Biography:
The Style Council were an English musical group formed in 1983 by ex-The Jam singer and guitarist Paul Weller with keyboardist Mick Talbot. The permanent lineup grew to include drummer Steve White and Weller's then-wife, vocalist Dee C. Lee. Other artists such as Tracie Young and Tracey Thorn (Everything but the Girl) also collaborated with the group.
The band showed a diversity of musical styles. Singles "Speak Like a Child" (with its loud soul-influenced style)
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Other songs:
- A Casual Affair
- A Man Of Great Promise
- A Solid Bond In Your Heart
- All Gone Away
- Blood Sports
- Boy Who Cried Wolf
- Come To Milton Keynes
- Ghosts Of Dachau
- Have You Ever Had It Blue
- Headstart For Happiness
- Heres One That Got Away
- Homebreakers
- It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands
- Iwasadoledadstoyboy
- Lodgers
- Long Hot Summer
- Luck
- My Ever Changing Moods
- Party Chambers
- See The Day
- Shout To The Top
- Speak Like A Child
- Spin Drifting
- Stones Throw Away
- Story Of Someones Shoe
- The Cost Of Loving
- The Paris Match
- The Piccadilly Trail
- The Whole Point
- Walls Come Tumbling Down
- With Everything To Lose
- Youre The Best Thing
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Walls Come Tumbling Down - The Style Council, Our Favourite Shop (1985)
Words and Music by Paul Weller
Tabbed by Ryan Chan
Chords:
Em (022000) or (x79987) or (079987)
A (x02220) or (577655) or (x07655)
D (xx0232)
D/C# (x4x232)
D/C (x3x232)
Bm (x24432)
B/D# (x6444x)
G (320003) or (320033) or (355433)
F# (244322) or (x44322)
B (x24442)
Fmaj7 (x33210)
C (x32010)
Note: Sometimes the B/D# does not always sound great, but it is the correct chord and this sometimes comes
strumming the chord too much. You could also alternate between playing it with and without the B string
in it: (x6444x) and (x644xx)
Intro:
Starts with organ and builds up
Em A D D/C# Bm B
Verse 1:
Em A
You don't have to take this crap
Em A
You don't have to sit back and relax
D D/C# Bm B/D#
You can actually try changing it
Em A
I know we've always been taught to rely
Em A
Upon those in authority
Em A
But you never know until to try
Em A
How things just might be
D D/C# Bm B/D#
If we came together so strongly
Chorus 1:
G A
Are you gonna try to make this work
F# Bm
Or spend your days down in the dirt?
Em
You see things can change
A D
Yes, the walls can come tumbling down
D D/C#
Governments crack and systems fall
D/C B
'Cause unity is powerful
Em A D
Lights go out, walls come tumbling down
D/C#
Yes they do (yes they do)
D/C B
Yes they do (yes they do)
Verse 2:
Em A
The competition is a colour TV
Em A
We're on still pause with the video machine
D D/C# Bm B/D#
That keeps you slaves to the H.P.
Em A
Until the unity is threatened by
Em A
Those who have and who have not
Em A
Those who are with and those who are without
Em A
And dangle jobs like the donkey's carrot
D D/C# Bm B/D#
Until you don't know where you are
Chorus 2:
G A
Are you gonna get to realise
F# Bm
The class war's real and not mythologised
Em A D
Just like Jericho, yes the walls can come tumbling down
D D/C#
Governments crack and systems fall
D/C B
'Cause unity is powerful
Em A
Lights go out, walls come tumbling
Bridge:
Fmaj7 C
(Down,) they'll be too weak to fight it
Fmaj7 C
(Down,) oh, let's unite it
Fmaj7 C
(Down,) oh, will you unite it?
Fmaj7 G A B
Ooooh
Verse 3:
Em A
Are you gonna be threatened by
Em A
The public enemies number ten?
Em A
Those who play the power game,
Em A
They take the profits, you take the blame,
D D/C# Bm B/D#
When they tell you there's no rise in pay
Chorus 3/Outro:
G A
Are you gonna try to make this work
F# Bm
Or spend your days down in the dirt?
Em
You see things can change
A D
Yes, the walls can come tumbling down
D D/C#
Governments crack and systems fall
D/C B
'Cause unity is powerful
Em A D
Lights go out, walls come tumbling down
Repeat till end
Words and Music by Paul Weller
Tabbed by Ryan Chan
Chords:
Em (022000) or (x79987) or (079987)
A (x02220) or (577655) or (x07655)
D (xx0232)
D/C# (x4x232)
D/C (x3x232)
Bm (x24432)
B/D# (x6444x)
G (320003) or (320033) or (355433)
F# (244322) or (x44322)
B (x24442)
Fmaj7 (x33210)
C (x32010)
Note: Sometimes the B/D# does not always sound great, but it is the correct chord and this sometimes comes
strumming the chord too much. You could also alternate between playing it with and without the B string
in it: (x6444x) and (x644xx)
Intro:
Starts with organ and builds up
Em A D D/C# Bm B
Verse 1:
Em A
You don't have to take this crap
Em A
You don't have to sit back and relax
D D/C# Bm B/D#
You can actually try changing it
Em A
I know we've always been taught to rely
Em A
Upon those in authority
Em A
But you never know until to try
Em A
How things just might be
D D/C# Bm B/D#
If we came together so strongly
Chorus 1:
G A
Are you gonna try to make this work
F# Bm
Or spend your days down in the dirt?
Em
You see things can change
A D
Yes, the walls can come tumbling down
D D/C#
Governments crack and systems fall
D/C B
'Cause unity is powerful
Em A D
Lights go out, walls come tumbling down
D/C#
Yes they do (yes they do)
D/C B
Yes they do (yes they do)
Verse 2:
Em A
The competition is a colour TV
Em A
We're on still pause with the video machine
D D/C# Bm B/D#
That keeps you slaves to the H.P.
Em A
Until the unity is threatened by
Em A
Those who have and who have not
Em A
Those who are with and those who are without
Em A
And dangle jobs like the donkey's carrot
D D/C# Bm B/D#
Until you don't know where you are
Chorus 2:
G A
Are you gonna get to realise
F# Bm
The class war's real and not mythologised
Em A D
Just like Jericho, yes the walls can come tumbling down
D D/C#
Governments crack and systems fall
D/C B
'Cause unity is powerful
Em A
Lights go out, walls come tumbling
Bridge:
Fmaj7 C
(Down,) they'll be too weak to fight it
Fmaj7 C
(Down,) oh, let's unite it
Fmaj7 C
(Down,) oh, will you unite it?
Fmaj7 G A B
Ooooh
Verse 3:
Em A
Are you gonna be threatened by
Em A
The public enemies number ten?
Em A
Those who play the power game,
Em A
They take the profits, you take the blame,
D D/C# Bm B/D#
When they tell you there's no rise in pay
Chorus 3/Outro:
G A
Are you gonna try to make this work
F# Bm
Or spend your days down in the dirt?
Em
You see things can change
A D
Yes, the walls can come tumbling down
D D/C#
Governments crack and systems fall
D/C B
'Cause unity is powerful
Em A D
Lights go out, walls come tumbling down
Repeat till end
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