Biography:
The Stranglers are a rock music group, formed on September 11, 1974 in Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were originally called The Guildford Stranglers and operated from an off-licence in the town. They also based themselves in the nearby village of Chiddingfold for a while.
Original personnel were singer/guitarist Hugh Cornwell (from Kentish Town, London), keyboardist/guitarist Hans Wärmling (from Sweden, replaced within two years by Brighton-born keyboardist Dave Greenfield)
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Other songs:
- Golden Brown
- 96 Tears
- Always The Sun
- Bitching
- Dagenham Dave
- Dont Bring Harry
- Duchess
- Dutch Moon
- Get A Grip On Yourself
- Go Buddy Go
- I Hate You
- Midnight Summer Dream
- Nice And Sleazy
- No Mercy
- No More Heroes
- Nuclear Devise
- Paradise
- Peaches
- Shut Up
- Skin Deep
- Something Better Change
- Spectre Of Love
- Strange Little Girl
- Tank
- Ugly
- Valley Of The Birds
- Walk On By
- Waltz In Black
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DAGENHAM DAVE (STRANGLERS)
INTRO: E B A x2 D A E x2
VERSE:
E B A E B A
Dave was from out of town Manchester’s likely too
D A E D A E
Had read De Sade to Marx More read than me or you
E B A E B A
Scaffolding pays good bread It pays for drugs and kicks
D A E D A E
Dave only had one love had no real need for chicks
F# G A F# G A F#
Dave was so far ahead but now he’s dead
CHORUS:
E B A D A E
I’m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high
I’m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high
VERSE:
I guess he lost control, and welcomed in the night
It was too much for him, what were his thoughts that night?
The river thames is cold, it keeps on flowing on
But it left Dave alone, it just kept flowing on.
F# G A F# G A F#
There’s city sickness here but now he’s dead
CHORUS:
E B A D A E
I’m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high
I’m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high
BREAK:
G# A B C#
Late night a street in the west of the city
There was a place there where he lost himself
Strange feelings did he feel there, strange people
Did he meet there, angry sounds did he hear there
D A
Like the howling of bulls…..
CHORUS:
E B A D A E
I’m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high
I’m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high
INTRO: E B A x2 D A E x2
VERSE:
E B A E B A
Dave was from out of town Manchester’s likely too
D A E D A E
Had read De Sade to Marx More read than me or you
E B A E B A
Scaffolding pays good bread It pays for drugs and kicks
D A E D A E
Dave only had one love had no real need for chicks
F# G A F# G A F#
Dave was so far ahead but now he’s dead
CHORUS:
E B A D A E
I’m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high
I’m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high
VERSE:
I guess he lost control, and welcomed in the night
It was too much for him, what were his thoughts that night?
The river thames is cold, it keeps on flowing on
But it left Dave alone, it just kept flowing on.
F# G A F# G A F#
There’s city sickness here but now he’s dead
CHORUS:
E B A D A E
I’m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high
I’m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high
BREAK:
G# A B C#
Late night a street in the west of the city
There was a place there where he lost himself
Strange feelings did he feel there, strange people
Did he meet there, angry sounds did he hear there
D A
Like the howling of bulls…..
CHORUS:
E B A D A E
I’m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high
I’m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high
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