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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The Jam - Wasteland [1979]
Writer(s) - Paul Weller
[Intro]
G D/F# G D/F#
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
G Em7 A
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
G A D
Meet me on the wastelands - later this day,
G A D
We'll sit and talk and hold hands maybe,
G A D
For there's not much else to do
G D/F# G Em7 A
In this drab and colourless place.
[Verse 2]
G A D
We'll sit amongst the rubber tyres,
G A D
Amongst the discarded bric-a-brac - people have no use for,
G A D Em7 A
Amongst the smouldering embers of yesterday.
[Bridge 1]
F# G A
And when or if the sun shines,
G F#m
Lighting our once beautiful features,
C# D
We'll smile, but only for seconds,
G A
For to be caught smiling's to acknowledge life,
G F#m
A brave but useless show of compassion,
C# D Em7 A
And that is forbidden in this drab and colourless world.
[Instrumental]
G D/F# G D/F#
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
G Em7 A
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
G A D
Meet me on the wastelands - the ones behind,
G A D
The old houses - the ones left standing pre-war -
G A D
The ones overshadowed by the monolith monstrosities -
G D/F# G Em7 A
Councils call homes.
[Verse 4]
G A D
And there amongst the shit - the dirty linen,
G A D
The holy Coca-Cola tins - the punctured footballs,
G A D
the ragged dolls - the rusting bicycles,
G D/F#
We'll sit and probably hold hands.
G D/F#
And watch the rain fall - watch it, watch it -
G D/F#
Tumble and fall - tumble and falling -
G D/F#
Like our lives - like our lives -
Em A
Just like our lives.
[Verse 5]
G A D
We'll talk about the old days,
G A D
When the wasteland was release, when we could play,
G A D
And think - without feeling guilty - meet me later
G D/F#
But we'll have to hold hands.
G D/F#
Tumble and fall - tumble and falling -
G D/F#
Like our lives - like our lives -
Em7 A D
Exactly like our lives.
[End]
Writer(s) - Paul Weller
[Intro]
G D/F# G D/F#
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
G Em7 A
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
G A D
Meet me on the wastelands - later this day,
G A D
We'll sit and talk and hold hands maybe,
G A D
For there's not much else to do
G D/F# G Em7 A
In this drab and colourless place.
[Verse 2]
G A D
We'll sit amongst the rubber tyres,
G A D
Amongst the discarded bric-a-brac - people have no use for,
G A D Em7 A
Amongst the smouldering embers of yesterday.
[Bridge 1]
F# G A
And when or if the sun shines,
G F#m
Lighting our once beautiful features,
C# D
We'll smile, but only for seconds,
G A
For to be caught smiling's to acknowledge life,
G F#m
A brave but useless show of compassion,
C# D Em7 A
And that is forbidden in this drab and colourless world.
[Instrumental]
G D/F# G D/F#
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
G Em7 A
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
G A D
Meet me on the wastelands - the ones behind,
G A D
The old houses - the ones left standing pre-war -
G A D
The ones overshadowed by the monolith monstrosities -
G D/F# G Em7 A
Councils call homes.
[Verse 4]
G A D
And there amongst the shit - the dirty linen,
G A D
The holy Coca-Cola tins - the punctured footballs,
G A D
the ragged dolls - the rusting bicycles,
G D/F#
We'll sit and probably hold hands.
G D/F#
And watch the rain fall - watch it, watch it -
G D/F#
Tumble and fall - tumble and falling -
G D/F#
Like our lives - like our lives -
Em A
Just like our lives.
[Verse 5]
G A D
We'll talk about the old days,
G A D
When the wasteland was release, when we could play,
G A D
And think - without feeling guilty - meet me later
G D/F#
But we'll have to hold hands.
G D/F#
Tumble and fall - tumble and falling -
G D/F#
Like our lives - like our lives -
Em7 A D
Exactly like our lives.
[End]
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