Alfie!
D
Gm F Eb D
You'll never know how much I love you
Gm F Eb D7/F#
Never know how much I care
Gm F Eb D
'Cause when you put your arms around me
Eb D Gm
I get a fever I can hardly bear
N.C.
You give me fever
Gm F Eb
D
When you kiss me
Gm F Eb D7/F#
Fever when you hold me tight
Gm F Eb D
Fever through the daytime
Eb D Gm
I get a fever all through the night
F Eb D
Gm F Eb D
Sun lights up the daytime
Gm F Eb D7/F#
Moon lights up the night
Gm F Eb D
I light up when you kiss me
Eb D Gm
And I know I'm gonna treat you right
N.C.
You give me fever
Gm F Eb
D
When you kiss me
Gm F Eb D7/F#
Fever when you hold me tight
Gm F Eb D
Fever through the daytime
Eb D Gm
I get a fever all through the night
F Eb D
Gm F Eb D
Bless my soul I love you
Gm F Eb D7/F#
Take me so far away
Gm F Eb D
Take these arms I'll never use
Eb D Gm
Just believe in what my words have to say
N.C.
You give me fever
Gm F Eb
D
When you kiss me
Gm F Eb D7/F#
Fever when you hold me tight
Gm F Eb D
Fever through the daytime
Eb D Gm
I get a fever all through the night
N.C.
You give me fever
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