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.
WAR by THE JAM
Written by Whitfield-Strong
B-side to 'Just Who Is The Five O'Clock Hero?'
Chords used:
F#: x-9-11-11-11-x--------------|
Ebm: x68876 or 11-13-13-11-11-11-| during the verses.
This is the tab for the intro:
F# Ebm F# F# Ebm F#
--------------|----6-6-------|--------------|----6-6-------|--------|
-----------11-|----7-7--11-11|-----------11-|----7-7--11-11|--------| (go
-----------11-|----8-8--11-11|-----------11-|----8-8--11-11|--------| bak
-----------11-|----8-8--11-11|-----------11-|----8-8--11-11|--------| 2
-----------9--|----6-6---9-9-|-----------9--|----6-6---9-9-|--------| start)
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------|
WAR! HUH! what is it good...absolutely
NOTHING!
Repeat the above bit x4
Ebm
War - I despise
Cos it means destruction of anything alive
War means tears
In a thousand mothers eyes
When their sons go off fighting and lose their lives I said
Ebm F# F# Ebm F# F#
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (absolutely) NOTHING! (War!)
Ebm F# F# Ebm F# F#
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (absolutely) NOTHING! (Good god!)
Ebm F# F# Ebm F# F#
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (absolutely) NOTHING!
Ebm
War has shattered many young man's dreams
Playing the same old (???????????????)
Life is too short and precious to spend fighting
War don't bring life, it can only take it away I said
Ebm F# F# Ebm F# F#
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (say it again) NOTHING! (what?)
Ebm F# F# Ebm F# F#
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (absolutely) NOTHING!
Ebm F# F# Ebm F# F#
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (absolutely) NOTHING!
Ebm
Ebm
I know we must fight to keep our freedom
But I know there's got to be a better way
then vocally ad lib it with various echoed 'NO!'s and 'Woah-oh's and stuff
for a bit then:
N.C.
WARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWAR... etc.
Note:
During the verses - the Ebm changes slightly like, and I can't say
for sure what to here are the chords it might be, it could be all
of them - but it makes playing the verses more interesting anyway!
Ebm Eb7sus4 Ebm7 Ebm6
-11-----------|--11----------|--11------11--|--11----------|--|
-11-----------|--11----------|--14------11--|--13----------|--|
-11-----------|--13----------|--11------11--|--11----------|--|
-13-----------|--11----------|--11--or--11--|--11----------|--|
-13-----------|--13----------|---x-------x--|--13----------|--|
-11-----------|--11----------|--11------11--|--11----------|--|
Hope this is of some help.
WAR by THE JAM
Written by Whitfield-Strong
B-side to 'Just Who Is The Five O'Clock Hero?'
Chords used:
F#: x-9-11-11-11-x--------------|
Ebm: x68876 or 11-13-13-11-11-11-| during the verses.
This is the tab for the intro:
F# Ebm F# F# Ebm F#
--------------|----6-6-------|--------------|----6-6-------|--------|
-----------11-|----7-7--11-11|-----------11-|----7-7--11-11|--------| (go
-----------11-|----8-8--11-11|-----------11-|----8-8--11-11|--------| bak
-----------11-|----8-8--11-11|-----------11-|----8-8--11-11|--------| 2
-----------9--|----6-6---9-9-|-----------9--|----6-6---9-9-|--------| start)
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------|
WAR! HUH! what is it good...absolutely
NOTHING!
Repeat the above bit x4
Ebm
War - I despise
Cos it means destruction of anything alive
War means tears
In a thousand mothers eyes
When their sons go off fighting and lose their lives I said
Ebm F# F# Ebm F# F#
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (absolutely) NOTHING! (War!)
Ebm F# F# Ebm F# F#
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (absolutely) NOTHING! (Good god!)
Ebm F# F# Ebm F# F#
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (absolutely) NOTHING!
Ebm
War has shattered many young man's dreams
Playing the same old (???????????????)
Life is too short and precious to spend fighting
War don't bring life, it can only take it away I said
Ebm F# F# Ebm F# F#
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (say it again) NOTHING! (what?)
Ebm F# F# Ebm F# F#
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (absolutely) NOTHING!
Ebm F# F# Ebm F# F#
WAR! HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (absolutely) NOTHING!
Ebm
Ebm
I know we must fight to keep our freedom
But I know there's got to be a better way
then vocally ad lib it with various echoed 'NO!'s and 'Woah-oh's and stuff
for a bit then:
N.C.
WARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWAR... etc.
Note:
During the verses - the Ebm changes slightly like, and I can't say
for sure what to here are the chords it might be, it could be all
of them - but it makes playing the verses more interesting anyway!
Ebm Eb7sus4 Ebm7 Ebm6
-11-----------|--11----------|--11------11--|--11----------|--|
-11-----------|--11----------|--14------11--|--13----------|--|
-11-----------|--13----------|--11------11--|--11----------|--|
-13-----------|--11----------|--11--or--11--|--11----------|--|
-13-----------|--13----------|---x-------x--|--13----------|--|
-11-----------|--11----------|--11------11--|--11----------|--|
Hope this is of some help.
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